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  • April 6, 2000 at 2:12 am #2081661

    Disabling Windows 95 passwords

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    by dmcoxe · about 22 years, 12 months ago

    I have a Windows95 PC that was passworded by original owner, and password has been lost. Any attempt to change hardware settings requires password. Can I get around this by disabling the Password Caching using Windows Policy Editor tool? If not is there a workaround short of re-installing Windows 95?

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    • April 6, 2000 at 2:19 am #3896820

      Disabling Windows 95 passwords

      by yorkster · about 22 years, 12 months ago

      In reply to Disabling Windows 95 passwords

      do a search for *.pwl ( password files ) then delete all *.pwl files found,then reboot, system will prompt for new password.

    • April 6, 2000 at 2:20 am #3896818

      Disabling Windows 95 passwords

      by tohara · about 22 years, 12 months ago

      In reply to Disabling Windows 95 passwords

      The bios password which I believe you are referring to can be reset and effectively disabled by removing a jumper on the motherboard.
      There are many different areas on the motherboard where the jumper may be located (that tiny writing on the systemboard is rarely helpful). I suggest calling the tech support number for your pc, and asking them for this information. Also, many times the schematics for your board are available on the manufacture’s web site.
      Depending on the BIOS and HARDWARE involved, there may be a different procedure, but it usually entails opening the cover, finding the jumper, removing it, turning on the computer, turning off the computer and replacing the jumper. I have had to do it on a number of pcs,(laptops are the worst) but it is a relativley simple procedure.
      Feel free to email me if you need more help. tommilynn@usa.net – Tommi Lynn

    • April 6, 2000 at 2:27 am #3896816

      Disabling Windows 95 passwords

      by greg.ahler · about 22 years, 12 months ago

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      If you’re not talking about the BIOS, then I have one more thing to add to Answer #1. When you are done deleting .pwl files and reboot, Windows will ask for a user name and password, but you will only use a name….something generic. DO NOT entera new password. This will cause the system to stop asking.

      If you are talking about BIOS setup, then a visit to the motherboard’s website is helpful for finding this answer.

    • April 6, 2000 at 2:50 am #3896814

      Disabling Windows 95 passwords

      by greg.ahler · about 22 years, 12 months ago

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      This come’s from Novell’s support site:

      CAUSE:
      The file SH30W32.DLL has been updated either by 3rd party application or if they installed nwadmin using ADM41195.EXE and ADM411NT.EXE. The date of the file that I have seen problem with is 7/19/96 and the size is 80624 bytes.

      SOLUTION:
      The error could be eliminated by not loading NPTWIN95.EXE. Going back to the older sh30w32.dll dated 12/19/95 with size of 94720 bytes can also help.

      My own suggestion is to upgrade your Novell clients to 3.2, and using the latest NWADMIN.

    • April 6, 2000 at 7:40 am #3896794

      Disabling Windows 95 passwords

      by kevin_b · about 22 years, 12 months ago

      In reply to Disabling Windows 95 passwords

      The jumper setting may not fix the issue; if it doesn’t, take the cmos battery out and let the system sit for 10 minutes and then out it back in. You will loose any modifications to the bios you have done, but it will clear the pw setting.

    • April 6, 2000 at 11:16 am #3896787

      Disabling Windows 95 passwords

      by jeffl · about 22 years, 12 months ago

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      It sounds to me like you aren’t asking about a BIOS password. If you are, I think the answer has already been given. If you are talking about a permissions (policy) thing, here’s what I have about it…

      Make sure you have the file POLEDIT.EXE
      Boot to safe mode to bypass the policies OR
      if your Win95 has been modified, boot from a DOS disk.

      Run POLEDIT. You should be able to build a new policy or at least remove the old policies (.pol files) giving yourself full access. Beware that some people who were paranoid enough to impliment policies also ran POLEDIT from a floppy so you couldn’t do any of this.

      Hope this helps!

    • April 6, 2000 at 2:27 pm #3896778

      Disabling Windows 95 passwords

      by ecomboy · about 22 years, 12 months ago

      In reply to Disabling Windows 95 passwords

      yeah go with gary.yorks reply first.

    • April 6, 2000 at 9:17 pm #3896767

      Disabling Windows 95 passwords

      by sverker.nordlander · about 22 years, 12 months ago

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      You do not tell wether the PC requires the password when booting (i.e. a BIOS password) or when starting Windows. If it is a BIOS password, many (not all) of the motherboards overwrites the BIOS password when you load BIOS defaults. To do this get into BIOS setup when staring the computer by pressing the suggestad key (usually F8 or Del, it’s displayed at booting). If this is not an option, there is usually a jumper on th motherboard that resets the data. Before you do this make sure you have amanual for the motherboard/BIOS.
      If the prompt for pasword appears then the PC is starting Windows, the problem is much easier. Then staring up press F? to get to startup options, select command mode or MS-DOS only and at the prompt look for the file ending with .pwd (such as mike.pwd) and delete it. Then reboot and the system will recreate a new passwordfile with your input. If you do not want a password, just leave it blank and the system will not ask for password any more. You can always later introduce passwor

    • April 6, 2000 at 11:36 pm #3896766

      Disabling Windows 95 passwords

      by roccadeer · about 22 years, 12 months ago

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      Your question is ambiguous. Is your problem 1. a hardware password = a BIOS password or a 2.Windows95 password?
      Solution 1: open the computer and try to remove the BIOS battery. Make sure your PC is not connected to the electricity outlet.
      Disconnecting the battery makes the BIOS settings fall back to default without a password. Other settings are also default !!

      2. The WIN95 password does not protect a lot. It only remembers the userrelated settings on the PC. In system.ini or win.ini (I always forget which one) you will find the name of the original owner. Remove this entry. This entry refers to a file which also has the name of the original owner. Remove this file.

    • April 19, 2000 at 1:47 am #3899736

      Disabling Windows 95 passwords

      by philthegreat · about 22 years, 11 months ago

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      1)”start”–>”find”–>find “*.pwl” and delete it.
      2) but sometimes; it does not work; then
      The information in this article applies to:

      – Microsoft Windows 95
      – Microsoft Windows 95 OEM Service Release version 2
      ——————————————————————————-

      SYMPTOMS
      ========

      When password caching is disabled, the Password tool in Control Panel still
      displays the option to change the Windows password. Using this option may result
      in the error messages described in the following article in the Microsoft
      Knowledge Base:

      Q137826 Disabling Password Caching and Changing Passwords

      CAUSE
      =====

      If password caching is disabled, technically there is no Windows password.
      Attempting to change the Windows password or synchronize it with other passwords
      while password caching is disabled may result in error messages.

      RESOLUTION
      ==========

      This issue is resolved by the following updated file for Windows 95 and OSR2,
      and later versions of

    • May 1, 2000 at 8:23 pm #3899065

      Disabling Windows 95 passwords

      by adwait gupte · about 22 years, 11 months ago

      In reply to Disabling Windows 95 passwords

      I think you are refering to the bios password. Open you cabinet and remove the battery then after a few minutes put it back. All the bios settings including the passwords will be reset. You will then need to configure it again with some help if you need it from you hardware engineer.
      Adwait

    • May 3, 2000 at 10:59 pm #3898754

      Disabling Windows 95 passwords

      by patrickk · about 22 years, 11 months ago

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      1) Delete all *.pwl in C:\window\*pwl

      2) you may change at

      start-> setting -> control panel -> passwords

      Passwords–> change windows password

    • May 3, 2000 at 11:04 pm #3898753

      Disabling Windows 95 passwords

      by patrickk · about 22 years, 11 months ago

      In reply to Disabling Windows 95 passwords

      1) Delete all *.pwl in C:\window\*pwl

      2) you may change at

      start-> setting -> control panel -> passwords

      Passwords–> change windows password

    • May 7, 2000 at 5:38 am #3898633

      Disabling Windows 95 passwords

      by bshapess · about 22 years, 11 months ago

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      Depending on where the passwords are, if win95 del *.pwl. If it is BIOS there is a dip switch that will reset the CMOS password. You have to set the switch, turn on the computer, turn it off and set the switch back.

    • July 18, 2000 at 1:59 am #3788509

      Disabling Windows 95 passwords

      by andrew.marshall01@lineone · about 22 years, 8 months ago

      In reply to Disabling Windows 95 passwords

      search for the pwl files in find files and folders and delete them

    • July 18, 2000 at 2:04 am #3788508

      Disabling Windows 95 passwords

      by andrew.marshall01@lineone · about 22 years, 8 months ago

      In reply to Disabling Windows 95 passwords

      search for the pwl files in find files and folders and delete them..then reboot the system, add your own name and no password
      click ok and you wont see the login box again

    • September 20, 2000 at 7:03 pm #3736358

      Disabling Windows 95 passwords

      by dmcoxe · about 22 years, 6 months ago

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