[NTLUG:Discuss] Win98 not talking to Linux Box

[Bobby Wrenn]

Use the attached .reg file to set Win 98 to allow plain text passwords.

bj

Steve Baker wrote:

> Carter B. Bennett wrote:
> >
> > Hi All,
> > Well I got my mother board and CPU upgraded last weekend, and I'm still
> > puting things togeather, I had to go from Win95 to Win98 because 95 was too
> > slow for the hardware, ( or at least that's what the people at Fry's said
> > ).
>
> Whaaat??  That has got to rate as one of the least likely
> explanations!   I guess the guy who gave you that advice
> gets commission on Win98 sales!
>
> > When I put my password in it tells me it's no good so I tryed root's
> > password and that won't work either. What is different in 98 as
> > far as this goes?
>
> At the last NTLUG meeting about Samba someone said (IIRC) that
> something about "plaintext passwords" had changed between 95 and
> 98.  I don't recall what the solution was (I'm not really interested
> in Windoze so I was only half awake and not listening carefully)...
> But I'm sure someone will tell you.  Try looking for a Windoze
> "plaintext passwords" widget on some control panel or other.
> Whatever it is set to now...flip it!
>
> ...Well, perhaps you should just wait for some *informed*
> advice.
>
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REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\VNETSUP]
"EnablePlainTextPassword"=dword:00000001