this is a heads-up, pointing to some correlations- I think this is a bug, in 2.03 specifically.
repeatable, as posts have stated. And I think I can guess what it's related to.
From my more disjointed but much more copious notations in http://nch.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=6119,
IF YOU SWITCH VERSIONS from 2.03 to 2.02 the registry values in hex (in fact, many regkeys) are not removed by the
uninstall program and have to be manually removed or changed if needed. The switch the other way may have the same problem;
*remove* the incorrect keys for ProxyPassword at least for each line or Express Talk will very probably get confused.
Mine did. Badly.
And the proxy servers didn't like it at all.
...and once I got 2.02 straightened out, it appears that 2.02 will hold the line settings.... even after twice turned off and a cold reboot of the computer. <sigh>
so it's a bug in 2.03, probably a side effect of the different storage of the password.
Didn't I see a thread about wanting a more secure password storage than plaintext in the registry?
Oy. the compiler giveth and the compiler taketh away.