REMOVING WINDOWS PASSWORD LOGON

Find the *.pwl files in the c:\windows directory and delete them. Log off and log back on. After you log onto your network, you will be asked to input a Windows logon. If you enter and confirm no password, you will not see the Windows logon window again.

Answer 1 is not quite correct. Your Windows password must be the same as your LAN password if you don't want to see the Windows Password box. So if you delete the *.pwl files then login again you will need to enter the same password in the windowslogin box as the network box. From that point on you will not get the windows login box. If you change the network login and don't change the windows login this problem will reoccur. You can avoid this problem by using the change password featurein the passwords icon of the control panel. Good Luck!

There is a regestry setting that can make you automatically logon with a username and password. I forget where exactly it is but if you use TweakUI which is part of PowerToys from Microsoft you can set it up without going into the registry. It creates a little appltet in the control panel.

Answer number 1 is exactly right! After rebooting and logging into the network you will be prompted with the windows logon one last time. Simply remove the password from the first line and click ok!

Good Luck!

If all you want to do is get rid of the windows logon box right click on Network Neighborhood and go to its properties. You need to change the client type from Client for Microsoft Networks to Microsoft Family logon. On the configuration page go to add, choose client, choose Microsoft as the manufacturer and select Microsoft Family logon. Once you've clicked OK twice select Microsoft Family logon as your primary network logon on the configuration page and click OK. You may need your Win95 disk and probably have to reboot. This should meet your requirements. Good luck.

You can remove the windows logon by go to control panel==setting ==network
see if you have microsoft family logon and client for microsoft networks.
make client for microsoft network your primary logon and restart.
you will prompt to enter your password and the confirm new pass for microsoft windows logon. enter the same pass with te network logon then click ok.
you will no longer asked windows logon.

god luck

Many if not all of the answers are correct, but many people have not bothered to explain exactly why you would want to do them.
1. If you make the Windows password blank, then this means that if your network forces password changes, then there is no risk of the passwords getting out of symchronisation.
2. If you make both passwords the same, then yes, the windows password won't appear. BUT the drawback is if you NT server forces password changes then when you next change your password, this only amends the Network password, and you would need to know where in the Control Panel to go to amend ONLY your windows password to bring them back into synch.
3. There is a registry setting, which can be set using the TweakUI add-on for windows 95,but most Network administrators would frown on a users machine logging itself on to the network without user interaction at power on.

Answer 1 is pretty much correct, but you should also pay attention to answer 7, which correctly explains the results of those actions. Your .pwl file caches your password for both Windows itself AND Microsoft Networking (NT). Once you delete your .pwl, you will be required to enter both passwords again on next login.

By setting a blank Windows password, your .pwl file stores a blank Windows password, therefore eliminating the Windows logon altogether, and never prompts you to change it. Thisdoes NOT have to match your Microsoft Networking password, as it is totally independent of any of your network logons; it only applies to the local PC.

Next you'll be prompted for your Microsoft Networking password, with an option to have Windowsremember this password, also stored in the .pwl. Whenever you have to change this password, it is still independent of the Windows password.

A separate .pwl file is stored for different users, so you'll have to repeat the login process setting a blank password for the Windows logon for any other users that use that PC. After doing this once for each user, you should never see the Windows logon screen again.

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