windows 98 client

Hi

i still have got windows 98 clients on my network.

I would like to know how do i delete the windows password
it creates when i log onto the machine. I thought it was
a *.pwd file sitting on the hard drive but am not sure.
Or is it part of the windows profile? Do i need to
delete the profile to delete this windows password?

thanks

brains
Sun Dec 28 14:28:11 CST 2003

On Sun, 28 Dec 2003 11:55:31 -0800, "Mary"
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Hi
>
>i still have got windows 98 clients on my network.
>
>I would like to know how do i delete the windows password
>it creates when i log onto the machine. I thought it was
>a *.pwd file sitting on the hard drive but am not sure.
>Or is it part of the windows profile? Do i need to
>delete the profile to delete this windows password?

It is held in the *.pwl file - where * = login name. Just delete the
individual file - gets recreated the next time you login with the
relevant name.

Normally located in c:\windows

--
Hiram Hackenbacker

Merv
Sun Dec 28 16:06:29 CST 2003

If memory serves, delete the .pwl file as Hiram says, then reboot, log back
on as the user and when it asks for a windows password, press Enter without
entering any password. This should set the Windows password to "blank" and
Windows 98 won't prompt you again for a password for that profile.

--
Merv Porter [SBS MVP]
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"Mary" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:006d01c3cd7c$8c99bbf0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> Hi
>
> i still have got windows 98 clients on my network.
>
> I would like to know how do i delete the windows password
> it creates when i log onto the machine. I thought it was
> a *.pwd file sitting on the hard drive but am not sure.
> Or is it part of the windows profile? Do i need to
> delete the profile to delete this windows password?
>
> thanks