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Please enter your credentials/Exclamation Icon always shows

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I wanted to see if anyone else is having the same issue. My PC:
Windows XP (Home)
Acronis online backup (standalone software/build 4039)

Whenever I am in the main screen of the software it always shows the exclamation icon with the text of "Please enter your credentials." The backup is to start at event "user logon." When I click on this link, I fill out my user name and password and always have to recheck the "missed tasks" options and then click Ok. The problem is that the exclamation icon/text never goes away. From my limited experience so far it does seem that the software is correctly running the weekly backup after I login, so it may just be an annoyance.

Hopefully the support folks have an idea or comment.
Thanks!

P.S. - The product has been working much better in the last week or so - kudos to Acronis for resolving some of the issues.

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Hello Isaac,

Please accept our profound apologies for the inconvenience.

As I understand, every time you're trying to start a back up job, you need to enter your credentials, i.e. Acronis Standalone Online Backup just "forgets" your credential previously used?

If so, I may suggest you to delete a certificate file located at the following folder:

  • \Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Acronis\TrueImageHome\OnlineBackup\<your_email>\client.crt (Windows XP)
  • \ProgramData\Acronis\TrueImageHome\OnlineBackup\<your_email>\client.crt (Windows Vista\Windows 7)

After that please reconnect to Acronis Online Backup. The most up-to-date certificate will be downloaded to the machine.

If the issue still persists, could you please make a screen shot with the window where you have the exclamation mark? If you are not familiar with making screen shots, please read the below step-by-step instructions:

  • Get to the window which you want to make a screen shot of;
  • Hit the (Alt+)PrintScreen button on your keyboard;
  • Run Paint usually available in Start\Programs\Accessories or another graphics application;
  • Choose Paste command in Edit menu;
  • Save the result in JPEG format and attach it to your reply to this thread.

We are looking forward to hearing back from you at your earliest convenience.

Thank you.

Hi Ilya,

"As I understand, every time you're trying to start a back up job, you need to enter your credentials, i.e. Acronis Standalone Online Backup just "forgets" your credential previously used?"

-Not really since the backup seems to run anyways.  I think my attached screenshot should help as it shows the spot in the software I'm talking about.  So then when I click on the link next to the exclamation mark I fill out my user name and password and always have to recheck the "missed tasks" options and then click Ok. The problem is that the exclamation icon/text never goes away (even after filling out the credentials again).  Like I said, this does not seem to prevent the backup from running.

I did not try deleting the certificate as I don't think that will help in my specific situation, please let me know if I'm wrong.

Thanks for your help,

Isaac

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Hello Isaac,

Thank you very much for the clarification. It seems that it's a GUI issue. Since it doesn't affect the main program functionality, you may safely ignore it. However, I've forwarded this issue to the appropriate department and it'll be fixed soon.

Thank you.

Hello Isaac,

Our QA Team reproduced the issue, I've just received a notification from them. The issue will be fixed soon, so we'll appreciate if you wait a few time more.

Please accept our apologies for the inconvenience.

Thank you.