Lion forgets time capsule password

Hi,
being a user of time capsule i have recently switched from file sharing with time capsule password to file sharing with user accounts (on the time capsule). Generally speaking it works quite well, however, when connecting to the time capsule, Lion always try use the old credentials, i always have to enter user account and password manually to get it working, even when i choose the option to save this information to the keyring, Lion still tries to connect using the old(wrong) credentials. I have not found a solution yet, any suggestions?
greetings
michael

There is no reset.. soft hard or factory that will affect data on the hard disk.

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