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I try to get rid of a login screen and now i have a nightmare on my handsL
Friday, October 11, 2002 at 1:49 pm
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Posted by amy (1 messages posted)

i had the same problems a sydney, so i followed your directions, and now have a complete nightmare on my hands! all of my settings for everything have been erased, including very important ones like all of my autocorrect and autotext entries, all my macros, everything is gone! please help! and the worst part is that i spent 5 painstaking hours last night retyping all that stuff in, and i start Microsoft Word today and everything has been deleted AGAIN! When i started Microsoft Word, i think a box came up called "Windows Installer" and it said "Preparing to install" and then it went away and another box came up for Microsoft Word that said something like "Please wait while we reconfigure your settings for microsoft word". i need serious help from someone so that all my settings stop resetting. i am a medical transcriptionist and need my settings to remain. i would be so, so grateful. Amy p.s. is there any way to get the old settings back?

On Wednesday, April 3, 2002 at 4:17 pm, CJ wrote:

>First off, if you have Client for MS installed in the Network applet, remove it. 
>You don't need it, unless you're networked.
>
>1. Go to Start>Find>Files & Folders... type in *.pwl and delete all .pwl files in 
>c:\windows 
>
>2. Go to start>Run, type sysedit. Maximize the system.ini 
>Delete all lines under 
>[Password Lists] 
>
>3. Go to ControlPanel>Network 
>Choose Windows Logon as Primary Login 
>
>Reboot 
>
>You should now get the login box one last time. Type in your name. Just click OK 
>for no password. 
>
>Not yet, try: 
>Backup the registry and/or export the following keys: 
>go to Start>Run, type regedit. Navigate to: 
>
>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\current version\network\real mode 
net\ 
>Right-click on Real Mode Net, choose new>Binary value, name it AutoLogon 
>and give it a value of 01 00 00 00. 
>
>
>






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re: Question about 'Get Rid of the Logon Screen' (Ms. Eagle: Wednesday, April 3, 2002 at 4:17 pm)


Responses to this message:
re: I try to get rid of a login screen and now i have a nightmare on my handsL (Ms. Eagle: Friday, October 11, 2002 at 5:34 pm)

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Question about 'Get Rid of the Logon Screen' (Sydney: Wed, Apr 3, 2002, 6:40 am)

re: Question about 'Get Rid of the Logon Screen' (Carol: Wed, Apr 3, 2002, 4:17 pm)

I try to get rid of a login screen and now i have a nightmare on my handsL (amy: Fri, Oct 11, 2002, 1:49 pm)

re: I try to get rid of a login screen and now i have a nightmare on my handsL (Carol: Fri, Oct 11, 2002, 5:34 pm)

re: I try to get rid of a logon screen and now i have a nightmare on my handsL (Jeannette Spradley: Thu, Jul 31, 2003, 6:28 am)

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