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How can I require Windows 98 clients to logon to the domain instead of pressing “cancel” at the welcome screen?
By default Windows 9x doesn’t require a valid network username and password combination for a user to bypass the logon and gain access to the local machine. This functionality can be changed to require validation by the network before allowing access.
Actually there are 2 ways in which you can do it:
You need to set a system policy by creating a CONFIG.POL file using POLEDIT.EXE which comes on the Win9x CD and put the file in the NETLOGON directory of the domain controller server (if you have more than one you need to manually copy the file to the same location on all DCs). The path is: %systemroot%\system32\repl\scripts\export
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(where X is the drive letter of your CD). Run poledit.exe.
Note: Make sure you use the version found on the Win98 CD and NOT the one provided with W2K!
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