- Set a password to help protect your Outlook information
Outlook prompted for password as it should but would never take. Found this Thread: Closed Outlook. I updated the password and saved. I Opened Outlook and all is working fine. Using the primary email instead of the alias worked for me. The alias used to work fine but occasionally got into a state where it kept re-prompting for the password.
Today I gave up and deleted the account and re-added it with the primary email and it worked. It does display the alias in Outlook which is what I want.
This is backwards from your situation, Candreva. For testing purposes, you should read this article:. Add to that list, adding your enterprise outlook account to the microsoft mail app on your work computer. I did this a few days ago for testing purposes and today my outlook went really pear shaped, had to remove my account completely from the mail app. In this case, it basically means to use your email address. At our company that takes the form of Firstname.
Windows 10 shutdown from the start menu may not work as it hibernates the computer to make it appear that it starts up faster from shutdown. Then again, I think it also signs you out so maybe it will work. Changing the AD password may help too instead of clearing credentials as that causes the new password to overwrite the one that's there. Exit back, and there should now be an orange circle On with an exclamation point.
Open up Outlook. If the Inbox does not populate, then open up your email settings and make sure that your gmail User ID and Password are entered correctly. I have this problem with Exchange Outlook clients prompt for password upon launch. Prior versions of outlook and do not do this in testing. It's only This is impacting our deployment plans for Office In the event that this reply goes to the bottom of this feed, here is what the instructions were:. Office Office Exchange Server.
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Remove From My Forums. Answered by:. Archived Forums. Outlook IT Pro Discussions. This forum is for general questions and feedback related to Outlook all versions as they pertain to the IT Pro community. Sign in to vote. I have Microsoft Office Pro Plus through a community college that uses office and I am getting a need password every time I go into outlook on my primary computer but on my surface 3 and my developer computer it works fine I have tried the Microsoft office recovery program that is supposed to fix this issue with outlook I have had these issues before but not as bad because normally the program will fix itself after I use the recovery program The thing is I have my student email syncing into outlook through the exchange server through office Any help would be much appreciated.
Sunday, October 25, AM. If you have feedback for TechNet Support, contact tnmff microsoft. Tuesday, November 10, AM. Delete it. In fact, you can delete all the entries in Generic Credentials if you like. If it asks for a password, enter the password and check for it to remember the password. A new entry will be created in the credential vault with your latest login and password.
Problem solved. Monday, October 26, PM. Wednesday, January 13, PM. Still drawing a blank. Tuesday, January 19, PM. This sounds totally stupid, but it appears it was an issue with a credential sync between the user's laptop and the local AD. I found out in the end that the user had changed their password this morning and it just somehow hadn't sync'd with local AD from the laptop.
A simple reboot was all it took to correct the problem. Yea that's not the problem here RD We have this impacting every user - not an isolated user as in your case. Thursday, January 21, PM. Tuesday, February 2, PM.
Hi Clark, Thanks for the tip. Thank you!! Thursday, February 4, PM. Close your outlook. Click on Windows Credentials. Find entry for your email account and click on Edit.
Open Outlook and when you prompted to enter credentials — enter password and click on Save Password. Monday, February 8, PM. Saved credentials in the credentials manager is not the problem here. I have no saved credentials at all. But thanks for the suggestion. It was the first thing I thought of myself when troubleshooting. Tuesday, February 9, PM. We use basic authentication with a Load Balancer in front of our Exchange Servers. Proposed as answer by mdaas Friday, March 3, AM. Monday, February 15, PM.
Tuesday, February 16, PM. Friday, February 19, AM. What is the UPN? Tuesday, February 23, PM. I've experienced the same thing in my office. The first question I'd like to ask is, do you have Skype for Business set to automatically start when you boot your computer? I've had two users have this credential prompt issue, the moment I closed out their Skype program, had them re-enter their credentials, they were no longer prompted.
I had them restart their Skype program and it continued to work properly. I found this thread looking to see if others were having the same issue.
This just started in the last 3 weeks. Friday, February 26, PM. Wednesday, March 9, PM. I originally No good. Proposed as answer by muscleflex Wednesday, June 6, AM. Sunday, April 24, PM. In case it helps anyone else: I tried a lot of these things but it turned out to be an old shared calendar SharePoint list asking for the O login - I don't need the calendar anymore so just deleted it - login prompts went away Rick Nelson.
Tuesday, April 26, PM. Here however is the correct fix after long time of looking You likely have thse two registry settings:. Proposed as answer by willstay Thursday, January 24, AM. Friday, May 6, PM. Thursday, June 9, PM. This fixed it for me. Tuesday, June 28, PM. That forum article applies to Outlook In Outlook , I dont see one of the tabs it refers to under more settings, and I still have the problem.
Sunday, July 17, PM. This was useful! Scenario: Windows 10, Office Skype for Business configured to start automatically Skype and Outlook work fine; when the computer drifts off to sleep, and you authenticate back into Windows, OUtlook prompts for credentials If Skype for Business is NO T running automatically, and you repeat the above, Outlook doesn't request credentials.
Any root causes? Running July updates for Outlook and Skype for Business. Thursday, July 21, PM. Thanks Bodsworth, this fixed my issue. I tried every other suggestion and nothing worked.
Tuesday, July 26, AM. This killed my PST file and now corrupt. Tuesday, July 26, PM. It's a straight forward fix. Friday, September 9, PM. I have windows 10 with Office , Following did not work: I tried to delete my outlook profile created a new one! Deleted Credentials from Credential manager! Profile Security Settngs enhancements, Annoymous logins selection.
Regards, Nipun. Wednesday, September 14, PM. I cant believe how long its taken me to find this answer, but am so thankful for it!!! Thanks Again. Tuesday, September 20, AM. Hi, The problem is AD side! You need to change users logon names to make them match with their email addresses. Then you need to change the logon name to make it match the email address. Thursday, September 29, AM. I had this issue for a few weeks after enabling Outlook Anywhere. Some network captures were showing permission errors with autodiscover.
Monday, October 10, AM. Strangely enough this solution worked for me. Tuesday, November 1, AM. Sunday, November 20, AM. Hi, I have the same scenario, and we are working with the last november release, we tried the old realeases. Sunday, November 20, PM. Friday, November 25, AM.
Monday, November 28, AM. Many thanks Bilboswagins - my IT people could not fix this but your solution worked. Tuesday, December 13, AM. Hi all, I had been being pestered by Outlook to provide my credentials every few minutes Outlook , Windows 10 , Exchange Prior to finding this thread, I tried many suggestions without success, including blowing away the user profile!
Then I changed my AD password, which worked. I wish I had thought to try that first! Friday, December 16, AM. You are grate Bilboswagins , this fix my problem Edited by bbr Tuesday, January 3, PM.
Tuesday, January 3, PM. I did exactly the opposite - I've unchecked the data encryption and Outlook stopped asking for credentials : Thanks for the hint.
Monday, January 16, PM. Which one of them is so terrible and killed your PST? Tuesday, January 24, PM. Thursday, February 9, AM. I've only recently started getting this problem, since I'ce started having Outlook locking up, due to COM Add-ons being disabled, as Outlook thinks they slow the system down. Trying to disable all the COM add-ons, but now keep getting asked to enter my security password. Tried the deleteing credentials thing on here, but to no avail, STILL getting this problem each time I open Outlook , even tho I tell it to remember them all the time.
Saturday, February 25, PM. Friday, March 3, AM. I can access my e-mails if i use a browser and goto the live. This is not a good program at all, too many problems since all the e-mail accounts were converted to the new format. Tuesday, March 7, AM. I have Microsoft Office Pro Plus through a community college that uses office and I am getting a need password every time I go into outlook on my primary computer but on my surface 3 and my developer computer it works fine I have tried the Microsoft office recovery program that is supposed to fix this issue with outlook I have had these issues before but not as bad because normally the program will fix itself after I use the recovery program The thing is I have my student email syncing into outlook through the exchange server through office Any help would be much appreciated So a bit late for answer but Try this Monday, March 13, PM.
This solution of going into Credential Manager, and typing over the passwords worked for me. I had tried to delete them, and other steps in this article. We've only seen this issue in Windows 10, and we usually do a Full Online Repair, and then create a new Profile to fix it.
Typing over the password is much easier! Proposed as answer by fixfinder Tuesday, April 4, AM. Tuesday, April 4, AM. Thursday, April 6, AM. I had this problem and it's now fixed, the issue was the application password option. Your normal password will work fine in the web view Using the application password and not your normal email password solved it for me. Sunday, April 23, AM. I have run the MS Support and recovery assistant for office that you can download.
Selected the option for password prompting and all checked out apart from one issue. Tuesday, April 25, PM. Saturday, April 29, PM. Hi Clark, Thanks a lot for your post. It works!! Regards, Nithiya.
Thursday, May 4, AM. Yes the program in I saved my password after using it last time, but the Windows Security box keeps coming up and asking me for my password. OK, so now we know you're using Outlook , but to what service have you connected it and what type of account did you create?
I'm connecting to my works Exchange environment over https. Normally when i check the "remember my credentials" box Outlook won't ask my credentials the next time i start Outlook.
Since the latest update i'm prompted wit a logon box every time i start Outlook. Even when selecting "remember my credentials". In addition to the video i also deleted the entries regarding my Email account below the "Windows Credentials" section. Choose where you want to search below Search Search the Community. Every time I open Outlook , it keeps asking me for my password.
I have ticked the remember my credentials checkbox in the Windows Security dialogue box, but I am finding that I still have to enter my password when I open the program. How do I stop this? This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread.
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- Change the password for an Outlook Data File (.pst)
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