UI Fail - Remember Password That Never Remembers

Entering usernames and passwords is something we are no doubt used to as we ply our daily trades.

This can be tiresome.

Often, the tools and systems we use try to alleviate this discomfort by providing a mechanism for remembering a username and password.

SQL Server Management Studio does this:

As does Visual Studio, to remember the credentials to a Nuget package server (we use ProGet).

Here’s the problem - they never work.

Every time I launch these applications, they ask me again for my username and password.

Below is the version information for the culprits.

Visual Studio:

SQL Server Management Studio:

Happy hacking!