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by computerusageco

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The user name has been forgotten client running Win98 computer. It is a peer-to-peer with WinXP XP for the server. Without the profile fo the user on the Win98 machine, the it does not connect to the workgroup on the server. How can I recover theuser name and password for the Win98 client computer?

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by saihib

The user name should be an account located on the XP machine. Use the admin account to reset the password.

by ann777

On the win98 computer, look for *.pwl ... that will get you the username of anyone who has logged on this computer. You can delete the file and essentially setup a new user/password on your WinXP box, then have the user login to the win98 box.If you want to recover the current username/password, you can give the tools mentioned in the previous answers a try, but it's easier with win98/winxp just to recreate it. Especially since win98 is not ntfs and there's no real user/password security per se.

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