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Win 98: Switching off individual login

LoBo · 2002-10-16 11:48:26

I recently resurrected an old pc that had win98 on it, and when you start up it asks you for a username and password. Though I can easily cancel to go to the default/none login, or make a new user, I want to switch off the option altogether so that it goes straight to the default without asking for a username/password. Any…

16-10-2002 12:48pm

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LoBo

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I recently resurrected an old pc that had win98 on it, and when you start up it asks you for a username and password.

Though I can easily cancel to go to the default/none login, or make a new user, I want to switch off the option altogether so that it goes straight to the default without asking for a username/password. Any ideas? I had a look at control panel->users with no joy

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#2 16-10-2002 12:54pm

seamus

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Control Panel --> Network

You may have 'Client for Microsoft Networks' set up. Deactivate this. Also at startup, if you enter a username and just hit enter (ie no password), it stops asking for a username, afair.

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#3 21-10-2002 4:58pm

LoBo

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thank you seamus, removing client for microsoft networks did the trick.

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#4 22-10-2002 1:12pm

java

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You could also delete the *.pwl files which stores the usernames and passwords.

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