Techie Question -- Windows 95

[Richard M. Page]

   Hi! We're using a couple of different methods, depending upon which type of 
   network we need to login to.
   
   For MS Windows networking, the easiest way I've seen is to install the 
   "powertoys" TweakUI utility and fill out the auto-login section. The 
   "powertoys" are available at the Microsoft web site (as I'm sure you know). 
   This works fine in conjunction with Fortres.
   
   If you need to connect to a NetWare share it gets a little more difficult. 
   We are using Novell's Client32 for Win95 and following their instructions 
   for setting up the NetWare account. Basically, it requires an account 
   without a password and some tweaking, but it does work. It also works fine 
   with Fortres.
   
   We haven't tried setting an auto-login with an NT server yet, although I 
   would think it is possible.
   
   If you use an "auto-login" setup, the user/student will never see the login 
   dialog box at startup. If you lock this away from them through Fortres (or 
   whatever), they shouldn't easily be able to logout/login, screwing up the 
   shares and printers. At least this is working for us.
   
   --Richard
   
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Subject: Techie Question -- Windows 95
Author:  <drewwe at morrisville.edu> at SMTP
Date:    7/24/97 6:59 AM


I have a techie question concerning Windows95.  I am trying to figure 
out how to get rid of the network login but still allow the Windows 95 
computers to connect to a shared printer.  Is this possible?  We have 
students shuting down our public machines and then the next person comes 
along and changes the login name and creates a new password. It is 
getting very frustrating.
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