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password? ME is now asking for password

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Posted 11 April 2005 - 04:13 AM

Hello..newbie to the forum.I just wiped and restored windows Me from the disk. now when i reboot i am asked for a password. this never happened before. i would like to disable this. Thanks

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Posted 11 April 2005 - 04:29 AM

When it asks for password next time, leave it blank and click OK (you may have to click OK this twice)
That should cancel the password prompt from appearing in future.
If you already entered a password, you need to use the 'search' or 'find' tool
to find a file with the letters PWL after the period (for example, YOURNAME.PWL)
There should only be one PWL file, so you can use a 'wildcard' to find it by typing *.PWL

When found, delete it. Now reboot and the password prompt will appear as though it was for the first time. Leave blank and click 'OK' (maybe twice).

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Posted 11 April 2005 - 04:53 AM

:thumbsup: i'll give it a try. thanks for the fast response

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Posted 12 April 2005 - 11:20 AM

You also want to make sure:

Open Control Panel, and double-click on the Network icon.
From the list entitled Primary Network Logon:, choose "Windows Logon", and press OK.
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