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I bought a used comp. with windows 98.How do i delete his
name and password to log on to windows? thank you

Click on cancel to continue the boot. Once booted, do a find on: *.pwl
and delete all you find (mine is Ron.pwl). Reboot. When the password
screen appears, enter a user name (I suggest you use the same user name) and
leave the password blank and this will preclude having to enter a password
every time you boot. If the password box continues to appear:

Go to control panel, network, primary network logon and select Windows
Logon. Go to control panel, passwords, user profiles and ensure the "all
user's" box is marked. If you have a password established, go to control
panel, passwords, change windows password, type the password in the old box,
leave the rest blank and OK your way out. If you have forgotten your
password, delete the .pwl file with your user name (mine is ron.pwl);
however, be aware that you will lose all passwords stored in the .pwl file.
If you do not have a password established or have deleted the .pwl file,
when the W95/98 logon screen appears at boot, type a user name only and hit
OK. If the logon screen continues to appear and you have Tweak UI
installed, go to the Paranoia tab and remove the mark from "clear last
user."

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Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo

"Billy" wrote in message
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I bought a used comp. with windows 98.How do i delete his
name and password to log on to windows? thank you

At the logon screen, click on Cancel to boot into Windows
without the previous user's settings. Go to Start
Control Panel User accounts. Use this to delete the old
account. You can also set up an account for yourself if
you wish.


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I bought a used comp. with windows 98.How do i delete
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name and password to log on to windows? thank you
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