Domain Log On

If you have a Windows 95/98 system, and you're having difficulty connecting to resources in the Physics NT domain, we might ask you to perform domain logons from your system. A domain logon uses the Physics NT domain controller(s) to autheticate sessions from your machine, so that you can get to any resources that are available to you from an NT workstation. Some printers and most disk shares require some kind of authentication to allow access.

There are a few tricks involved in setting up a 95/98 system so that you can obtain maximum convenience and service. We've listed these steps:

1. From the network control panel, go to Indentification tab, and all your machine to the workgroup Physics. Stay in the network control panel; we're not done yet.
2. Go to the Configuration tab, double-click on Client for Microsoft Networks. Check the box for Log on to Windows NT Domain, (with domain = Physics).
3. Go to the Access Control tab, and check the box for User-level access control; get your list of usernames from... yes, you guessed it, Physics.
4. Click OK, and if you must, reboot... However, there're a few more steps that'll save you some time when logging in
5. Run Regedit, and add the following DWORD set to 1:
   HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Network\DisablePwdCaching
6. Delete *.pwl from the WINDOWS directory on your machine.

By disabling password caching and blasting all cached passwords off your machine, you'll only get one log on prompt, for your Physics NT username and password.

One last important note: Your NT password expires once every 6 months. If you don't acknowledge the one and only warning about this on your Windows 95/98 system, you could potentially lose access to resources on the Physics NT domain. You will not under any circumstances lose access to your own system; even if you can't do a domain log on, you can cancel the log on and get into your system and do anything you want.