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Question about 'Get Rid of the Logon Screen'
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Question about 'Get Rid of the Logon Screen'
Friday, September 13, 2002 at 3:27 am
Posted by Bonnie
(1 messages posted)
I have a question about Get
Rid of the Logon Screen:
I've read all the posts on this Q and the answers are there but I need someone to
confirm that if I enter a blank password in the password change option that will
tell Windows that no password/login is required-I know it's pretty dumb but I just
don't want to risk being locked off! (Windows Logon is set, no Networking selected,
accidently set a "Windows Password" while setting a SSaver password)
I'd be a very grateful Newbie if someone would make this thing clear to me---Thanks
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re: Question about 'Get Rid of the Logon Screen'
Friday, September 13, 2002 at 4:27 am
Posted by Daniel Cochran
(8 messages posted)
Windows stores all your passwords in .PWL files. The details of these are encrypted,
but passwords for users can be reset simply by deleting these files.
Entering a null password *should* mean you are not prompted for a password in the
future, as long as Windows Networking is removed.
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re: Question about 'Get Rid of the Logon Screen'
Friday, September 13, 2002 at 6:09 am
Posted by phantom
(5587 messages posted)
What you want to do when Windows asks for your password, is don't type anything and
click ok, not cancel. Then it shouldn't ask again.
(phantom)
On Friday, September 13, 2002 at 3:27 am, Bonnie wrote:
>I have a question about Get
>Rid of the Logon Screen:
>
>I've read all the posts on this Q and the answers are there but I need someone to
>confirm that if I enter a blank password in the password change option that will
>tell Windows that no password/login is required-I know it's pretty dumb but I just
>don't want to risk being locked off! (Windows Logon is set, no Networking selected,
>accidently set a "Windows Password" while setting a SSaver password)
>
>I'd be a very grateful Newbie if someone would make this thing clear to me---Thanks
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re: Question about 'Get Rid of the Logon Screen'
Friday, September 13, 2002 at 6:46 am
Posted by nathaniel
(46 messages posted)
That did not work for me, I clicked cancel and the logon screen ask for a password
every time I turn on my computer. I have even reformated my hardrive in an attempt
to get rid of the *#$#@% thing.
On Friday, September 13, 2002 at 6:09 am, phantom wrote:
>What you want to do when Windows asks for your password, is don't type anything
and
>click ok, not cancel. Then it shouldn't ask again.
>(phantom)
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re: Question about 'Get Rid of the Logon Screen'
Friday, September 13, 2002 at 7:01 am
Posted by phantom
(5587 messages posted)
Don't click cancel, CLICK OK OR ENTER!
(phantom)
On Friday, September 13, 2002 at 6:46 am, Nathaniel Gilliam wrote:
>That did not work for me, I clicked cancel and the logon screen ask for a password
>every time I turn on my computer. I have even reformated my hardrive in an attempt
>to get rid of the *#$#@% thing.
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re: Question about 'Get Rid of the Logon Screen'
Friday, September 13, 2002 at 7:19 am
Posted by amaralliya e. thenardier
(3194 messages posted)
if you're prompted to restart while completing the operations in this list, don't
(well, until you hit steps 6 and 8).
1) restart and hit cancel/esc at the logon screen
2) in the network applet in the control panel, make sure the primary network logon
is set to windows logon
3) remove all users from the users applet in the control panel
4) in the passwords applet in the control panel, hit the user profiles tab and select
the all users of this computer... radio button
5) do a file find for *.pwl and delete any files found
6) restart
7) when prompted, enter a name but no password and hit ok (don't cancel/esc)
8) restart again and see if you're still prompted to log in
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re: Question about 'Get Rid of the Logon Screen'
Friday, September 13, 2002 at 7:00 pm
Posted by phantom
(5587 messages posted)
amaralliya, I kept getting the login prompt and had to click ok and not cancel. Everytime
I hit cancel it came back next boot.
(phantom)
On Friday, September 13, 2002 at 7:19 am, amaralliya e. thenardier wrote:
>if you're prompted to restart while completing the operations in this list, don't
>(well, until you hit steps 6 and 8).
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>1) restart and hit cancel/esc at the logon screen
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>2) in the network applet in the control panel, make sure the primary network logon
>is set to windows logon
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>3) remove all users from the users applet in the control panel
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>4) in the passwords applet in the control panel, hit the user profiles tab and select
>the all users of this computer... radio button
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>5) do a file find for *.pwl and delete any files found
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>6) restart
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>7) when prompted, enter a name but no password and hit ok (don't cancel/esc)
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>8) restart again and see if you're still prompted to log in
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re: Question about 'Get Rid of the Logon Screen'
Saturday, September 14, 2002 at 9:53 am
Posted by amaralliya e. thenardier
(3194 messages posted)
read the directions again. the initial instructions are to hit esc/cancel so that
you login with the default profile and are then able to remove any other profiles.
after completing the initial procedures you then login with a username (no password)
to create a profile.
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re: Question about 'Get Rid of the Logon Screen'
Saturday, September 14, 2002 at 11:46 am
Posted by phantom
(5587 messages posted)
I wasn't talking about changing profiles. All I know is I hit ok to not see the popup
again and if I hit cancel it kept on coming up. Believe mme or not but that is what
I did!!!!
(phantom)
On Saturday, September 14, 2002 at 9:53 am, amaralliya e. thenardier wrote:
>read the directions again. the initial instructions are to hit esc/cancel so that
>you login with the default profile and are then able to remove any other profiles.
>after completing the initial procedures you then login with a username (no password)
>to create a profile.
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re: Question about 'Get Rid of the Logon Screen'
Saturday, June 5, 2004 at 12:24 am
Posted by someradomone
(1 messages posted)
Read the instructions provided by amaralliya *carefully*! Follow it step by step!
Probably a three-year-old can do it.
A radom person
On Saturday, September 14, 2002 at 11:46 am, phantom wrote:
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>I wasn't talking about changing profiles. All I know is I hit ok to not see the
popup
>again and if I hit cancel it kept on coming up. Believe mme or not but that is what
>I did!!!!
>(phantom)
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re: Question about 'Get Rid of the Logon Screen'
Saturday, June 5, 2004 at 5:01 am
Posted by phantom
(5587 messages posted)
Why are you answering a post from a year and a half ago? In the first place I am
not the one that had the problem. I was trying to help someone. And in the second
place I didn't have to do what the amaralliya stated to do. It wasn't my problem
and why he posted to me I have no idea. I also don't care for the crack about the
three year old. That isn't what we are here for. Not to criticize but to help
.gif)
On Saturday, June 5, 2004 at 12:24 am, someradomone wrote:
>Read the instructions provided by amaralliya *carefully*! Follow it step by step!
>Probably a three-year-old can do it.
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>A radom person
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