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Networking pop-up box on start up

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by pmfturner

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When I start up Windows 98, and before the desktop fills up with its icons, I get the following box popping up :-

"Enter Network Password
Enter your network password for Microsoft Networking
User Name
Password"

. . . and two check boxes for "OK" and "Cancel". The "OK" box has to be checked before I can proceed into Windows.

How can I get rid of this ? To my knowledge Networking has never been installed on this PC, except when I installed and then deleted it in the vain hope that this box would disappear !

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by juergen hartl

It looks like your machine is trying to connect to a server or a domain. I do not remember where exactly, but somewhere in the network properties dialogs set it to join a workgroup and not a NT Domain.

by pierrejamme

Unless you have a NIC, you can go to c:\windows in a DOS prompt or window and type del *.pwl. Reboot and just hit OK without a password, the next time it shouldn't ask you. If you do have a NIC then you need to enter our password.

by noggin_the_nerd

Try right clicking Network Neighborhood' and see what you hav as 'Primary Network Logon' and ensure that 'Windows Logon'is selected. If you want todo away with a password on this logon then go to Control Panel -> Passwords and press Enter for new password

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