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by david.duong 1 view

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Weird problem,
Some win95,98 users get the Access denied when try changing their NT network password, even though they have permission to perform the task, I also checked the user account policy and everything seem to be fine. What else could cause this.

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by lbischofs

Make sure they can reach the PDC (ping). Also may need to make sure the local 95/98 login id and password are the same as NT's. Try changing the 95/98 password and then the NT password.

by rkelly

I've had this problem in the past (upgraded all machines to NT 4 Workstation now). This was to do with users no logging into Windows - normally they didn't sync their passwords and escaped out of the Windows logon screen. What I did was delete theirpassword file (*.pwd I think - but it's always named after the logon name so look for that) then set their Windows logon password to be blank. They they manage to logon to NT and Windows simultaneously and can always change their passwords.

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