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On the machines that require passwords, go to "My Computer" and right-click
the Icon for the hard-drive(s) -- select "Sharing" and look at the "Access
Type" section -- if "Depends on Password" is selected, un-select it and
select "Full"
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At 05:12 AM 05/10/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>Anyone know how to configure passwords on a 3 computer LAN workgroup? One
>machine has W2000, the second has W98 and the third has W95. All have
>LinkSystem NIC cards and a 4 port hub. The Windows Explorers on each
>machine see the directories on the other machines but only the W2000 machine
>can do the copy and paste or file transfer between machines because a
>password is requested.
>
>Thanks,
>bob
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Ron Augustine" <RonAug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: "Jim Osborn" <jimo@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Cc: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 9:41 PM
>Subject: Re: Win95 demands password :(
>
>
> > Jim,
> >
> > Here's the procedure for killing the password logon --
> >
> > 1. In the Control Panel, double-click "Network"
> >
> > 2. In the "Primary Network Logon" window, select "Windows Logon"
> >
> > 3. Click "OK" -- it will request a reboot -- select "NO"
> >
> > 4. Double-Click the "Passwords" icon
> >
> > 5. Click the "Change Windows Password" button
> >
> > 6. place the cursor in all three windows, then, click "OK"
> >
> > 7. Click "OK" to the "successfully changed" prompt
> >
> > 8. Click the "User Profiles" tab
> >
> > 9. If the first option "All users... " is not selected, select it
> >
> > 10. Click "Close" and re-boot the computer
> >
> > 11. On the first re-boot, you will be asked to confirm the password --
> > select the default, which is blank passwords.
> >
> > After this, you shouldn't be bothered again for a password logon -- there
> > are a few variations in the event that you have a non-standard install if
> > so, contact me --
> > _____________________________________
> >
> > At 08:33 PM 05/09/2001 -0700, you wrote:
> > >I've just installed Win95 on my TS computer, and made the mistake
> > >of giving it a user name and password during the installation process.
> > >Now it demands a password from me every time I boot the thing,
> > >which besides being an annoyance, won't let the machine recover
> > >from a power failure unattended.
> > >
> > >Sometimes it asks for a "network password" so I've removed everything
> > >I could from the Network control panel. Then the next boot, it
> > >detects the network card and sets it up all over again, of course
> > >with bogus settings. I don't use networking yet with windows, but
> > >I do with linux, so removing the network card is not an option.
> > >
> > >Sometimes it demands simply a "windows password" so whatever the
> > >case, it seems determined to make me use a password to get into
> > >the damn thing.
> > >
> > >Is there a way to get rid of the bootup challenge without reinstalling
> > >from scratch? I don't want to go much further with this thing
> > >if I'm going to have to tear it all down to dirt anyway.
> > >
> > >TIA
> > >
> > >Jim
> >
> >
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