Two Problems

[Bill Lane]

Hi All:

I reinstalled Win98 and now it asks me for a password at startup
"Enter Network Password", I don't enter a password, but just click OK, I would like to get rid of it asking every time I start my computer.

Second, my e-mail (Outlook Express 5) is also asking for a password when I click Send/Receive, the remember password check box is grayed out, so I can't check it, I would like to get rid of it asking everytime I want to check my mail.

OS: Win98, IE 5.5, Sprint DSL.

This was a clean install, and everything else is working just fine.

Your help will be very much appreciated, and thanks ahead of time,

Bill Lane

[mikezel]

Im not sure about your second problem, but when i had the first, this is the advice DrZaius gave me:

Originally Posted by DrZaius Right click on Network Neighborhood > Properties and change "Client for MS network" to "Windows logon" then press F3 and search the Windows directory for all *.pwl files and delete them all. It will ask you for password when you reboot, just don't enter anything and click OK. That should fix the problem. Hope that helps.

Hope that helps
Mike

[Bill Lane]

Thanks mikezel,

That did the trick for the windows startup

Now if someone can tell me what I can do about the Outlook Express password problem, I'll really be happy

Thanks again,

Bill Lane

[glc]

Here is the only reference I can find for this issue with Win98 - and unfortunately it involves upgrading to IE/OE 6.

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=836664

[Bill Lane]

Thanks glc:

I went to the link you posted just to take a look at what it had to say even though I wasn't going to upgrade to IE/OE 6.

At the end of the artical the instructions were so simple it made me go back and recheck my settings in OE 5, well I found what I needed this time, don't know how I over looked it before, as I know I was in here two or three times.

Anyway, click Tools, Properties, Server Tab, and there it was, the Remember Password box unchecked, I checked it, and everything is okay now.

Thanks for your help!!!, really appreciate it !!!

Bill Lane