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by scotth

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How can I get rid of the Windows Logon Screen on Windows 98SE? It's not a network logon but the Windows logon. I never had it before; then I set up Internet connection sharing and a peer to peer network at home. I have since dismantled the network.I pulled out the NIC, removed the ICS, removed all user profiles and took out all protocols except dial up adapter and tcp/ip (for the internet). I was even told to delete all .pwl files, reboot and when the logon screen comes up to hit enter with a blank password. But that didn't work either. Any thoughts would be appreciated, it's driving my wife nuts. Thanks

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by james a bailey

Look in Network Neighborhood Properties. Underneath the protocols box, there is a drop down list. Change it to windows logon.

by dcosgrove

Do a search for *.pwl files and delete them all. Windows will ask one more time for the password. Just leave it blank and say ok. As long as you are set at windows logon, the next time you boot, there should be no more promt.

by william jay

There are several ways to get rid of the windows logon prompt, depends on what network client is installed. Answer number two only works for Windows Logon and Microsft FamiliyLogn, not for Client for Microsoft Networks. So, either install the "lesser: client and remove Client for MS Windows, or install TweakUI and set the machine to logon automatically at start-up, which sets up the AutoAdminLogon function.

Now, if you are really making reference to the splash screen and not a network logon prompt, then open c:\msdos.sys in notepad and change or add one line:

Logo=0

This will disable the loading and display of logo.sys, (the WinLogo bitmap pic). Alternately one may save a different bmp pic of the same dimensions to that filename and see the difference ...

Thanks for the opportunity to participate in your ongoing success ...

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