If you are Windows user, you will mostly have three types of login options to your Windows, So, every time you try to open your Outlook or any other Microsoft Application, the login credentials that’s stored in Windows Credential manager is syncing it with the Windows login credentials. Hence, your Outlook keeps asking for password regularly.
If you have set accessing password for a specified Outlook data file without saving this accessing password in your password list in Microsoft Outlook, it will ask for password every time when starting Microsoft Outlook.
In Outlook if the identification settings for users are activated (configured with an Exchange account), it demands for login credentials on a regular basis. You must disable this setting to get rid of the password prompt issue.
Windows updates are aimed to improve your system’s performance, offer better functionality and much more stability, however, sometimes these updates can cause certain issues to pop up. This issue can be taken as an example where outlook keeps troubling you with the login prompts.
Why do I have to keep logging into outlook?
Outlook must be online or connected to complete this action. This issue can occur if the Logon network security setting on the Security tab of the Microsoft Exchange dialog box is set to a value other than Anonymous Authentication. Microsoft Outlook 2016 and some recent builds of Outlook 2013 are not affected by this issue.
Since this symptom may be more likely related to your account. And you can first try these suggestions to see if they can help: 1) Uncheck “Always prompt for logon credential“. In Outlook, go to File > Account Settings > Account Settings, select the Exchange account and click “Change” button.
How to stop outlook from asking for login credentials?
And then click on Account Settings > Account Settings. After that, search for the Outlook account and press the Change button. Now, on the new dialog box, hit More Settings. Under the Security tab of the resultant dialog box, uncheck the box next to the option Always prompt for login credentials.
1) Uncheck “Always prompt for logon credential”. In Outlook, go to File > Account Settings > Account Settings, select the Exchange account and click “Change” button. Click “More Settings”, in “Security tab”, uncheck “Always prompt for logon credentials”.
What does the new log in mean for my account?
The new log in ensures a more secure way of preventing unauthorized access to your Live ID accounts. After all if you remain logged in it is an invitation for Hackers to access your account readily to create their mayhem. No further updates are available on whether or not it will revert back to the previous format.