Removing password from windows 98 startup

[hellmuthsole]

I currently have a password for the startup of win98 (networking password for my dsl modem). I want to remove the password and have the machine bootup fully without any passwords, since I sometimes use remote software and perform reboots on my machine, which I obviously can't reaccess if it's waiting for a password to continue the boot process.

thanks.

[wotz_it_2_ya]

Go to the control panel and look for paswords. Change the windows password to blank

[Cowboy622]

See: http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;q152104

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[Kleinkramer]

Try this for a start:

Go to Control Panel/Passwords/User Profiles. Check 'All users use the same
settings'.
Do not reboot at this point.

Now go to ControlPanel/Network.
Choose Windows Logon as Primary Login.

Open system.ini, and delete all lines under
[Password Lists]

No joy?

Go to Start/Find/Files or Folders, and type *.pwl in the 'named' field.
Delete the files with the *.pwl extension that come up.

Now reboot
You should now get the login box. Type your name and leave the password field blank.
Click OK.

Still no luck?

Paste the bold to Notepad, save as Logon.reg and doubleclick.
Anwer 'yes' to have it merged into the registry.

REGEDIT4

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Network]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Network\Real Mode Net]
"autologon"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Network\Logon]
"MustBeValidated"=dword: 00000000

You may need to reboot.

Good luck,