how to disable networking password at startup?

The subject pretty much explains what I want to do. I
don't know much of anything about networking yet, but I
have put a LAN card in my main PC to connect it later to
our other PC upstairs, and I have networking enabled, so
it asks me for a password at startup. I want the machine
to be able to startup all the way on its own w/out me
having to wait until the password screen pops up then hit
OK or cancel.

In article <648801c42e56$706c08d0$(E-Mail Removed)>, "Jeff Krouse"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>The subject pretty much explains what I want to do. I
>don't know much of anything about networking yet, but I
>have put a LAN card in my main PC to connect it later to
>our other PC upstairs, and I have networking enabled, so
>it asks me for a password at startup. I want the machine
>to be able to startup all the way on its own w/out me
>having to wait until the password screen pops up then hit
>OK or cancel.

Go to Control Panel | Network and set the primary network logon to
Windows Logon. Reboot, and log on with a user name and no password.
It won't ask for a logon again.

All peer-to-peer network functions are available using Windows Logon.

Using Windows Logon can't eliminate the logon prompt if you've enabled
multiple user profiles. If that's the case, use Tweak UI to log on
automatically. Go to the Logon tab and configure it. For information
on how to download and install Tweak UI, see this site:

http://www.microsoft.com/NTWorkstati.../nttweakui.asp
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