can't use windows without logging onto network

If no network connection is available I get the
message "there was no domain to verify your password"
or "domain could not verify your password". This only
happens on 5 or six of the 100 or so windows 98 machines
in my network. These machines all have a place where
you "must" specify a domain or you cannot log on. When
you try to click on cancel the same message appears. If
you try to logon without a domain specified then a message
appears that says "you must specify a domain to log on to
the network. One of these machines is a laptop and this
makes it completely useless as a portable machine as it
cannot be used without being connected to the network.
The rest are useless if the network is down for any
reason. I have been told that this is not the default for
windows 98 se and that I had to do something to cause
this, but I have done nothing different on these than on
the others. Could it be the NIC? Please help!

Thanks
Stanley Mitchell
Marshall Elementary School
Evergreen, AL 36401

>-----Original Message-----
>If no network connection is available I get the
>message "there was no domain to verify your password"
>or "domain could not verify your password".....

Did you try to kill everything in Network besides the
actual netcard? Then install the protocols again.

Once in a while I see a win98 repeating the logon dialog
instead of skipping to desktop. Each time it went away
by the above process.
Takes no time to test.
Remember to note the installed protocols before deletion.