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by dgemcse

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Not the ususal, so watch this one.
98SE on a domain.
Windows login comes up, use null pw, and then you are presented with the net login.
I have a couple of machines that insist on being able to cache the net login a.k.a "Save this password in your password list?"
How can this get screwed up, and is ther a registry tweak to "reset" ALL keys having to do with caching, and .pwl.
Before you think it is the usual, I have installed 95,98,SE,NT and am MSCE, so I know the quick fixes. Have already deleted all .pwl, no am not using profiles, and have tried even a few other things I found out from researching. Even ful reinstall of MSNetworking, TCP/IP and adapter, still happens. Anything else you have ever heard of?
Want to have the primary MS net logon, and bypass the winlogon (use null).
I do that now, but the net logon still comes up asking to cache pw!! This is not the norm!!

Thanx!!

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by nettek

The only time I have ever seen a "Save this password..." for a network logon is when Dial Up Networking was installed. I don't know if this will solve your problem, but you can see if you have a registry key called
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RasMan\Parameters
If you do, you can add a value of DisableSavePassword of type REG_DWORD, and set it to 1. This will prevent the saving of network passwords.

by sherrym

After you deleted the *.pwl file and rebooted the PC did you do the following:
-Delete the user name>select Ok
-reboot pc again to check
This will eliminate the Windows logon.
;)

by packrat_24

I just had this same problem today. I was getting a network login with the option to save the password to the password list. It turned out to be the Primary Network Logon option in the network settings. It was set to "Windows Login." I changed it to "Client for Microsoft Networks," rebooted and the save password option went away. You can then delete the .pwl file and enter a blank password and next login.

Hope this helps.

by soliboy

The reg key you want to delete or change to a value of 1 is HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENT VERSION\NETWORK\DisablePwdCaching. It is a DWORD value. A bug in 95 is its' absence altogether. I have no certification, and I solve all of these probs all the time. Our company has 2 MCSEs and it kills me but sometimes they just ain't worth it...

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