Preventing Logon Prompt

I am attempting to suppress the logon prompt on a Windows 98 system per the
instructions in KB article 152104, but it doesn't seem to be working. And
no, I do not have TweakUI installed.

Anyone have any ideas what could be preventing this from working? Thanks!

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Ellis Hillinger
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Problem: Password is not being saved and/or login screen keeps coming up
when Windows 95/98 starts.

Possible Solution: There are numerous settings that need to be set
correctly, so we will add/reconfigure each one to insure it is properly set.

Go to the Control Panel, double-click the icon entitled "PASSWORDS." At the
top of the screen there are tabs. Click the tab titled "USER PROFILES" and
make sure the option "All users of this computer use the same preferences
and desktop settings."

Click OK.

While in the Control Panel, see if you have an icon called "TWEAK UI", if
so, double-click it, find the tab that says Paranoia, and make sure the
option "Clear Last User at logon" is NOT checked. Click OK.

Back in the Control Panel, double-click on the icon titled "Network" and
make sure you have the following components installed:

Client for Microsoft Networks

Dial-Up Adapter

TCP/IP



If you have any other components, remove them, these are the only three you
should have (unless you have a network card or are using AOL). Check to see
that "Windows Logon" is selected for the "Primary Network Logon" listed
below.

Double-click "Client for Microsoft Networks" and make sure "Log on to
Windows NT domain" is NOT checked. While in that window, make sure that
"Quick logon" is selected. Click OK.

On the tabs at the top of the screen, select "Access Control" and make sure
the option "Share-level access control" is selected.

Click OK.

If you are asked to re-boot, say NO.

Close the Control Panel.

Double-click My Computer

Double-click Dial-up Networking

You should see the icon used to dial your ISP here. Right-click on it and
select PROPERTIES.

On the tabs at the top of the window, select the one that is titled "Server
Types"

Under ADVANCED OPTIONS, the ONLY item that should be selected is "Enable
software compression". Please make sure that "Log on to network" and all of
the other options are not enabled.

Below that, it says "Allowed network protocols"

Make sure the last option, "TCP/IP" is the ONLY item selected.

Click OK.

Close any open windows.

Click on Start.

Click on Run.

Type COMMAND (hit enter).

Type CD \Windows (hit enter).

Type DEL *.PWL (hit enter).

Type EXIT (hit enter).

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

Click Start

Click Shutdown

Choose "Restart"

When Windows comes back up, a login screen should be displayed. For the
name, type TEST (hit enter)

For the password, type nothing, just hit the enter key.

If Windows asks for password verification, hit the enter key again.

That's it, you're all done! The next time you restart Windows, the logon
screen should not come up, and when you dial your ISP, the option to save
your password should be enabled.

Carey

"Ellis Hillinger" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> I am attempting to suppress the logon prompt on a Windows 98 system per
the
> instructions in KB article 152104, but it doesn't seem to be working. And
> no, I do not have TweakUI installed.
>
> Anyone have any ideas what could be preventing this from working? Thanks!
>
> --
> Ellis Hillinger
> (replace XXX with q to reply)
>
>