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Log onto Windows password box appears everytime I start up Windows
Today I just changed the primary network logon in Network properties to the
Client for Microsoft Networks from Windows logon for the purpose of troubleshooting a print sharing problem on my 98 machine. After restarting my PC, the login screen to Windows appeared. As a result I typed in a identical username and password to the one I was using in XP. It didn't help me to resolve my print sharing issue with XP. Consequently, I changed the Primary Network logon setting back to Windows logon and clicked OK. When I restarted my PC, the same Windows login screen appeared for Microsoft Networks. I just clicked cancel and windows loaded up. However, my problem is that I can't get rid of this annoying Windows login screen at startup. This window login screen should not appear when the Primary Network login screen is set to Windows Login. I even tried restarting my PC several times. Furthermore, I shut down my 98 PC but this annoying Windows logon screen still appears. I even tried running msconfig but I could see any setting for unchecking the Windows logon screen. I also tried removing the Cient for Microsoft Networks altogether but I didn't succeed in sorting this problem. Perhaps I should never have typed a username and password in the first place. Although the Primary Network logon is now set to Windows logon in the network properties in my Windows 98 machine, the windows logon screen still appears everything time I start my machine. I would really welcome any suggestions in sorting this problem. Thanks, Martin |
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On Wed, 14 Sep 2005 10:41:17 -0700, Martin Healy
wrote: Although the Primary Network logon is now set to Windows logon in the network properties in my Windows 98 machine, the windows logon screen still appears everything time I start my machine. I would really welcome any suggestions in sorting this problem. Keep it set to Windows Logon but use a blank password. That will do the trick. Jim. |
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Log onto Windows password box appears everytime I start up Windows
On Wed, 14 Sep 2005 10:41:17 -0700, Martin Healy
wrote: Although the Primary Network logon is now set to Windows logon in the network properties in my Windows 98 machine, the windows logon screen still appears everything time I start my machine. I would really welcome any suggestions in sorting this problem. Keep it set to Windows Logon but use a blank password. That will do the trick. Jim. |
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I am using a blank password and the Primary Network logon screen is set to
Windows logon. However, the Welcome to windows logon screen still appears at startup. "James Egan" wrote: On Wed, 14 Sep 2005 10:41:17 -0700, Martin Healy wrote: Although the Primary Network logon is now set to Windows logon in the network properties in my Windows 98 machine, the windows logon screen still appears everything time I start my machine. I would really welcome any suggestions in sorting this problem. Keep it set to Windows Logon but use a blank password. That will do the trick. Jim. |
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Log onto Windows password box appears everytime I start up Win
I am using a blank password and the Primary Network logon screen is set to
Windows logon. However, the Welcome to windows logon screen still appears at startup. "James Egan" wrote: On Wed, 14 Sep 2005 10:41:17 -0700, Martin Healy wrote: Although the Primary Network logon is now set to Windows logon in the network properties in my Windows 98 machine, the windows logon screen still appears everything time I start my machine. I would really welcome any suggestions in sorting this problem. Keep it set to Windows Logon but use a blank password. That will do the trick. Jim. |
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On Wed, 14 Sep 2005 11:06:07 -0700, Martin Healy
wrote: I am using a blank password and the Primary Network logon screen is set to Windows logon. However, the Welcome to windows logon screen still appears at startup. Try deleting the file "your_username.pwl" from the windows directory. Then reboot. Jim |
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Log onto Windows password box appears everytime I start up Win
On Wed, 14 Sep 2005 11:06:07 -0700, Martin Healy
wrote: I am using a blank password and the Primary Network logon screen is set to Windows logon. However, the Welcome to windows logon screen still appears at startup. Try deleting the file "your_username.pwl" from the windows directory. Then reboot. Jim |
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In article , James Egan
wrote: On Wed, 14 Sep 2005 11:06:07 -0700, Martin Healy wrote: I am using a blank password and the Primary Network logon screen is set to Windows logon. However, the Welcome to windows logon screen still appears at startup. Try deleting the file "your_username.pwl" from the windows directory. Then reboot. Jim Good suggestion, Jim. I'd delete all the *.pwl files, and then log in with a user name that's not longer than 8 characters. -- Best Wishes, Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking) Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups. Microsoft Most Valuable Professional - Windows Networking http://mvp.support.microsoft.com Steve Winograd's Networking FAQ http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm |
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Log onto Windows password box appears everytime I start up Win
In article , James Egan
wrote: On Wed, 14 Sep 2005 11:06:07 -0700, Martin Healy wrote: I am using a blank password and the Primary Network logon screen is set to Windows logon. However, the Welcome to windows logon screen still appears at startup. Try deleting the file "your_username.pwl" from the windows directory. Then reboot. Jim Good suggestion, Jim. I'd delete all the *.pwl files, and then log in with a user name that's not longer than 8 characters. -- Best Wishes, Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking) Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups. Microsoft Most Valuable Professional - Windows Networking http://mvp.support.microsoft.com Steve Winograd's Networking FAQ http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm |
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Thanks for the input from everybody. I solved this problem last night by
following article ID 152104. Rather than deleting the .pwl files like suggested here, or just renamed them to the .old extension. Anyway, this article explains it in full. I don't know why I bothered changing the primary network logon to the Client for Microsoft Networks in the first place as this is only used when logging on to a NT domain network. The reason I did it is because my PC vendor manufacturer suggested to do it in order to sort a printer sharing problem. If I had not logged on in the first instance, then I wouldn't have encountered this problem. Then this .pwl would have not been created. Normally, it is only a case of leaving a blank password and clicking OK to remove this Windows logon box. Anyway, thanks for the rapid response. Martin "Steve Winograd [MVP]" wrote: In article , James Egan wrote: On Wed, 14 Sep 2005 11:06:07 -0700, Martin Healy wrote: I am using a blank password and the Primary Network logon screen is set to Windows logon. However, the Welcome to windows logon screen still appears at startup. Try deleting the file "your_username.pwl" from the windows directory. Then reboot. Jim Good suggestion, Jim. I'd delete all the *.pwl files, and then log in with a user name that's not longer than 8 characters. -- Best Wishes, Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking) Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups. Microsoft Most Valuable Professional - Windows Networking http://mvp.support.microsoft.com Steve Winograd's Networking FAQ http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm |
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