How do I deactivate Keychain login

Everytime I open a new application I have to key in a password for KEYCHAIN LOGIN.  How do I turn this off?  It's sure annoying!

Open Keychain>Keychain Preferences>First Aid.  Click on the two lower boxes:  Set Login Keychain as Default and Keep Login Keychain Unlocked.

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  • How can I eliminate frequent messages requesting keychain login?

    How can I eliminate frequent messages requesting keychain login?

    Take a look at this support article and let us know if it helps with your problem.
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1631
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  • How can I turn off login keychain?

    How can I turn off login keychain prompt?

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  • How do you fix Error: login keychain not found

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  • How do I stop repeated requests for keychain login?

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  • How do i make Keychain stop asking for my PW when I launch Entourage?

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    Yes, that IS the Keychain.
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    >Makes me kind of uneasy, 'encrypted' or not.  I'm always skeptical of the "trust me..." approach to computer security.
    But if it didn't you be bothered to put in hundrefds of usernames & Passwords a day most likely.

  • I have a new MacBook Pro.  I keep getting the message (from all different programs) that they would like to access the keychain "login".  I have run keychain repair, and it won't stop!

    I have a new MacBook Pro.  I keep getting the message "Mail would like to use your keychain "login".  How can I make this stop?  I have run the keychain repair utility.

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  • User differs on ~/Library/Keychains/login.keychain,should be 501,owner is 0

    I am having sever keychain errors. When I try to verify or repair my keychain, I get this error:
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  • How Do I Reset Keychain and Get Rid of All the Password Popups?

    I was away four a few weeks and just before doing so I had reset my user password? When I returned I couldn't remember it, so I had to reset it in recovery mode. After doing this and booting up I'm getting oodles of prompts to enter my Keychain Login which I do not know, so I do reset which doesn't take. Mail also asks for all my mail accounts passwords which I enter and do not take either.
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    I talked to Apple Technical Support last night about it.  What caused mine to start popping up was that I changed my settings and created a login password for my computer.  It must not have been the same password as my keychain password so keychain password popups started.  Technical support had me reset keychain with the login required for my computer and now I don't have popups anymore.
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  • Turning off keychain login

    I just moved from a MacBook Pro to an iMac. In fact, I moved from about 5 years of using a MacBook Pro, which functioned as both a desktop (when attached to a monitor) and a laptop.
    As part of my security paranoia, I locked the keychain, and required a separate login password for the keychain. So, if you were good enough to get past my login password, up popped the Keychain password which was 20 random characters (which I memorized) and impossible to break.
    But my iMac is pretty secure sitting in my house, so I'm less concerned. I guess a thief could get it, my login password and Apple ID password are really complex, and your average thief will just sell the machine, and someone will just reformat, and my privacy will be protected. I just want to save the annoyance of that second login (which is so complicated, I always mistype the password).
    Can someone explain how to shut off the separate keychain login? I've clicked a bunch of stuff which I think should turn off keychain login, but it's not working. Besides, the keychain preferences seems to have been written in some lame English, because you can't figure out if by clicking a box you get a double-negative or not.
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    Set the keychain password to the same as your login password.

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