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Passwords, Dial-up Networking and Profiles |
1. Delete all <user name>.pwl files in the \WINDOWS folder.
2. Now go to: Start/Settings/Control Panel/Network Icon/Configuration
Tab.
Make sure that "Client for Microsoft Networks" is selected in the "Primary
Network Logon" box.
If it's not then click on the arrow at the end of that line and select
it.
If it is not there, then do this:
a. Push ADD button
b. highlight "Client" in the list shown
c. Push ADD button
d. Under Manufacturers, highlight "Microsoft"
e. Under Network Clients, highligh "Client for Microsoft Networks"
f. Push OK button
3. Open System.ini and scroll down to the [Password List] section and delete all of the entries there.
Now try logging-on again. This should fix it. You will need to enter your passwords one more time.
Windows 95/98
If these are you symptoms:
1. When you try to save your password when you are making a Dial-Up
Networking connection by clicking the Save Password check box, your password
may not be saved.
2. This problem can occur even when you successfully connect to the
server, and when your password has not changed.
This problem can be caused by any of the following situations:
Password caching is disabled.
One or more of the files associated with Dial-Up Networking is missing
or damaged.
Your password list (.pwl) file is damaged.
The Rna.pwl file (if it exists) is damaged.
Automatic logon is enabled.
Please see:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q148/9/25.asp
NOTE: This problem has been known to occur after installing the Windows 95 Password List Update that is included with Microsoft Windows 95 Service Pack 1.
Please see
Description
of Microsoft Windows 95 Service Pack 1 Updates
Windows 95/98
If these are you symptoms:
When you start Windows, you may not receive a Windows or a Network Logon dialog box, or you may receive one of the following error messages:
No network provider accepted the given network path.
The operation being requested was not performed because the user has
not logged on to the network. The specified service does not exist.
Or, the Change Passwords tab may be missing from the Passwords Properties dialog box. Note that this symptom occurs only if the second cause listed below is in effect.
Please see:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q141/8/58.asp
Windows 95/98
If these are you symptoms:
When you are using Dial-Up Networking, you may experience the following symptoms:
When you are using Dial-Up Networking or you are attempting to connect to a shared network resource that requires a password, the option to save the password that you are entering may not be available.
When you are using Dial-Up Networking, this option normally appears as a Save Password check box. When you are connecting to a shared network resource, this option normally appears as a Save This Password In Your Password List check box.
If you have installed Internet Explorer 4.0 or 4.01, and you click Internet Options on the View menu, click the Connection tab, click "Connect to the Internet using a modem," and then click Settings, the Connect Automatically To Update Subscriptions check box may be unavailable.
Please see:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q137/3/61.asp
Windows 95/98
If these are you symptoms:
After you select the "Save this password in your password list" check box in any logon dialog box, you are prompted for your password the next time you try to use the same resource, even though the password has not changed.
Please see:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q135/1/97.asp
The problem is, you have to know what the old password is. In the event that you forget your password, try this alternative method: Use Find (Start, Find, Files or Folders) to locate all *.pwl files in your Windows directory. Delete the one(s) named yourname.pwl, where 'yourname' is either a network user name or a name under which you have signed in during a Windows logon. Reboot your system, and when the login dialog box appears, don't type anything. Click OK, and that login dialog box won't bother you again.
OR
DISABLE WINDOWS' LOG-ON PASSWORD
You can disable Windows' log-on password. Open the Passwords in Control Panel and click on the Change Windows Password button. Type your old password in the Old Password field. Then tab to the New Password and Confirm Password fields in turn, and press only Enter in each one.
OR:
To Hide the "Change Passwords"
Tab
[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
"NoPwdPage"=dword:00000001
OR
Get Rid Of Your Windows
Password
1. Start
2. Settings
3. Control Panel
4. PassWords
5. Tab 'Change Passwords'
6. Click 'Change Windows Password' button
7. Unselect eventual other Passwords which come up, click OK
8. Type your old Windows Password where asked and leave the other 'New
Password' and 'Confirm New Password blank
9. Click OK button.
OR
1. Go to the Network tab in control panel..Where it says Primary Network
Logon
2. Make sure it says Windows Logon instead of Client for Microsoft
Networks
3. Then delete your *.pwl files and reboot
4. If you don't enter a password the password box will not come
up again.
1. In the Passwords option in Control Panel, click the User Profiles tab.
2. Click to select the option named Users Can Customize Their Preferences And Desktop Settings.
3. Click the options you want under User Profile Settings. These options describe what should be included as part of the user profile.
4. Shut down and restart the computer.
Tip If you include desktop icons in your user profile, only the shortcuts (icons that represent links) will be available when you log on to the network from another computer. Actual files on your desktop are part of your local user profile only.
To disable user profiles on a local computer
In the Passwords option in Control Panel, click the User Profiles tab. Make sure the option named All Users Of This PC Use The Same Preferences And Desktop Settings is selected.
Note If an application is installed after user profiles are enabled with the option to include the Start menu and Programs in the profile, only the user who was logged on when the application was installed will have an entry for that application on the Programs menu. Other users will have to create shortcuts to the application on their Programs menus.
1. Go to START -> SETTINGS -> CONTROL PANEL
2. Select PASSWORDS,
3. Check the box that says : Users can customise their preferences...
etc
4. I would un-check the two below that in user profile settings
5. Click okay, machine will reboot.
6. It will ask you for a name + password. Type your name in and leave
the password blank
7. Click YES when it tells you you have not logged on before.
8. Go to your dial up networking , put the password in , check the
box + dial .
9. Next time round the password should already be there.
To make the process even more automated :
1. Goto MY Computer->Dial-up networking.
2. Select CONNECTION from the menu.
3. Select Settings.
4. Where it say's prompt for information before dialing , turn this
off.
5. Click OK .
6. Now you will find it just dial's straight away.No asking for passwords
etc.
And a bit more :
1. Install TweakUI (204kb) , part of the Microsoft Powertoys collection.
2. Go into it ( control panel->tweakui )
3. Select the network tab, automatically logon as whatever.
Whether or not you're on a local area network, odds are you don't really need the little logon (login) screen asking for your username and password that comes up when starting Windows 98. To remove this prompt, follow the following directions:
If you don't have multiple users configured: Open Control Panel, and double-click on the Network icon. From the list entitled Primary Network Logon:, choose Windows Logon, and press OK.
Note: If this doesn't work, make sure you didn't initially configure a password for yourself. If you did, Windows 98 will always require it. Double-click on the Passwords icon in Control Panel to choose nothing (leave it blank) for your password.
If you do have multiple users configured: Run the Registry Editor (REGEDIT.EXE). Open HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ Network\ Logon. Double-click on the Process Logon Script value, and change the data from 0000 00 to 0000 01
Note that following the steps in this article will disable and remove user profiles. All users of the Windows 95-based computer will see the same desktop and menus.
Disabling User Profiles
1. Restart the computer. At the Windows logon screen, click Cancel.
2. In Control Panel, double-click Passwords.
3. On the User Profiles tab, click "All users of this PC use the same preferences and desktop," and then click OK.
4. When you are prompted to restart the computer, do so.
Removing Existing User Profiles
NOTE: For information about how to edit the registry, view the Changing Keys And Values online Help topic in Registry Editor (Regedit.exe). Note that you should make a backup copy of the registry files (System.dat and User.dat) before you edit the registry.
WARNING: Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious problems that may require you to re-install Windows 95. Use Registry Editor at your own risk!
1. Use Registry Editor to remove the appropriate <username> keys from the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ ProfileLst\<username>
To remove all profiles, remove the ProfileLst key.
When you are done, quit Registry Editor.
2. Double-click My Computer.
3. On the View menu, click Options.
4. On the View tab, click Show All Files, and then click OK.
5. Use My Computer or Windows Explorer to remove the appropriate Windows\Profiles\<username>
folders. To remove all profiles, remove the Windows\Profiles folder.
1:
Save password check box is grayed out due to user profiles disabled.
If user profiles are disabled in Windows 98, the 'Save password' check box will also be disabled. This is a security feature which ensures that passwords will always remain private. Windows 98 does not know which password to display because it does not know which user has logged on to the computer.
In the 'Control Panel' window, double-click the 'Passwords' icon. Click the 'User Profiles' tab and select the 'Users can create their preferences and desktop settings. Windows switches to your personal settings when you log on' radio button. Click 'Yes' to restart the computer and log in.
1. Click 'Start' on the Windows taskbar. (The 'Start' menu appears.)
2. Select 'Settings' and select 'Control Panel'. (The 'Control Panel'
window appears.)
3. Double-click the 'Passwords' icon. (The 'Passwords Properties' dialog
box appears.)
4. Click the 'User Profiles' tab.
5. Select the 'Users can customize their preferences and desktop settings.
Windows switches to your personal settings when you log on' radio button.
6. Click 'OK'. (A 'System Settings Change' dialog box appears, asking
you to restart the computer.)
7. Click 'Yes'. (The computer restarts.)
8. Type your user name in the 'User name' box, type your password in
the 'Password' box, and click 'OK'.
NOTE: If you have never logged on to your computer and the computer
is not connected to a network, type the desired user name and password.
9. If the 'Set Windows Password' dialog box appears, retype your password
in the 'Password' box, and click 'OK'.
10. Double-click the 'My Computer' icon on the Windows 98 desktop.
(The 'My Computer' window appears.)
11. Double-click the 'Dial-Up Networking' icon. (The 'Dial-Up Networking'
window appears.)
12. Double-click the desired dial-up networking connection. (The 'Connect
To' dialog box appears.)
13. Click either 'Connect' or 'Cancel'.
14. To close the 'Dial-Up Networking' window, select the 'File' menu
and select 'Close'.
2:
A common problem is that no user has logged into Windows. At Windows
start-up, if you have to hit <escape> to clear the Windows logon window,
Dial-Up Networking won't save passwords.
If that is your problem, restart Windows. When the logon window appears, put any name in the name box and leave the password blank. Accept that, and you will get a password confirmation dialog box. Both fields will be blank. Click "Accept" or "OK" or whatever the go button is, and it won't bother you again.
3:
For problems with Win95/98 passwords, checkout these articles:
Save Password Check Box Is Unavailable
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q137/3/61.asp
Damaged Password List File Does Not Save Passwords
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q135/1/97.asp
Windows 95 Password List Update (does not apply to Win98)
Enhanced Encryption for Windows 95 Password Cache
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q132/8/07.asp
Dial-Up Networking Password Is Not Saved
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q148/9/25.asp
Err Msg: MPREXE Caused an Invalid Page Fault in Kernel32.dll
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q154/0/92.asp
No Windows or Network Logon Dialog Box at Startup
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q141/8/58.asp
No Password Prompt After Network Adapter Is Detected
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q142/2/33.asp
Note that your password is only saved on a successful connection. If you enter your password, but do not immediately logon and make successful connection, Win95/98 will not store that password.
If you end up creating a Win95/98 user profile logon, and don't want to have to enter a userid and password every time you boot Win95/98, get the latest version of TweakUI (part of the Power Toys). It has an option to automatically login on boot.
- Win95 version: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/downloads/default.asp
- Win98 version: On Win98 CD-ROM at \tools\reskit\powertoy
1. Right-click Network Neighborhood, and then click Properties.
2. On the Configuration tab, click Windows Logon in the Primary Network Logon box, and then click OK.
3. When you are prompted to restart your computer, click No.
4. In Control Panel, double-click Passwords.
5. Click the Change Passwords tab, click Change Windows Password, and then click OK.
6. In the Change Windows Password dialog box, type your current Windows password in the Old Password box. Leave the New Password and Confirm New Password boxes blank, click OK, and then click OK.
7. Click the User Profiles tab and verify that the "All users of this PC use the same preferences and desktop settings" option is selected. Click Close.
8. Shut down and then restart Windows 95/98.
9. If the if the above didn't work TweakUI may be causing this problem.
ARTICLE-ID:
Q135586
TITLE : Hiding the Last Logged on User Name in Windows 95