Outlook 2007- Save Password Not Retained

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In Outlook 2007 using a POP3 server, the PC would not respond to the shutdown command. I restarted with the restart button.

When the pc came back up, a box displayed showing that a registry file had been recovered. Now the pc will not retain my user password and repeatedly asks for it upon sending or receiving email. Since then I have:

*Setup a new Outlook profile and deleted the old one.

*Disabled COM add-ins and started in Safe Mode

I've searched this forum and found fixes for Outlook 2003 but not 2007.

The problem still exists.

According to Microsoft Article 290684, my next step is to Edit the registry which I’m reluctant to do, or get MS on the phone $$$ or chat session to resolve the problem.

Any suggestions?

Thank you