Cary Holzman and the 50 Steps

[HH2U]

I have set up a win95B, 98SE and ME systems on a Peer to Peer network(using a hub) everything is working fine except on the ME
machine I can't get it to do an Auto Logon...The other machines will Login correctly. I have double checked etc... the "TweakUI" tab
to make sure I have the same casing and user name/password, still won't work....Is there an extra step I need to do???

TIA

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[Carey Holzman]

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\CurrentVersion\
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

"HH2U" <comp...@xyahoox.com> wrote in message news:VpYO6.92$kM6.15...@newssvr16.news.prodigy.com...

[HH2U]

Thank You very much Mr. Cary Holzman....I had all the proper settings with the execption of the Autologon in the registry (it didn't
exist)...I *think* that it was my pwl (password file) that was the culprit.

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[Carey Holzman]

My pleasure. Glad I could be of assistance.

Carey

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[Dreamerman]

Thanks Carey for your info. I am just about to network my 2 computers at
home, one with Me and the other with 98. Great tips.

[Bob Scheel]

Only 50 manual steps to correct a microsoft automatic installation! Hey they
are improving.

I think I liked it better when I had to do it from scratch manually.

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[Carey Holzman]

Well, this is what happens when you use incompatible hardware with Windows ME.

Be grateful there are ways to make incompatible hardware work. With older versions of Windows you had to replace the offending hardware.

I'd say that's one heck of an improvement on WinME's part.

Carey

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