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# Preventing password saving in Finder (classic)

### Overview <a href="#preventingpasswordsavinginfinder-classic-overview" id="preventingpasswordsavinginfinder-classic-overview"></a>

Saving the password of login sessions in Finder may be a convenient feature for users to avoid typing their password again and again. However, for security reasons, you may want to enforce a policy of making password input mandatory, especially if users are sharing the workstations they use to log in to Finder.

Starting from V6.18, however, it is more convenient and secure to enable Windows authentication of Finder and the Nexthink web interface users. From V6.21 on, [SAML authentication of users](https://nxdocs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nxserver/pages/125304920/Enabling+SAML+authentication+of+users) enables other corporate single-sign-on options. Whenever possible, it is preferable to use a corporate single sign-on solution based on either SAML or Windows authentication of users by using the method below to prevent password saving.

### Procedure <a href="#preventingpasswordsavinginfinder-classic-procedure" id="preventingpasswordsavinginfinder-classic-procedure"></a>

Finder reads a key in the Windows registry to know whether to allow users to save their password or not. If the value of the key is set to 1, Finder hides the options **Remember password** and **Sign me in automatically** in the login dialog.

To prevent users from saving their password in Finder sessions:

1. In the computer where Finder is installed, press **Win(key)+R** to display the run dialog.
2. Type in **regedit** as the program to open in the dialog and press **Enter**. The Registry Editor opens.
3. Browse the Windows registry in the Registry Editor and select the key **HKEY\_LOCAL\_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Nexthink**.
   * If the key does not exist, create it by right-clicking the **SOFTWARE** folder:
     1. Select **New -> Key** from the context menu.
     2. Type in *Nexthink* as the name of the new key.
     3. Right-click the area on the right-hand side of the Registry Editor that holds the list of values for the key.
     4. Select **New -> DWORD (32-bit) Value** from the context menu.
     5. Type in **preventUsersFromSavingPassword** as the name of the value.
4. Right-click the value with the name **preventUsersFromSavingPassword** to change its data.
5. Select **Modify...** in the context menu. The dialog to edit the value shows up.
6. Set the value of the field **Value data** to 1 in the dialog.
7. Click **OK**.

This method changes the value of the registry key in one computer only. Alternatively, you can use GPO to impose the same value for the registry key on all computers where Finder is installed.

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RELATED TASKS

* [Logging in to Finder](/platform/getting-started/installing-finder-classic/logging-in-to-finder-classic.md)
* [Enabling SAML authentication of users](https://nxdocs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nxserver/pages/125304920/Enabling+SAML+authentication+of+users)


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