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mapped network drive password location

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by neal1lb

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Connecting a mapped drive from win98client
to a win2k server. The intial map required
a password. If you select to store the
password, any subsequent maps do not need
a password. Where does win98 store this
password.

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by ann777

Win98 does not store this information. Internet Explorer does....

Open Internet Explorer --> Tools --> Internet Options --> Content tab --> Auto Complete button --> Clear Passwords.

by baziite

It makes sense for it to be stored on the Win 2K server ......Possibly with the user profile which becomes available after proper logon . Otherwise there will be security issues .

Just a Calculated Guess >>>>>>

by a.c

The same place it stores all other passwords, in the passwords file !
The file should be the first eight chars of your windows login name (with no spaces) and has a .pwl extention. If you look on the astalavista.box.sk site there are loads of utilsfor hacking the file to find all your passwords, so if you want to keep your files safe on a share, don't save the password !! (i only know that through having to get into a couple of places when people had forgotten there passwords and managed to loose the drive mapping on auto connects)

A.C

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