Logon--How to Avoid?

We have WinMe on a desktop and Win98SE on a laptop. Neither PC will boot up
without stopping to demand a Windows password. This means that we can't go
off and do something else while the machine takes forever to start but have
to sit there and await the message. Is there a good way to get rid of this
logon? We don't actually have any Windows passwords anyway (if there is a
good reason to have one we would consider doing so), so we always press
Cancel. But we still have to sit there until the message pops up. If I go
to Control Panel, Network, I can change this to a logon for Client for
Microsoft but we would still have to wait for that while the PC boots up.
Suggestions?

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Joe McGuire

Uhh . . . I should have read a prior post referring to Article 152104 which
pretty much answers my question. FYI I went into Control Panel, Networks,
and first deleted Client for Microsoft Networks and then made sure the login
was set to Windows Login. Then I searched for the password file(so) *.pwl
and renamed them *.old. When I rebooted I got a Windows login message that
gave me the option of bypassing the login, although it does not tell you
how. I bypassed it by pressing Enter. Next time I rebooted--no Windows
login!

JWM


"Joseph McGuire" wrote in message
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We have WinMe on a desktop and Win98SE on a laptop. Neither PC will boot
up
without stopping to demand a Windows password. This means that we can't
go
off and do something else while the machine takes forever to start but
have
to sit there and await the message. Is there a good way to get rid of
this
logon? We don't actually have any Windows passwords anyway (if there is a
good reason to have one we would consider doing so), so we always press
Cancel. But we still have to sit there until the message pops up. If I
go
to Control Panel, Network, I can change this to a logon for Client for
Microsoft but we would still have to wait for that while the PC boots up.
Suggestions?

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Joe McGuire

Stop LogOn Prompt at Boot

Using the Client for Microsoft Network Logon is only necessary if
you're logging on to a Windows NT/2000 domain or server. All
peer-to-peer networking functions are available using Windows Logon as
the primary network logon.

To eliminate the logon prompt, set the primary network logon to
Windows Logon and use an empty password, as described in this
Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

How to Prevent a Windows Me/98/95 Logon Prompt at Startup
http://support.microsoft.com/support.../q152/1/04.asp
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Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Desktop Systems)
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"Joseph McGuire" wrote in message
...
Uhh . . . I should have read a prior post referring to Article 152104
which
pretty much answers my question. FYI I went into Control Panel, Networks,
and first deleted Client for Microsoft Networks and then made sure the
login
was set to Windows Login. Then I searched for the password file(so) *.pwl
and renamed them *.old. When I rebooted I got a Windows login message
that
gave me the option of bypassing the login, although it does not tell you
how. I bypassed it by pressing Enter. Next time I rebooted--no Windows
login!

JWM


"Joseph McGuire" wrote in message
...
We have WinMe on a desktop and Win98SE on a laptop. Neither PC will
boot
up
without stopping to demand a Windows password. This means that we can't
go
off and do something else while the machine takes forever to start but
have
to sit there and await the message. Is there a good way to get rid of
this
logon? We don't actually have any Windows passwords anyway (if there is
a
good reason to have one we would consider doing so), so we always press
Cancel. But we still have to sit there until the message pops up. If I
go
to Control Panel, Network, I can change this to a logon for Client for
Microsoft but we would still have to wait for that while the PC boots
up.
Suggestions?

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Joe McGuire