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If you have a dialog box appearing everytime you start your computer, asking you to logon to your computer, you can eliminate it by doing the following.

1. Click the Start button in the lower left corner of the screen
2. Select Settings, then Control Panel
3. Click the Network icon
4. In the default screen, which shows the Configuration tab on top, find the box with the title Primary Network Logon
5. Pull down the menu and select Windows Logon
6. Click OK
7. Restart Windows

If the pop-up window is still showing up, try the following:

1. Use Find Files or Folders and search for *.PWL. This locates your password list file. Delete the current file, and then restart the computer. When the logon screen comes up again, type username in the username field. Click in the password box, but DON'T type a password. Click OK. When asked to confirm the password, click in the box again, but do not type anything, and click OK again. Because the password is null, the password screen will not come up again, and you will be automatically logged in each time you boot.
2. If the above procedure does not work, then you need to delete the password list (the *.PWL files) and remove Client for Microsoft Networks from the network control panel.

You can accomplish that by doing the following:

1. At the Desktop, right-click on the Network Neighborhood icon and select Properties
2. The Network window will appear
3. On the Identification tab, write down what is shown for your computer and network name
4. Click on the Configuration tab
5. On the Configuration tab, scroll through the list and find Client for Microsoft Networks
6. Highlight Client for Microsoft Networks, and then hit the Delete key on your keyboard
7. After confirming deletion, you will be prompted to restart the computer
8. When you reboot, you will not get the logon screen

To reinstall the Client for Microsoft Networks:

1. At the Desktop, right-click on the Network Neighborhood icon and select Properties
2. The Network window will appear
3. Click on Add, a new window will appear
4. On the left hand side of the New screen, select Microsoft
5. On the right hand side of the screen, select Client for Microsoft Networks
6. Click Add
7. When the install is complete, close the add window
8. Now click on the Identification tab and make sure your computer name and network name are set the same way they were before you removed the client earlier
9. Click on OK, and when prompted restart the computer
10. Remember to follow the steps listed above for entering the username and blank password so you do not get the login screen again