Network login not available on first boot

[TerryW]

Win 98SE PC's (IBM) with Intel / IBM / 3COM NIC's. What happens is sometimes when the PC boots the Network Login screen does not come up - just the "Enter your Windows Password" screen. If you login and logout then the correct screen is displayed.

I am thinking it has something to do with either it not receiving a DHCP address in time or the port on the switch still configuring itself (Mixture, many sites have Cisco 2950's; I don't want to setup anything with portfast though).

Any ideas on how to fix this would be appreciated.

 

[algraff]

I've been having the same problem for over a year. NICs are Netgear and Allied Telesyn 10/100's with 98SE OS on a mixture of IBM PC-340/350's (Pentium 100's) plus some generic clones with Pentium 233's. Switches are HP Procurve 4000M's.

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[timroop]

Check the registry to see if you have a "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Network\Real Mode Net\AutoLogon=<x> (<x> is a number)" key.

Delete it and reboot.

That should clear up the no logon prompt issue.


Tim Roop
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[algraff]

Check the registry to see if you have a "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Network\Real Mode Net\AutoLogon=<x> (<x> is a number)" key.

Nope...registry ain't got that key in it. I did manage to get it to logon the first time around by creating a user profile. I don't particularly like user profiles, but if that's what I have to do, I guess I can live with it.

What puzzles me though is that only 4 or 5 machines out of probably 50 or so have this problem, and the systems are pretty much identical, all created from the same drive image. Go figger...

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[timroop]

The other thing to do is to add the "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Network\Real Mode Net\AutoLogon=<x> (<x> is a number)" key and set it to "1"

That will force the Logon.



Tim Roop
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