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by art23

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I can't seem to remember how to disable the Windows password upon startup. This pc is a personal pc and the Windows password window pops up upon booting up.

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by syscokid

1. Find and delete files named *.pwl

2. Restart the computer. When the logon screen appears, don't enter anything, just click ok.

by art23

I know that you can click OK or cancel to bypass the message but I do not want the logon window to pop up at all.

by syscokid

Yeah, but if you do what I said, and click OK (NOT Cancel), then restart, the login box should be gone.

by buffalodan

I will assume you are using windows 9x

Open control panel
Locate and open the "Paswords" Icon
Click on the button "change windows password"
enter the Old password on the top line
leave the next 2 lines blank
Click on OK....restart the machine

You will no longer be presented with a password prompt at startup

by buffalodan

by deleting *.pwl, you will also be deleting any saved passwords from other applications or web sites that windows may have stored,

Deleting all your password lists is potentially destructive

by buffalodan

If this PC is connected to a home or business network, changing your primary login from "Client for Microsoft" to "windows Logon" will no longer attempt to automatically log you onto the network....

Also, the process described above allows you tochange the "windows" logon only, and does not affect any network logon... There are 2 buttons available on the passwords screen, a button for windows password, and a button for network password

There is no need to adjust network settings, and increases the potential for a crippling misstep

by romesh

Go to Network in the control panel, and change to windows logon. Reboot the pc, and you lwill be prompted for a password. Leave it blank and click no ok, not cancel. This should get rid of the logon box. Good luck!

by william jay

Answer number four is the best so far for what you want to do. Client for Microsoft Networks always asks for a password, even a blanks one, and deleting all *.pwl files is a win3.1 trick that can backfire as described above because of the way outlook express and internet explorer is integrated with windows explorer and windows networking.
If you do want to use Client for MS Networks, rather than windows logon or windows family logon, then get Tweakui and install tha AutoAdminLogon feature that is designed to autologon the username and password on start-up. Because this is a software issue, there are more than a few ways to do it, like editting the registry directly, but for most the MS utility is easier and cleaner.
TweakUI can be found at MSDL and from our server at:
http://williamjay.dns2go.com/tech.support/utility/TweakUI/

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