diff -r 0bf55d656352 -r 707e40076be6 QTfrontend/gameuiconfig.cpp
--- a/QTfrontend/gameuiconfig.cpp	Fri May 24 10:34:22 2013 -0400
+++ b/QTfrontend/gameuiconfig.cpp	Fri May 24 12:56:58 2013 -0400
@@ -521,14 +521,28 @@
     setValue("net/passwordhash", QString());
     setValue("net/passwordlength", 0);
     setValue("net/savepassword", false); //changes the savepassword value to false in order to not let the user save an empty password in PAGE_SETUP
-    reloadValues(); //reloads the values of PAGE_SETUP
+    Form->ui.pageOptions->editNetPassword->setEnabled(false);
+    Form->ui.pageOptions->editNetPassword->setText("");
 }
 
 void GameUIConfig::setPasswordHash(const QString & passwordhash)
 {
     setValue("net/passwordhash", passwordhash);
-    setValue("net/passwordlength", passwordhash.size()/4);
-    setNetPasswordLength(passwordhash.size()/4);  //the hash.size() is divided by 4 let PAGE_SETUP use a reasonable number of stars to display the PW
+    if (passwordhash!=NULL && passwordhash.size() > 0)
+    {
+    // WTF - the whole point of "password length" was to have the dots match what they typed.  This is totally pointless, and all hashes are the same length for a given hash so might as well hardcode it.
+    // setValue("net/passwordlength", passwordhash.size()/4);
+        setValue("net/passwordlength", 8);
+
+    // More WTF
+    //setNetPasswordLength(passwordhash.size()/4);  //the hash.size() is divided by 4 let PAGE_SETUP use a reasonable number of stars to display the PW
+        setNetPasswordLength(8);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        setValue("net/passwordlength", 0);
+        setNetPasswordLength(0);
+    }
 }
 
 QString GameUIConfig::passwordHash()