Vista Password Bank

You should in fact direct your post to those "...email accounts, banks, facebook etc etc..." since they are the ones requesting this measure to be upheld, and not your computer.

Your computer can only remember the various passwords linked to those webpages requesting them, and keep them stored for you, in the form of a scrambeled cookie, in what's called "The Cookie Jar" - a dedicated directory, located at: "C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Cookies" - and automatically suggest them to you when you are requested to present them for entrance to a web page.

If you are so concerned about someone else using them, create your own user account in Windows, or, alternatively, click "No" every time you are offered to have a password remembered for you.

Thanks...but that's just it...i don't want to have to click 'no' or 'cancel' everytime. Usually there is a button to check "do not ask me this again" on some pop-up windows...but not on this.

I'm not worried about others using it...just don't want the pc robbing me of my memory.

Most cookies take about 1KB of your hard disk. They don't stay present in your RAM. That's about 0.000,000,005% for a 500 GB hard-disk. - Are you kidding me ?

Besides, as said, it's up to the sites demanding this, not up to your computer.

Plus, you only have to to check "No" twice (or thrice - I cannot recall now) for each site, so that you're not being offered again.

This is what I did, and I'm never offered to have my passwords remembered anymore

He was referring to the lazy effect of having electronic devices, phones, blackberry, PC etc do all the remembering for us, which results in havoc when they fail because we have failed to keep our own memory up to speed. The was to insure we got the pun.

Yup. I forgot where I kept the note with my cellphone PIN numbers, and had to reset the sucker, and couldn't use it anymore.

Had to send it to the service shop (they wouldn't tell you how to fix it yourself), and had to do without my cellphone for two weeks

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Remember that fellow in Monty Python's Holy Grail? The guy whose arms and legs were chopped off by the Black Knight? That's your system running under Vista.

Not only a quadriplegic, but one who also happens to be morbidly obese (Vista takes over 40 GiB on your hard drive. 40 frickin' GiB! What the hell does it need all that for?) Even M$ knows Vista is crap and that's why they scrambled to come out with Windoze 7 (as well as firing about 10% of their workforce). They got tired of the unrelenting hue and cry from disenfranchised Vista users. But if you believe M$, Win7 is lean and mean (caveat: you'd better have your Vista drivers handy if you want anything to work under Win 7). Is Win7 the answer, or is it nothing more than Vista On Liposuction? My opinion? Same shit, different day.

A whitewashed turd is still a turd.

If you're concerned about conserving system resources, in the words of Plato: "Dump Vista." Just dump it. It doesn't buy you anything but frustration, lost productivity and abject misery. For my part, I don't let Vista - nor anything else Microsoft - touch my intranet, for the same reason I don't invite a garbage truck to dump its load in my living room.

If I were you, I'd give Linux a shot. It's what I use here and I've never regretted the switch. Not one bit. Whenever I buy a system the first thing I do is wipe the hard drive and install Linux. I don't even bother anymore with That Other Operating System. Who needs it?

PS: M$ is not a technology company, by the way - it's a marketing company.

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"...(Vista takes over 40 GiB on your hard drive. 40 frickin' GiB! What the hell does it need all that for?)..."

This is a pre-fixed storage space for all of it's police-accounts, mounting up in there, about your actions - be it legal - or not.

Currently, it's not used, but one future day, they just may, just may take you to court for all of your sins.

Imaginary - or not.

When i said memory i was referring to my own brain...if my PC 'remembers' all my passwords and i jump onto another PC say 3 mths down the track...'what was my password again?'....

No I'm not a computer whiz to be able to wipe my drive...and install another OS.

"No I'm not a computer whiz to be able to wipe my drive...and install another OS."

You're the kinda guy M$ loves. Why? You're captive and totally at their whim.

Solution? Educate yourself about these things. "Computer whiz?" Some of us are, but most are not. Get yourself some good books on the subject. Ask people, including folks on this forum (a great resource, btw, if you don't mind putting on your waders from time to time. )

Funny how mysterious, threatening and monstrous a darkened room is -- until you turn on the light. You don't have to be in Mensa to do this shit. It's a lot easier than you think. All you need do is get comfortable with it.

One thing I advise folks: get a "sacrificial" machine. A cheap system you can afford to mangle and mangle again while you're learning stuff. I've been writing software since 1976 and still use them for that purpose. Look on Craig's List, eBay or a similar outfit for a cheapie computer. You can find 'em sometimes for under $100 - with monitor, mouse and keyboard and sometimes some interesting goodies.

Give it a shot and free yourself from The M$ Tyranny.

Besides, one can boot with dual system.

Both options presented on boot - Windows and Linux.

If only to lubricate the transition...

I love to boot Vista. Out the frickin' door.

If it's lubrication you need, try Y2K Jelly. Got a couple of cases here from the Millenium Scare.

Now, you're making it hard for me to sleep

Can one "over-write/upgrade"(?) UBANTU LINUX over XP Pro and retain all Registry entries, other software already installed etc etc, similarly as when Upgrading from 98SE to XP or must one start with a clean HDD as for a new installation?

Can someone answer this one for me? Without diverting your h8 for M$ or Vista. At this moment i don't have a choice but to use it.

Daffy you have choices if you are the administrator.

The folks advising you either don't use vista because it won't run on their equipment or they hate MS.

If you're using IE go to Internet options and under browser settings deselect the feature.

I use and enjoy Vista and do not experience the problem ever.

bwire...thanks. I will try that when i get home and let you know. I never thought of that.

I have the same problem on my computer, a dual boot setup with M$ XP home and Ubuntu linux. I use firefox browser on both, and get that pop-up either way. All you can do is what was said previously, put up with it for a few visits to the websites that are asking for that service.

Books like this one can help with the transition to linux, at least this flavor of it.

My apologies to all for my Vista rant. I'll back out of this thread now.

I have noticed that people who use Linux get invariably mad about things that do not pertain to the subjects in discussion. I know it sounds like a sofism, but can't you guys concentrate on the current topic? Are you on absint? If you can't read the question, don't answer.

I'm running VISTA Home Premium, and there is no service or startup option named "pwdbank.exe".

Hi, daffy,

Why don't use a Linux? Or you want pay always for your nerveusing?

Bela

http://www.friendsoffoamy.com/videos/tech-support-episode-057

this tech support video is worth watching.....

Foamy is the best.

you are in a bind. you don't want the computer to remember your passwords, and yet you don't want the computer to ask if you need help in remembering them. But you don't have to go crazy over that.

when you allow the computer to store your password in the webpages you visit, that is stored as a harmless cookie. Otherwise, the OS will continue to try to help you. AFAIK, there is nothing in VISTA Home Premium that will disable that "helping hand".

to help you remember your passwords, here's one trick I find very helpful. I use the same password code + a descriptor for the site. For example, you can use for your yahoo mail the password "daffyYahoo!", for your AOL mail "daffyAOL", and "daffyCITI" for your CITIBank account. it would then be very easy to remember the passwords for each site or application.

to try to see if disabling passwords is doable in VISTA, go to Control Panel, press <F1>, and type in the search box "cookies". It will lead you to the proper steps you should take. Otherwise, pressing <Esc> at those nagging questions will quickly make them go away, as well.

If you're using Mozilla Firefox, password bank is a function of that, not Windows.

In Firefox, go to Tools, Options and click on the Security tab. Make your selections there, including turning it off completely.

I don't know about IE. Rarely use it.

Hooker

Open TrueSuite Access Manager and click on Password Bank. Untick the box named "Enable popout registration to password bank". This is what I did & it stopped.

open start menu.

Type msconfig

select startup services

disable pwdbnk

done.