Security News > 2020 > November > Microsoft working on fix for Windows apps forgetting passwords
Microsoft says that multiple Windows 10 apps including Outlook are affected by an issue causing them to forget users' passwords after the device is upgraded to certain Windows 10, version 2004 builds.
"After installing Windows 10 Version 2004 Build 19041.173 and related updates you find that Outlook and other applications do not remember your password anymore," Microsoft explains.
The issue is also described in a Microsoft Answers thread mentioned by Redmond, with hundreds of users reporting that apps are randomly asking them to sign back in because they forget their credentials.
A workaround for this issue found by Ormandy and recommended by Microsoft on their support website requires affected users to delete scheduled tasks created using S4U. "This issue occurs when some Windows 10 Task Scheduler Tasks are configured in a certain way," Microsoft says.
"Until a fix is available a workaround is to disable these tasks using Task Scheduler."
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