Windows Network Password Question

Factual Questions
1

Every time my computer boots up, it stops at the network password dialog box. Thing is, I don’t have a network - it’s just my computer. Is there any way to get my computer to stop prompting me for a password?

Thank you,

FM

2

im pretty sure this fix only works in win 98, but you can try it. heres what you do.

  1. get to your control panel screen (start > settings > control panel).
  2. double-click on passwords.
  3. hit the tab marked, “user profiles.”
  4. click the circle containing the phrase, “all users of this computer use the same preferences…”
  5. then, hit the tab marked “change passwords.”
  6. click the button marked, “change windows password.”
  7. in the first field (old password) enter the old password.
  8. very important. under the new password field (and the confirm password field), leave them blank.
  9. restart and it should be fine.
3

Furthermore, since this is fresh in my mind, if you have TweakUI (And everybody should) make sure your paranoia tab has ‘Clear Last User at logon’ unchecked.

It’ll screw you up every time.

4

Thanks for the information BlackDog. I have a problem here - I don’t remeber the old password :confused:

Is there anything I can do?

Thanks,

FM

5

If it says “Enter Network Password” then you might have the Client for Microsoft Networks installed (which you don’t need unless you’re connected to other Microsoft OSes on the same network).

If the password thing didn’t work, go into Start->Settings->Control Panel->Network, and remove all of the stuff in the list there (You should see the Client for Microsoft Networks and possibly some other stuff). Since you don’t have a network, it’s safe to remove anything you see there. Press Ok, put in your Windows CD (only Bill Gates knows why you need the Windows CD to remove stuff), and reboot when it tells you.

As a general statement (and a slight hijack), you don’t need the Client for Microsoft Networks for your Dialup, DSL or Cable connection either. You can have TCP/IP and other adapters without having them bound to the microsoft client. All I have in my network settings is my Cable Modem adapter, and the TCP/IP protocol. Then you won’t ever be asked for the network password. As a bonus, removing the microsoft client also closes down the NetBIOS port, which is a security risk to have open. As a down side, you won’t be able to save your dialup password without the client installed. Microsoft… go figure.

6

Thanks c_goat! It doesn’t prompt me anymore!

Thanks to BlackDog and CnoteChris, as well.

FM

7

>> As a general statement (and a slight hijack), you don’t need the Client for Microsoft Networks for your Dialup

Strictly speaking that is true but Windows has a bug where the DUN connection will not remember passwords if the network client is not installed. That is the only reason I have it.