List, A while ago I had to re-install Win98 ; for the first time, I decided to fake that I had more than one user and require password. Since then, I had to use Win98 only twice, and in both occasions I dutifully entered my password. This afternoon, I wasn't paying too good attention to the booting up procedure and found myself in Win98 rather than S-7.3. I was about to enter the password when, in a moment of inspiration, I decided to click on Cancel, expecting the process to come to a halt until I entered a valid password, as it happens in Linux. To my great surprise, the booting up proceeded normally, and I had full access to all programs and data!!! What's the point of having to enter a user name and password, if it's so easy to bypass it? I hope you're all laughing at my naïveté. I did laugh a lot! -- Regards, gr, in /usually/ sunny, balmy Florida's Suncoast.
gilson redrick wrote:
List,
A while ago I had to re-install Win98 ; for the first time, I decided to fake that I had more than one user and require password. Since then, I had to use Win98 only twice, and in both occasions I dutifully entered my password. This afternoon, I wasn't paying too good attention to the booting up procedure and found myself in Win98 rather than S-7.3. I was about to enter the password when, in a moment of inspiration, I decided to click on Cancel, expecting the process to come to a halt until I entered a valid password, as it happens in Linux. To my great surprise, the booting up proceeded normally, and I had full access to all programs and data!!!
That's how I always di it; works great at home and on my office machine. However, doing so does not provide access tot he network which i don't want anyway. dave
What's the point of having to enter a user name and password, if it's so easy to bypass it? I hope you're all laughing at my naïveté. I did laugh a lot!
-- Regards, gr, in /usually/ sunny, balmy Florida's Suncoast.
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On Sat, Jun 22, 2002 at 09:55:08PM -0400, David Johanson wrote:
gilson redrick wrote:
List,
A while ago I had to re-install Win98 ; for the first time, I decided to fake that I had more than one user and require password. Since then, I had to use Win98 only twice, and in both occasions I dutifully entered my password. This afternoon, I wasn't paying too good attention to the booting up procedure and found myself in Win98 rather than S-7.3. I was about to enter the password when, in a moment of inspiration, I decided to click on Cancel, expecting the process to come to a halt until I entered a valid password, as it happens in Linux. To my great surprise, the booting up proceeded normally, and I had full access to all programs and data!!!
That's how I always di it; works great at home and on my office machine. However, doing so does not provide access tot he network which i don't want anyway.
There actually is a way to force a user to enter a valid password on a Win9x system, but it requires a bit of work and the use of an optional MS program called the Policy Editor. With the policy editor, you can make the desktop icons disappear, remove menu items, restrict access to local disk drives, etc. It is convoluted and a lot of work, but it can be done. Best Regards, Keith -- LPIC-2, MCSE, N+ Right behind you, I see the millions Got spam? Get spastic http://spastic.sourceforge.net
On Sunday 23 June 2002 09:12, Keith Winston wrote:
There actually is a way to force a user to enter a valid password on a Win9x system, but it requires a bit of work and the use of an optional MS program called the Policy Editor. With the policy editor, you can make the desktop icons disappear, remove menu items, restrict access to local disk drives, etc. It is convoluted and a lot of work, but it can be done.
If you did that, the next time you need to go to safe mode, you will be doomed. i.e. if your computer can't start in real mode & you were thrown to safe mode, there's no desktop icon to fix it. win9x = flaw design....
None of the windows series other than XP and 2000 are capable of true multiuser support and even XP and 2000 can only be multiuser if you use the NTFS file system. The reason you were offered a password to login with was it is possible to have your customised desktop settings loaded when you start so when the teenage son logs in hes gets his Britney Spears wallpaper and his sister would get Ricky Martin. Both shallow "artists" to compliment the shallow OS :) On Sunday 23 June 2002 09:31, gilson redrick wrote:
List,
A while ago I had to re-install Win98 ; for the first time, I decided to fake that I had more than one user and require password. Since then, I had to use Win98 only twice, and in both occasions I dutifully entered my password. This afternoon, I wasn't paying too good attention to the booting up procedure and found myself in Win98 rather than S-7.3. I was about to enter the password when, in a moment of inspiration, I decided to click on Cancel, expecting the process to come to a halt until I entered a valid password, as it happens in Linux. To my great surprise, the booting up proceeded normally, and I had full access to all programs and data!!! What's the point of having to enter a user name and password, if it's so easy to bypass it? I hope you're all laughing at my naïveté. I did laugh a lot!
Thanks, Steve, Robert, et al., for valuable tips. -- Regards, gr, in /usually/ sunny, balmy Florida's Suncoast.
Username and password is only for different desktop settings e.g. different users have different desktop settings and can go to their desktop by entering their username and password. gilson redrick wrote:
List,
A while ago I had to re-install Win98 ; for the first time, I decided to fake that I had more than one user and require password. Since then, I had to use Win98 only twice, and in both occasions I dutifully entered my password. This afternoon, I wasn't paying too good attention to the booting up procedure and found myself in Win98 rather than S-7.3. I was about to enter the password when, in a moment of inspiration, I decided to click on Cancel, expecting the process to come to a halt until I entered a valid password, as it happens in Linux. To my great surprise, the booting up proceeded normally, and I had full access to all programs and data!!! What's the point of having to enter a user name and password, if it's so easy to bypass it? I hope you're all laughing at my naïveté. I did laugh a lot!
You can also just delete the files that hold this info also on a win9x machine, from a dos prompt cd/ into the windows dir an then del *.pwl an it will delete all the password files for the machine. At 10:06 AM 6/23/2002 -0400, Fast Info wrote:
Username and password is only for different desktop settings e.g. different users have different desktop settings and can go to their desktop by entering their username and password.
Alle 03:31, domenica 23 giugno 2002, gilson redrick ha scritto:
List,
A while ago I had to re-install Win98 ; for the first time, I decided to fake that I had more than one user and require password. Since then, I had to use Win98 only twice, and in both occasions I dutifully entered my password. This afternoon, I wasn't paying too good attention to the booting up procedure and found myself in Win98 rather than S-7.3. I was about to enter the password when, in a moment of inspiration, I decided to click on Cancel, expecting the process to come to a halt until I entered a valid password, as it happens in Linux. To my great surprise, the booting up proceeded normally, and I had full access to all programs and data!!! What's the point of having to enter a user name and password, if it's so easy to bypass it? I hope you're all laughing at my naïveté. I did laugh a lot!
Why dont you try to use a new username? You do not need to add the user, you only write the new username and the W98 system learns there is a new user out there:-) Praise
Or you can try upgrading to Windows 2000. Praise wrote:
Alle 03:31, domenica 23 giugno 2002, gilson redrick ha scritto:
List,
A while ago I had to re-install Win98 ; for the first time, I decided to fake that I had more than one user and require password. Since then, I had to use Win98 only twice, and in both occasions I dutifully entered my password. This afternoon, I wasn't paying too good attention to the booting up procedure and found myself in Win98 rather than S-7.3. I was about to enter the password when, in a moment of inspiration, I decided to click on Cancel, expecting the process to come to a halt until I entered a valid password, as it happens in Linux. To my great surprise, the booting up proceeded normally, and I had full access to all programs and data!!! What's the point of having to enter a user name and password, if it's so easy to bypass it? I hope you're all laughing at my naïveté. I did laugh a lot!
Why dont you try to use a new username? You do not need to add the user, you only write the new username and the W98 system learns there is a new user out there:-)
Praise
Alle 01:15, lunedì 24 giugno 2002, Praise ha scritto:
Alle 03:31, domenica 23 giugno 2002, gilson redrick ha scritto:
List,
A while ago I had to re-install Win98 ; for the first time, I decided to fake that I had more than one user and require password. Since then, I had to use Win98 only twice, and in both occasions I dutifully entered my password. This afternoon, I wasn't paying too good attention to the booting up procedure and found myself in Win98 rather than S-7.3. I was about to enter the password when, in a moment of inspiration, I decided to click on Cancel, expecting the process to come to a halt until I entered a valid password, as it happens in Linux. To my great surprise, the booting up proceeded normally, and I had full access to all programs and data!!! What's the point of having to enter a user name and password, if it's so easy to bypass it? I hope you're all laughing at my naïveté. I did laugh a lot!
Why dont you try to use a new username? You do not need to add the user, you only write the new username and the W98 system learns there is a new user out there:-)
I forgot to say one thing again: some time ago, on a Win98 SE system, I did a mistake. I tried to enter with username X, but with my password. I tried again: no success. I noticed the mistake, so I enter as praise and with my password: the system thought I was user X. Scaring! Praise
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