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by tammymg

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How do you get rid of the windows logon when logging onto a domain and forcing a password change every 60 days? Just deleting the .pwl doesn't cut it, because you would have to do this everytime you changed your domain password.

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by admin

I have an executable file that can be run on the PC that will disable the prompt. We use it on all the PC's on our network. All you have to do is copy the file onto the computer and run the program and then you can delete the program if you'd like. Its a one time thing, you don't have to do it more than once. If you'd like the file just email me. admin@dfcnaz.org

by renegadetech

If you set your windows logon the same as your network logon, you should only have to change your windows password every 60 days and the Network login screen shouldn't come up... ? Let me know if it works...

by nettek

You have the option to set a windows password to have no password. Simply log on as that user, go to control panel, elect to change the windows password, input the old password as requested, then leave "new" and "confirm new" blank. It will then never request a windows password for that user.

However, this can be tedious, and it will have to do it every time a different user access a different computer.

A more permanent solution is to run REGEDIT and navigate to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Network\

Create a new DWORD value of DisablePwdCaching
When its hexadecimal value is set to 1, it will not prompt for, or store, a local Windows password.

You can then export this registry key and import it to all your 9x workstations.

As always, never trust anyone who gives you a registry hack without first testing it.

by bughunter

It has been a while since I did this so some of the window descriptions will not be exactly what you will see but basically here is what you need to do if you are working with Windows 9x systems.

1. Delete all of the .pwl files.
2. Reboot.
3. Enter the NETWORK logon info.
4. When the WINDOWS logon appears make sure that
all entries are blank and logon.
5. If a verification window opens for a new
password then make sure that all entries are
blank and select save.
6. Reboot and you should only have a network
logon.

If, when making the 60 day change, any of your users enter a new Windows Logon password then they will end up with two logons again. The difficult part is explaining to the users the difference between the network logon and the windows logon and then making sure that they know that they should leave the windows password blank.

by shanghai sam

This is true to get rid of the windows password temporarily. However, I was needing to get rid of it permanently. Thank you for your input.

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