Client For Microsoft Networking user list

I'm having problems networking a win98 desktop with two XP-Pro machines that
use simple file sharing (for which I will post another query).
In the mean time I entered several user names when using Client For
Microsoft Networking because I thought I had to have the same user and
passwords on the win98 machine as on the XP-Pro machines.

Can someone tell me how to view all the users that I entered so that I can
delete the unwanted ones. I can see each user has a pwl file in the
c:\Windows folder but I'm assuming there are registry entries associated
with these and I dont want to delete the pwl files and leave a lot of crap
hanging around. Is there is an appropriate dialog for doing this?

thanks,

Keith

Password files can become corrupt and in the past I have used the FIND
facility to locate them all, renamed them to .old and rebooted. Win98 SE
then recompiles the necessary .pwl files. There are one or two points that
you need to be aware of when doing this - nothing major i.e. how to re-input
the necessary information. I used Microsoft KB articles 135197, 148925,
141858 and 137361 in the past to help me. Unfortunately at the time of
posting this the Microsoft.com search engine is down for one of its regular
maintenance routines, so I cannot check the contents for relevance.

Alan

"KC" wrote in message
...
I'm having problems networking a win98 desktop with two XP-Pro machines
that
use simple file sharing (for which I will post another query).
In the mean time I entered several user names when using Client For
Microsoft Networking because I thought I had to have the same user and
passwords on the win98 machine as on the XP-Pro machines.

Can someone tell me how to view all the users that I entered so that I can
delete the unwanted ones. I can see each user has a pwl file in the
c:\Windows folder but I'm assuming there are registry entries associated
with these and I dont want to delete the pwl files and leave a lot of crap
hanging around. Is there is an appropriate dialog for doing this?

thanks,

Keith

Password files can become corrupt and in the past I have used the FIND
facility to locate them all, renamed them to .old and rebooted. Win98 SE
then recompiles the necessary .pwl files. There are one or two points that
you need to be aware of when doing this - nothing major i.e. how to re-input
the necessary information. I used Microsoft KB articles 135197, 148925,
141858 and 137361 in the past to help me. Unfortunately at the time of
posting this the Microsoft.com search engine is down for one of its regular
maintenance routines, so I cannot check the contents for relevance.

Alan

"KC" wrote in message
...
I'm having problems networking a win98 desktop with two XP-Pro machines
that
use simple file sharing (for which I will post another query).
In the mean time I entered several user names when using Client For
Microsoft Networking because I thought I had to have the same user and
passwords on the win98 machine as on the XP-Pro machines.

Can someone tell me how to view all the users that I entered so that I can
delete the unwanted ones. I can see each user has a pwl file in the
c:\Windows folder but I'm assuming there are registry entries associated
with these and I dont want to delete the pwl files and leave a lot of crap
hanging around. Is there is an appropriate dialog for doing this?

thanks,

Keith

Thanks for responding Alan,.

My problem isnt so much that the pwl files are corrupt - all the user
passwords work correctly. Its just that I only need one network login id.
What Im looking for is the legitimate way to remove unwanted network users
rather than just manually delete the associated pwl files.

Any ideas?

Keith

"Alan" wrote in message
...
Password files can become corrupt and in the past I have used the FIND
facility to locate them all, renamed them to .old and rebooted. Win98 SE
then recompiles the necessary .pwl files. There are one or two points that
you need to be aware of when doing this - nothing major i.e. how to
re-input
the necessary information. I used Microsoft KB articles 135197, 148925,
141858 and 137361 in the past to help me. Unfortunately at the time of
posting this the Microsoft.com search engine is down for one of its
regular
maintenance routines, so I cannot check the contents for relevance.

Alan

"KC" wrote in message
...
I'm having problems networking a win98 desktop with two XP-Pro machines
that
use simple file sharing (for which I will post another query).
In the mean time I entered several user names when using Client For
Microsoft Networking because I thought I had to have the same user and
passwords on the win98 machine as on the XP-Pro machines.

Can someone tell me how to view all the users that I entered so that I
can
delete the unwanted ones. I can see each user has a pwl file in the
c:\Windows folder but I'm assuming there are registry entries associated
with these and I dont want to delete the pwl files and leave a lot of
crap
hanging around. Is there is an appropriate dialog for doing this?

thanks,

Keith

Thanks for responding Alan,.

My problem isnt so much that the pwl files are corrupt - all the user
passwords work correctly. Its just that I only need one network login id.
What Im looking for is the legitimate way to remove unwanted network users
rather than just manually delete the associated pwl files.

Any ideas?

Keith

"Alan" wrote in message
...
Password files can become corrupt and in the past I have used the FIND
facility to locate them all, renamed them to .old and rebooted. Win98 SE
then recompiles the necessary .pwl files. There are one or two points that
you need to be aware of when doing this - nothing major i.e. how to
re-input
the necessary information. I used Microsoft KB articles 135197, 148925,
141858 and 137361 in the past to help me. Unfortunately at the time of
posting this the Microsoft.com search engine is down for one of its
regular
maintenance routines, so I cannot check the contents for relevance.

Alan

"KC" wrote in message
...
I'm having problems networking a win98 desktop with two XP-Pro machines
that
use simple file sharing (for which I will post another query).
In the mean time I entered several user names when using Client For
Microsoft Networking because I thought I had to have the same user and
passwords on the win98 machine as on the XP-Pro machines.

Can someone tell me how to view all the users that I entered so that I
can
delete the unwanted ones. I can see each user has a pwl file in the
c:\Windows folder but I'm assuming there are registry entries associated
with these and I dont want to delete the pwl files and leave a lot of
crap
hanging around. Is there is an appropriate dialog for doing this?

thanks,

Keith

I haven't done it but can you not use the User and the Password access via
the Control Panel to do what you want?

Alan

"KC" wrote in message
...
Thanks for responding Alan,.

My problem isnt so much that the pwl files are corrupt - all the user
passwords work correctly. Its just that I only need one network login id.
What Im looking for is the legitimate way to remove unwanted network users
rather than just manually delete the associated pwl files.

Any ideas?

Keith

"Alan" wrote in message
...
Password files can become corrupt and in the past I have used the FIND
facility to locate them all, renamed them to .old and rebooted. Win98 SE
then recompiles the necessary .pwl files. There are one or two points
that
you need to be aware of when doing this - nothing major i.e. how to
re-input
the necessary information. I used Microsoft KB articles 135197, 148925,
141858 and 137361 in the past to help me. Unfortunately at the time of
posting this the Microsoft.com search engine is down for one of its
regular
maintenance routines, so I cannot check the contents for relevance.

Alan

"KC" wrote in message
...
I'm having problems networking a win98 desktop with two XP-Pro machines
that
use simple file sharing (for which I will post another query).
In the mean time I entered several user names when using Client For
Microsoft Networking because I thought I had to have the same user and
passwords on the win98 machine as on the XP-Pro machines.

Can someone tell me how to view all the users that I entered so that I
can
delete the unwanted ones. I can see each user has a pwl file in the
c:\Windows folder but I'm assuming there are registry entries
associated
with these and I dont want to delete the pwl files and leave a lot of
crap
hanging around. Is there is an appropriate dialog for doing this?

thanks,

Keith

I haven't done it but can you not use the User and the Password access via
the Control Panel to do what you want?

Alan

"KC" wrote in message
...
Thanks for responding Alan,.

My problem isnt so much that the pwl files are corrupt - all the user
passwords work correctly. Its just that I only need one network login id.
What Im looking for is the legitimate way to remove unwanted network users
rather than just manually delete the associated pwl files.

Any ideas?

Keith

"Alan" wrote in message
...
Password files can become corrupt and in the past I have used the FIND
facility to locate them all, renamed them to .old and rebooted. Win98 SE
then recompiles the necessary .pwl files. There are one or two points
that
you need to be aware of when doing this - nothing major i.e. how to
re-input
the necessary information. I used Microsoft KB articles 135197, 148925,
141858 and 137361 in the past to help me. Unfortunately at the time of
posting this the Microsoft.com search engine is down for one of its
regular
maintenance routines, so I cannot check the contents for relevance.

Alan

"KC" wrote in message
...
I'm having problems networking a win98 desktop with two XP-Pro machines
that
use simple file sharing (for which I will post another query).
In the mean time I entered several user names when using Client For
Microsoft Networking because I thought I had to have the same user and
passwords on the win98 machine as on the XP-Pro machines.

Can someone tell me how to view all the users that I entered so that I
can
delete the unwanted ones. I can see each user has a pwl file in the
c:\Windows folder but I'm assuming there are registry entries
associated
with these and I dont want to delete the pwl files and leave a lot of
crap
hanging around. Is there is an appropriate dialog for doing this?

thanks,

Keith

From Control Panel the "Users" option gives me the wizard to set up a
multi-user environment. At the moment the 98 machine uses one user profile -
same desktop, favorites etc. I've never bothered setting a multiuser
environment and I dont think going through the wizard will help me.

"Passwords" allows me to change the password for the current user, but I
dont see the other users to delete them.

Is there an Administrator account that I can log on to?

I'll have a play and post back when I figure out what to do.

Thanks for responding,

Keith

From Control Panel the "Users" option gives me the wizard to set up a
multi-user environment. At the moment the 98 machine uses one user profile -
same desktop, favorites etc. I've never bothered setting a multiuser
environment and I dont think going through the wizard will help me.

"Passwords" allows me to change the password for the current user, but I
dont see the other users to delete them.

Is there an Administrator account that I can log on to?

I'll have a play and post back when I figure out what to do.

Thanks for responding,

Keith

So lets get this straight. You have created additional users on your PC but
the User wizard does not show them?

When you check Profiles in Windows Explorer, are the other uses shown?

When you check Profiles in the Registry, are the other users shown there as
well?

I have read conflicting information re the Administrator for 98 and 98SE.
The Resource Kit says the first person to log on after a Windows install
automatically becomes the Administrator and this will be shown in the Users
Wizard. I can verify that this does not happen. Another piece of information
says that everyone has the same privileges unless the Policy Editor has been
run to allocate otherwise.

Alan

"KC" wrote in message
...
From Control Panel the "Users" option gives me the wizard to set up a
multi-user environment. At the moment the 98 machine uses one user
profile -
same desktop, favorites etc. I've never bothered setting a multiuser
environment and I dont think going through the wizard will help me.

"Passwords" allows me to change the password for the current user, but I
dont see the other users to delete them.

Is there an Administrator account that I can log on to?

I'll have a play and post back when I figure out what to do.

Thanks for responding,

Keith