Mechling/Mechcom Support Group   

I have told XP to remember my dial-up password, but every time I want to dial, I notice that XP seems to have added more characters to my password, so I have to retype it. How can I fix this?

   Windows XP doesn't add any characters. It does however adds ***** to make up a fixed number of them (15). This is to make it harder for anybody looking over your shoulder to discover how many characters your password is (which is the first step to start guessing your password).