Missing Logon Screen

I have been trying to setup a homenetwork - basically
linking a Windows Me desktop with a XP Laptop

I used the wizard and all looks fine except I can access
the netwrok from the Desktop - when I go to the network
neihborhood and click on entire network it tells me I am
not logged onto the network

I suspect the problem is that I never get a windows logon
screen at startup - however it appears that I have all
the settings set so that it should ask me to log on

Anybody got any ideas as to how I can get this logon
screen to appear at startup or any time to allow me to
log onto the network - or any ideas would be appreciated

In article <02e301c3d021$48141640$(E-Mail Removed)>, "Dave"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>I have been trying to setup a homenetwork - basically
>linking a Windows Me desktop with a XP Laptop
>
>I used the wizard and all looks fine except I can access
>the netwrok from the Desktop - when I go to the network
>neihborhood and click on entire network it tells me I am
>not logged onto the network
>
>I suspect the problem is that I never get a windows logon
>screen at startup - however it appears that I have all
>the settings set so that it should ask me to log on
>
>Anybody got any ideas as to how I can get this logon
>screen to appear at startup or any time to allow me to
>log onto the network - or any ideas would be appreciated

This is a common problem in Windows 95/98/Me. It can happen even when
you've done everything right. The most likely fix is to run the
registry editor, open this registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\
Network\Real Mode Net

and delete the value named "AutoLogon". This web site explains how to
do it:

http://www.wown.com/j_helmig/nologon.htm#AutoLogon
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