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

I have really never had to do anything with Keychain, ever since I started using OSX back in the 10.2.x days.
I just used my computer. No problem; it's a Mac! I kind of had a vague idea what Keychain was, but i really never interacted with it.
Same was true when I upgraded my non-Intel Powerbook from 10.3.9 to 10.5.8. Things went fine, for over a year.
But I recently had occasion to wipe my HD and reinstall 10.5.8.
Now, keychain asks for my login admin password every time I launch Entourage.
And no matter how many times i type it in, it never remembers.
That's a pain, and I have no clue how to make it stop doing that.
When I open the Keychain access utility and click on Help to try and learn what Keychain is all about, nothing happens. That's no help!
When I run Keychain Repair, it says everything is verified, and repair says there's nothing to repair.
Within the keychain access utility, i see a list of references to many of the passwords that I entered over the past several years and the sites I used them on.
Are all those passwords with their matching URLs stored somewhere on my Mac? I have always religiously NOT done this, for obvious reasons.
Makes me kind of uneasy, 'encrypted' or not. I'm always skeptical of the "trust me..." approach to computer security.
(If hackers can hack into the Defense Dept., the average Mac would seem to be a piece of cake.)
...Altho I suppose that could be a good argument for having DoD switch over to Macs....:-)
Anyway, keychain for me is a mystery wrapped in an enigma, and it has now become a bit of an annoyance and an inconvenience.
Whenever I need annoyances and inconveniences, I can always get those at work...on my Windows PC.
So how do I get Keychain to stop asking me for my Admin username/password every time I launch Entourage?

Hello,
>Are all those passwords with their matching URLs stored somewhere on my Mac?
Yes, that IS the Keychain.
Mac OS X 10.4: Keychain Access asks for keychain "login" after changing login password...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1631
Resetting your keychain in Mac OS X...
If Keychain First Aid finds an issue that it cannot repair, or if you do not know your keychain password, you may need to reset your keychain.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1544
And finally...
Keychain is no longer able to update itself when I upgrade an application...
http://unsanity.org/archives/2007_01.php
>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.

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