Many write that because when you enter the password of say 8 characters the next time you look, there are 15 stars.
This is NOT an indication of a change but a security measure common to most (well done) password boxes. You don't want to reveal the password is 8 characters long so you put up 15 stars or some other than the real length.
Hope this explains this common misconception.
Bob
Hello,
please take a look here:
http://halfprice.habra.com/Mirza/Bugs/modem.jpg
every morning my modem is changing the adsl password to my old password and username that is not functioning. I have added a new username/password pair but the old one is still there. I don't know how to get rid of it.
Regards,
Mirza

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