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by kdenny

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I have a user that is going from a win95 to win2k (two separate workstations). But wants to copy over the cookies because he can't remember the passwords to some of his sites. I just copied all the cookies over to the win2k machines, but it still prompted for a username and password (both blank). Does anyone know how to get around this? Did I not copy everything?

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by lizzy

Try Start, Find, Files or Folders. Search for files named w\ a PWL extension on the C: drive by entering *.pwl in the search field. His password file will probably show up as his UserID and there may be additional PWL files found that refer to otherusers that have logged in at the win95 PC. Copy his PWL file to the W2K PC's equivalent windows directory. I'm not sure if W2K handles password files in the same manner as Windows 9x, but it's worth a try. Good luck.

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