Disabling Password Caching and Changing Passwords

• Microsoft Windows 95

SYMPTOMS

If you use different passwords for Windows 95 and Microsoft Windows NT, attempting to change a password may result in your not having the option to change the Windows 95 password and an error message when you try to change the Windows NT password. When you restart your computer, the Windows NT password is changed, even though you received an error message when you tried to change it. The error message you may receive is:

   The password you typed for Microsoft Networking is not correct. Please
   type the old password.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs when the Disable Password Caching policy has been set, or if the Windows 95 and Windows NT passwords are different.

RESOLUTION

Use the same password for Windows 95 and Windows NT, or have your network administrator enable password caching.

MORE INFORMATION

Password caching is enabled or disabled using the Policy Editor tool (Poledit.exe) to change the following value:

   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
      Policies\Network\DisablePwdCaching