Systemwide password amnesia (v2004 build 19041.173)

Anonymous
2020-04-10T20:46:55+00:00

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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Anonymous
2020-10-12T21:28:18+00:00

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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Sumit 44,306 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2021-02-10T03:14:41+00:00

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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  1. Anonymous
    2020-07-17T17:06:52+00:00

    Not going to use Sign-in account and not going back to 1909. Using IP address instead of name for storing windows credentials access to NAS works. Using \NASname will keep asking for password every time windows startup and until now still no update from Microsoft to solve this issue really is pathetic.

    So, after Over 2 months , nobody has figured out a real fix or workaround that sticks. Not to mention Microsoft has failed to even acknowledge the problem let alone fix it. I tried rolling back to 1909 and it worked great, but then the dang thing reinstalled itself without my knowledge. after a couple of days even though I had my system updates paused for 7 days. Of course now the time limit has passed. 

    It is really a major annoyance but I guess that is the world of Windows and has been since Windows 3.0. I hate the alternatives because they tend to be just as buggy in my experience. Not to mention I hate crapple in any form.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-07-11T04:51:57+00:00

    Not going to use Sign-in account and not going back to 1909. Using IP address instead of name for storing windows credentials access to NAS works. Using \NASname will keep asking for password every time windows startup and until now still no update from Microsoft to solve this issue really is pathetic.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-07-01T16:05:22+00:00

    Took a whole day for me to figure out what's happening too.

    Can't believe Microsoft didn't fix this until now!!

    I am going back to v1909.

    Took me a week of frustration.  MS should have had error messages explaining the situation.  The only reason I didn't revert back to v1909 was that I accidentally let my 10 days expire.

    My v2004 has been solid for a week now.  I'm staying signed-in with an MS acct, which also works while disconnected from the Internet.  The caching of credentials seems to be OK.

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