Windows 10: Have to enter my password every time I go into Mail

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Since the last update I have to enter my password every time I go into Mail or Google.

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Getting prompts to enter password in Windows Mail app

Hi,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

Please reply to the following questions to help you further:

• May I know who the Email Service provider is?
  
• Are you able to login to the email account through your favorite web-browser?
  
• What happens when you enter password?
  

In the meantime, please follow the steps mentioned below:

Method 1: Reconfiguring the account

I suggest you to remove the account from the Windows 10 mail app and configure it again. Please follow the steps mentioned below:

1. Open Windows Mail app by searching it from the
   Start menu.
   
2. At the bottom of the left navigation pane, click on
   Settings (Gear icon).
   
3. Select Manage accounts.
   
4. Click on the account and select Delete account from this device.
   
5. On the confirmation page, select Delete.
   
6. After deleting the account follow the steps from the article
   
   Set up email in the Mail app for Windows 10 to add the email account.
   

Method 2: Resetting password

You can try resetting the password for the email account and check if that helps. To reset the password login to the website of the email provider in any browser and change the password.

Hope it helps.

Please reply with the status of the issue, we will be glad to help you further.

Nikhar Khare

Microsoft Community - Moderator

 

Live mail asks for login creds then gives following error:Unable to dend/receive mail for XXXX. An incorrect password was entered.

Hi Roger,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community.

you are getting the error 0x800CCC92 in Windows Live Mail because the password you had entered is not correct. Or, in other words, the password provided to the email client does not match the account username.

To solve the Windows Live Mail error 0x800CCC92, you have to double check both the password and the user ID (username) you had supplied when the email account was set up. Please understand that in order to access your email account successfully,
the login information has to be correct.

I suggest you to follow the below steps and check if it helps.

• Start the Windows Live Mail email client.
• Click "Tools" from the top menu and choose "Accounts".
• A pop up will be displayed showing you all the email accounts in Windows Live Mail. Select the one that's giving you the error and then click the "Properties" button.
• Another pop up window shows all the settings associated with this account.
• Under the "Servers" tab double check the "E-mail username" and "Password". One of them would definitely be incorrect which is resulting in the Windows Live Mail error ID 0x800CCC92.
• To avoid having to enter the username and password each time, check the box in front of "Remember password".
• Once you make appropriate changes, click the "Apply" button followed by "OK". Close the other pop-up window.
  

Hope this helps. Please reply to us with the status of the issue.

Thanks.

 

Windows 10 Mail forgets Gmail password almost every day

Reason

Windows Mail app keeps prompting for Gmail account password frequently with the "your gmail settings are out of date" message—
According to a comment on this post . . .

Potential Solutions

Based on some quick research there may be two options that may help resolve this. . .

1. Enable the 2-Step Verification functionality and security feature with your Gmail account and then use the 2-Step Verification to verify and trust the Windows Mail app to have access to your Gmail account
   
2. Enable and use the Less Secure Apps functionality by turning that ON and using your usual Gmail account password with the Windows Mail app to authenticate
   

Further Resources

• Turn on 2-Step Verification
  
  • Apps with access to your account
    
• Sign in using App Passwords
  
  • App passwords - My Account - Google
    
    
• Let less secure apps access your account