WFW Does Not Prompt for a Domain Password

• Microsoft Windows for Workgroups versions 3.1, 3.11

SYMPTOMS

When you start Windows for Workgroups you are prompted for a Domain and local password if you have not selected the "Save this password in your password list" check box. If your Domain password is about to expire, you are given the opportunity to change it before it expires. If you change the Domain password, Windows for Workgroups caches the password even though you have not selected the "Save this password in your password list" check box.

WORKAROUND

For computers running Windows for Workgroups 3.11, use ADMINCFG.EXE to disable password caching. After doing this, you are prompted only for your Domain password when you start Windows for Workgroups. For more information about ADMINCFG.EXE, please refer to the Windows for Workgroups Resource Kit.

As a temporary workaround you can either delete the .PWL file or use the Password List Editor to edit the .PWL file and remove the cached Domain password. The Password List Editor is shipped with the Windows for Workgroups Resource Kit. The problem will, however, reoccur the next time the Domain password expires.

Adding the following line to the [NETWORK] section of the System.ini file will disable password caching and prevent your PWL file from being accessed:

   PasswordCaching=no

STATUS

Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.