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Question about 'Get Rid of the Logon Screen'
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Question about 'Get Rid of the Logon Screen'
Wednesday, September 11, 2002 at 11:33 am
Posted by J
(1 messages posted)
I have a question about Get
Rid of the Logon Screen:
Hello.
I have a mixed, network of about a dozen machines. Mostly Win98, but two XP machines,
and one Win95. It is setup as a purely peer to peer network. All are sharing files
and printers fine, with one hitch.
On one(!) Win98 PC, when the machine boots up, it cannot see the network at all.
The Logoff item on the startup menu says "Logoff..." (that is, it has no username).
I know this is a user/password/authentication issue, because if l Iogoff, get the
logon screen, and give it a username and a password, I can then see the network just
fine.
What I want to happen, is for the PC to boot up, and with no Logon prompt at all,
just boot up and see the network. Like all the other PCs in the office do. I _think_
I have the PC set up to only have one user (I guess don't really understand everything
about users on W98). I've tried changing the Primary Logon to Windows, and to MS
Network. I've used TweakUI, set to Logon automatically, and with the Clear Last Logon
on (and off, tried both), but nothing seems to work.
I've tried everything I could find, but to no avail. Clearly
I'm missing something somewhere. Any suggestions?
Much appreciated,
Jg
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re: Question about 'Get Rid of the Logon Screen'
Wednesday, September 11, 2002 at 5:11 pm
Posted by Eddie
(45 messages posted)
Hi,
In my experience of running networks between different versions of windows, the most
hassle-free way of achieving file/print sharing via Network Neighborhood, etc., is
to enable Client for Microsoft Networks on every machine. This is a common protocol
that enables win95 to talk to win98 or even NT (2000/XP)
Set up one user on each machine, called "Anyone", and a blank password. This means
that you'll get the Windows Networking login screen, but all you have to do is press
enter to login. If you are not logged in to the MS Network, then whenever to try
to access shared resources, you'll be prompted for a username and password.
I wrote a vb program for win95/98 that automatically waits for the login dialog to
appear, and then presses OK for you. If you want a copy I'll dig it out for you.
On Wednesday, September 11, 2002 at 11:33 am, J wrote:
>I have a question about Get
>Rid of the Logon Screen:
>
>
>Hello.
>
>I have a mixed, network of about a dozen machines. Mostly Win98, but two XP machines,
>and one Win95. It is setup as a purely peer to peer network. All are sharing files
>and printers fine, with one hitch.
>
>
>
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re: Question about 'Get Rid of the Logon Screen'
Saturday, February 28, 2004 at 7:34 am
Posted by Robert
(1 messages posted)
Hi,
I've had a similar problem. I think your problem is in the nature of you have to
get the logon screen back before you can get rid of it the right way.
Delete (after backing up your registry) the AutoLogon key in:
HKey_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Network\Real Mode Net
This should restore your logon prompt.
Now, the TweakUI method to logon automatically to the network should work; except
for me, I still had another problem.
Somehow, I had two different password files for Username, "Owner". One file was
OWNER.PWL
the other was
OWNER000.PWL
Once I deleted the password files, and the corresponding entry in SYSTEM.INI, and
recreated the password, things started to work.
Since you have a peer-to-peer network, I think you'll want a "Windows Logon" "Primary
Network Logon", rather than a "Client for Microsoft Networks" "Primary Network Logon".
Robert
On Wednesday, September 11, 2002 at 11:33 am, J wrote:
>I have a question about Get
>Rid of the Logon Screen:
>
>
>Hello.
>
>I have a mixed, network of about a dozen machines. Mostly Win98, but two XP machines,
>and one Win95. It is setup as a purely peer to peer network. All are sharing files
>and printers fine, with one hitch.
>
>
>
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re: Question about 'Get Rid of the Logon Screen'
Friday, May 28, 2004 at 10:23 pm
Posted by elroy
(1 messages posted)
try this:
http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/125/
On Wednesday, September 11, 2002 at 11:33 am, J wrote:
>I have a question about Get
>Rid of the Logon Screen:
>
>
>Hello.
>
>I have a mixed, network of about a dozen machines. Mostly Win98, but two XP machines,
>and one Win95. It is setup as a purely peer to peer network. All are sharing files
>and printers fine, with one hitch.
>
>
>
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