‘Remember Password?’ Option on MS Outlook 2007

‘Remember Password?’ Option on MS Outlook 2007

Sometimes in Windows XP/Vista, MS Outlook 2003/2007 may prompt you to enter your Exchange Account password each time you open MS Outlook 2003/2007.

To save your password for MS Outlook 2003/2007 please follow one of these steps:

1. First Option:

If you want to log on automatically, try configuring your Outlook profile to use NLTM authentication to your proxy server for Exchange, because actual authentication between Outlook and your Exchange server always uses NTLM. To do so follow these steps:

• Start Outlook 2003/2007.
• On the Tools menu, click E-mail Accounts/Account Settings (it depends on Outlook version.)
• Double-click on your Exchange account.

• On the Exchange Server Settings page, click on More Settings.

• Now click the Connection tab.
• Click Exchange Proxy Settings.

• Select NTLM Authentication from Proxy authentication settings.

• Click OK two times. Click OK again in response to the prompt that you must restart Outlook for the changes to take effect.
• Click Next, and then click Finish.
• Restart Outlook.

2. Second Option:

Set MS Outlook to remember passwords, to do so please follow these steps:

• From your Outlook Profile, you’ll have to find your Exchange Server’s name (Because Exchange Server is the server which actually hosts your mailbox)
• Click Start Menu
• Click “Run” and type “control keymgr.dll” (To open Windows Key Manager)
• Click Add, in the Stored Username and Passwords window

• Enter your Server Name then enter your domainmailbox name password. (Identified from Step 1)

• Click OK and then Close.
• Launch Outlook. When prompted for your password, click Remember Password.

• Close Outlook after login is complete.
• Repeat Steps 3-5.
• Launch Outlook, you should not be prompted for your password.

3. If nothing else works:

Use Outlook Autologin. This tool will launch Outlook and enter password needed to connect to the Exchange server. It will ask you password, the first time you launch OutlookAutologin.exe.

This password is then saved and will be automatically used each time you launch MS Outlook.