From: Smirnoff on
XP Pro, SP3, IE8

Because I cannot sign in automatically after reboot to WLM, I tried various
fixes that I had to do when I had the problem before.

One of them was to regenerate the Protected Storage key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER>Software>Microsoft>Protected Storage System Provider

I followed the instructions I had printed off, including exporting the key
(backing up) and then copying child objects etc before deleting the key.

After two or three reboots and a couple of shut down/restarts the key was
not regenerated.

I still couldn't sign in automatically to WLM after a reboot so I decided to
replace the original key in the registry.

I duly double-clicked the back up and was told the information had been
entered into the registry.

However, after a couple more reboots the key is still not showing in the
Protected Storage System Provider folder.




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Smirnoff wrote:
> XP Pro, SP3, IE8
>
> Because I cannot sign in automatically after reboot to WLM, I tried
> various
> fixes that I had to do when I had the problem before.
>
> One of them was to regenerate the Protected Storage key:
>
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER>Software>Microsoft>Protected Storage System Provider
>
> I followed the instructions I had printed off, including exporting the key
> (backing up) and then copying child objects etc before deleting the key.
>
> After two or three reboots and a couple of shut down/restarts the key was
> not regenerated.
>
> I still couldn't sign in automatically to WLM after a reboot so I decided
> to
> replace the original key in the registry.
>
> I duly double-clicked the back up and was told the information had been
> entered into the registry.
>
> However, after a couple more reboots the key is still not showing in the
> Protected Storage System Provider folder.