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Summary
This article describes how to prevent Windows from prompting you for a =
password when you start Windows.=20
Note that this information applies only if you are not using user =
profiles. If you have user profiles enabled, and you follow the steps in =
this article, Windows is not prevented from prompting you for a =
password. If you have enabled user profiles and you would like to =
disable or delete them before you follow these steps, view the following =
article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:=20
Q156826 How to Disable and Delete User Profiles=20
More Information
To prevent Windows from prompting you for a password at startup:=20
Click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, and then =
double-click Network.
On the Configuration tab, click Windows Logon in the Primary Network =
Logon box, and then click OK.
When you are prompted to restart your computer, click No.
In Control Panel, double-click Passwords.=20
On the Change Passwords tab, click Change Windows Password, select any =
of the check boxes that you want, and then click OK.
NOTE: If you cancel the network logon dialog box when you start your =
computer, the Change Passwords tab may not be available. You must log on =
so that the Change Passwords tab is available.
In the Change Windows Password dialog box, type your current Windows =
password in the Old Password box. Leave the New Password and Confirm New =
Password boxes blank, click OK, and then click OK.
NOTE: If you have forgotten your old password, view the following =
article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q189126 Microsoft's Policy Regarding Missing or Invalid Passwords=20
On the User Profiles tab, verify that the All users of this PC use the =
same preferences and desktop settings option is selected, and then click =
Close.
Click Start, point to Search (or Find), and then click For Files or =
Folders.
Type *.pwl in the Named box, click Local Hard Drives in the Look in box, =
and then press ENTER.
Right-click one of the .pwl files, click Rename, and then rename the =
file with an .old file name extension. Repeat this step for each .pwl =
file.
NOTE: If you do not rename the .pwl files, the passwords from those =
files may be detected by Windows and the Windows Logon request may =
continue to appear.
Shut down and then restart your computer.
If you still receive a logon prompt, it may be caused by the TweakUI =
tool from Windows 95 Power Toys. If you have installed Windows 95 Power =
Toys and you are using the TweakUI tool, view the following article in =
the Microsoft Knowledge Base:=20
Q135586 Hiding the Last Logged on User Name in Windows 95=20
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Heirloom, old and copious notes
"John C Torrie" <jtorrie@triad.rr.com> wrote in message =
news:%23CZktikKFHA.3992@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
When I start my computer, it ask for name and password. I just click =
cancel and it goes away. Is there anyway to keep it from showing up each =
time, I start up? Thanks
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Summary<BR>This article describes how to prevent =
Windows from=20
prompting you for a password when you start Windows. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Note that this information applies only if you are =
not using=20
user profiles. If you have user profiles enabled, and you follow the =
steps in=20
this article, Windows is not prevented from prompting you for a =
password. If you=20
have enabled user profiles and you would like to disable or delete them =
before=20
you follow these steps, view the following article in the Microsoft =
Knowledge=20
Base: <BR>Q156826 How to Disable and Delete User Profiles <BR>More=20
Information<BR>To prevent Windows from prompting you for a password at =
startup:=20
<BR>Click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, and then =
double-click=20
Network.<BR>On the Configuration tab, click Windows Logon in the Primary =
Network=20
Logon box, and then click OK.<BR>When you are prompted to restart your =
computer,=20
click No.<BR>In Control Panel, double-click Passwords. <BR>On the Change =
Passwords tab, click Change Windows Password, select any of the check =
boxes that=20
you want, and then click OK.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>NOTE: If you cancel the network logon dialog box =
when you=20
start your computer, the Change Passwords tab may not be available. You =
must log=20
on so that the Change Passwords tab is available.<BR>In the Change =
Windows=20
Password dialog box, type your current Windows password in the Old =
Password box.=20
Leave the New Password and Confirm New Password boxes blank, click OK, =
and then=20
click OK.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>NOTE: If you have forgotten your old password, view =
the=20
following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:<BR>Q189126 =
Microsoft's Policy=20
Regarding Missing or Invalid Passwords <BR>On the User Profiles tab, =
verify that=20
the All users of this PC use the same preferences and desktop settings =
option is=20
selected, and then click Close.<BR>Click Start, point to Search (or =
Find), and=20
then click For Files or Folders.<BR>Type *.pwl in the Named box, click =
Local=20
Hard Drives in the Look in box, and then press ENTER.<BR>Right-click one =
of the=20
.pwl files, click Rename, and then rename the file with an .old file =
name=20
extension. Repeat this step for each .pwl file.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>NOTE: If you do not rename the .pwl files, the =
passwords from=20
those files may be detected by Windows and the Windows Logon request may =
continue to appear.<BR>Shut down and then restart your computer.<BR>If =
you still=20
receive a logon prompt, it may be caused by the TweakUI tool from =
Windows 95=20
Power Toys. If you have installed Windows 95 Power Toys and you are =
using the=20
TweakUI tool, view the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge =
Base:=20
<BR>Q135586 Hiding the Last Logged on User Name in Windows 95=20
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Heirloom, old and copious notes</FONT></DIV>
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