Login Problem on Win 95

I've inherited an old 120MHz 16Mb Time PC. Being Time, this machine is non-expandable i.e. I cannot increase the memory or the disk so I'm stuck with whatever is on it. It has one of those annoying GMB boards and all the connectors are super-glued in with some mastic type substance.

I've redone the OS using the Win95 source on the disk and it works fine except for the network. I've specified network logon but whenever I restart the machine, it does not come up with a logon prompt and I cannot see any other machine on the network. I have to logout and login again before it will pick up any of the other machines.

My question is
1) how do I get it to start up with a login prompt - just specifying that the default login is Client of MS Network doesn't seem to work. That works on every machine I've ever used except this one.
2) Is it possible to change the default login to a specific user. I don't know what user it picks on startup.

1.)
Hmm, I guess your installation is a little bit buggy. I don't understand was it a plain new installation or do you use an old installation?

Perhaps the failure lays in the registry.

2.)
I think it is the last user who logged in to the system

Tobi

I had the same problem with some machines. Always the problem was a bad installation of the network card drivers. You could see if this is the problem in the control pane ->system, a yellow or red exclamation icon will appear in the network card.

Always until one month ago...

I installed a new network card in a computer. The first time I restarted the computer, the computer doesn't asked me for the microsoft network user but yes for the standard windows user. The next time I restarted the computer, it doesn't asked me neither for the net user, nor for the windows user. But that computer could be seen by the entiere network with the name I gave the first time (the windows user). And that computer couldn't see the others computer of the network.

It was a new installation of the network card and there are no red crosses or yellow exclamation marks on it but that doesn't mean I have a good installation. I'll try reinstalling the network card.

Thanks for the suggestions.