I have a Surface Pro 5 with a Windows Hello camera that wasn't working and I wasn't able to fix it. Looked like I'd need to do a reset to fix the drivers, so instead I decided to give 2004 a try, hoping the update would refresh the camera drives. Indeed this worked, but I've been having a lot of problems since the update: Seems like all sorts of applications and OS features won't remember my username/passwords anymore. Every time I log in I have to sign into both one drive personal and one drive business. Outlook keeps asking me to log into my office365 every few hours. Acrobat keeps asking for my Adobe login every time a load a pdf if I haven't done so in a few hours. Settings periodically makes me fix my insider account configuration by re-authenticating with Hello Lastpass extention in Firefox keeps asking me to enter my password despite being configured to only require a fingeprint (it first asks me for my fingerprint, but then also asks for the password) probably some stuff I can't recall right now. I wasn't having any of these issues before the update. I tried following Lastpass's support advice to fix it by reinstalling the extension and resetting several settings but this didn't help. It's possible these are all individual issues, but since it seems to be an issue with remembering credentials across a variety of applications, I'm suspecting it's a system wide issue and maybe not specific to these applications. I checked that the credential manager service is running. It was set to manual. I changed it to automatic and rebooted but this didn't seem to help. Anyone have an idea what could be going on here? Thanks!

Update 2/8/21 This issue has been fixed by Windows in this Windows 10 update, February 2, 2021—KB4598291 (OS Builds 19041.789 and 19042.789) Preview (microsoft.com) . Addresses an issue in which using local Service for User (S4U) affects Data Protection API (DPAPI) credential keys and causes users to sign out unexpectedly. I am updating the Outlook Known Issue article to reflect the same, Outlook and other apps won't remember password after Windows Updates - Outlook (microsoft.com) .

Issue resolved in KB4601319 monthly update. If you continue to hit the issue, let us know. February 2, 2021—KB4598291 (OS Builds 19041.789 and 19042.789) Preview (microsoft.com) Addresses an issue in which using local Service for User (S4U) affects Data Protection API (DPAPI) credential keys and causes users to sign out unexpectedly.

having same problem with my desktop ...my laptop is ok...

After reading your statement about Credential Manager I looked into mine and I found hardly anything in the Windows settings. Is that possibly the whole crux of the problem? None of the apps I have problems with as it relates to PWs and other credentials not being retained is listed in the Credential Manager. My issues are mainly with the local Outlook Gmail and Windows Mail Gmail. Windows Mail Gmail complains about credentials needing updating every time after a restart. And I don't even use it. However, the fields of the windows prompting me for userId and PW already contain the proper data so I only have to select next. The local Outlook Gmail has a similar problem requiring also PW every time after a restart but the app also crashes after about an hour requiring the PW again. The field of the Google windows prompting me for the PW are empty! Other apps that require everything and have empty fields for userid and PW are any of the Adobe CC apps when run for the 1st time after restart.

I've been having this same "amnesia" problem for a couple of months now. Keep hoping MS will eventually solve it but even after this weeks updates, still have the issue. In fact it seems more frequent than ever. I'm using a local account by the way. Had a strange issue today. Everything was working fine. Outlook 365 was logged in. Chrome was logged in. I then made a change to my network card settings. Disabled the network card and re-enabled it. Immediately afterwards Outlook and Chrome lost their logins. I have also noticed in Credential Manager that the credentials associated with Outlook have Persistence set to "Log-on Session" whereas other credentials show "Local computer". Which for me seems obvious that as soon as I logout then Outlooks credentials should be lost. Can someone check on their 1909 install whether they have same settings in Credential Manager.

Systemwide password amnesia (v2004 build 19041.173)

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I have a Surface Pro 5 with a Windows Hello camera that wasn't working and I wasn't able to fix it. Looked like I'd need to do a reset to fix the drivers, so instead I decided to give 2004 a try, hoping the update would refresh the camera drives. Indeed this worked, but I've been having a lot of problems since the update:

Seems like all sorts of applications and OS features won't remember my username/passwords anymore.

Every time I log in I have to sign into both one drive personal and one drive business.
Outlook keeps asking me to log into my office365 every few hours.
Acrobat keeps asking for my Adobe login every time a load a pdf if I haven't done so in a few hours.
Settings periodically makes me fix my insider account configuration by re-authenticating with Hello
Lastpass extention in Firefox keeps asking me to enter my password despite being configured to only require a fingeprint (it first asks me for my fingerprint, but then also asks for the password)
probably some stuff I can't recall right now.

I wasn't having any of these issues before the update.

I tried following Lastpass's support advice to fix it by reinstalling the extension and resetting several settings but this didn't help.

It's possible these are all individual issues, but since it seems to be an issue with remembering credentials across a variety of applications, I'm suspecting it's a system wide issue and maybe not specific to these applications.

I checked that the credential manager service is running. It was set to manual. I changed it to automatic and rebooted but this didn't seem to help.

Anyone have an idea what could be going on here?

Thanks!

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Update 2/8/21

This issue has been fixed by Windows in this Windows 10 update, February 2, 2021—KB4598291 (OS Builds 19041.789 and 19042.789) Preview (microsoft.com).

Addresses an issue in which using local Service for User (S4U) affects Data Protection API (DPAPI) credential keys and causes users to sign out unexpectedly.

I am updating the Outlook Known Issue article to reflect the same, Outlook and other apps won't remember password after Windows Updates - Outlook (microsoft.com).

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Issue resolved in KB4601319 monthly update. If you continue to hit the issue, let us know.

February 2, 2021—KB4598291 (OS Builds 19041.789 and 19042.789) Preview (microsoft.com)

Addresses an issue in which using local Service for User (S4U) affects Data Protection API (DPAPI) credential keys and causes users to sign out unexpectedly.

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2020-08-14T21:03:55+00:00

having same problem with my desktop ...my laptop is ok...
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2020-08-14T16:52:47+00:00

After reading your statement about Credential Manager I looked into mine and I found hardly anything in the Windows settings. Is that possibly the whole crux of the problem?

None of the apps I have problems with as it relates to PWs and other credentials not being retained is listed in the Credential Manager.

My issues are mainly with the local Outlook Gmail and Windows Mail Gmail.

Windows Mail Gmail complains about credentials needing updating every time after a restart. And I don't even use it. However, the fields of the windows prompting me for userId and PW already contain the proper data so I only have to select next.

The local Outlook Gmail has a similar problem requiring also PW every time after a restart but the app also crashes after about an hour requiring the PW again. The field of the Google windows prompting me for the PW are empty!

Other apps that require everything and have empty fields for userid and PW are any of the Adobe CC apps when run for the 1st time after restart.
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2020-08-14T15:41:23+00:00

I've been having this same "amnesia" problem for a couple of months now. Keep hoping MS will eventually solve it but even after this weeks updates, still have the issue. In fact it seems more frequent than ever. I'm using a local account by the way.

Had a strange issue today. Everything was working fine. Outlook 365 was logged in. Chrome was logged in.

I then made a change to my network card settings. Disabled the network card and re-enabled it.

Immediately afterwards Outlook and Chrome lost their logins.

I have also noticed in Credential Manager that the credentials associated with Outlook have Persistence set to "Log-on Session" whereas other credentials show "Local computer". Which for me seems obvious that as soon as I logout then Outlooks credentials should be lost. Can someone check on their 1909 install whether they have same settings in Credential Manager.
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