This should remove the log in password, but it will also remove any "saved" passwords that you may have applied to things like your dial-up internet connection,(if you checked the "Remember this Password" box) so make sure you remember what that is before doing this procedure.
Click on Start-Find/Search-Files or Folders, type "*.pwl" (without the quotes), click "Find Now/Search. When it brings up the various .pwl files, (there may be a couple), RIGHT click on them, choose "Delete". Then restart the computer. After it restarts, you will get a Log-in window again. When that pops up, type in a user name ONLY, DO NOT type in a password. Click Ok, then OK.
Then click on Start-Settings-Control Panel, then double click on the "Network" icon. When it loads, in the Configuration" tab, look at the "Primary Network Logon" area. Use the drop-down arrow menu to select for "Windows Logon" or "Family Logon" whichever one is present. The computer will need to be restarted and should start without a password request.
Hope this helps.
Grif
W98SE, IE6.
I recently had a problem with my ISP. I called them and the tech had me perform numerous chores only to find the problem was mine. (I had inadvertently "engaged internet lock" on my firewall).
Since then each time I start-up I get a window "Enter Network Password" with a message "enter your net work passport for microsoft networking". The password shown is "default". To proceed I just click on "cancel" and it finishes booting up.
I am not on a network.
I assume one of the steps the ISP tech had me perform caused this to happen and there is a way to reverse this.
How do I get rid of this little annoyance?
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