Encrypted passwords for Windows 2000

[Emanuel Duarte]

Does anyone Know the procedure for Windows 2000 workstation, in order to not
encrypt passwords.
What I needed is something similar to the transcription I make below that
works for windows nt4 and 98.

Thank's

Emanuel Duarte
(Portugal)

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This should take care of the "clear text password" problemsyou've
encountered:
For Win 98 (To enable "clear text passwords"):   1) Launch Registry Editor
  2) Double Click on: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
  3) Locate
/HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/System/CurrentControlSet/Services/VxD/VNETSUP
  4) From the menu bar select Edit/New/DWORD Value
  5) Rename the entry from "New Value #1" to:        EnablePlainTextPassword
  6) Press Enter, then double click on the new entry.
     A dialog box will pop up and enable you to set a value.
     Set this value to 1.  7) You MUST reboot to enable this change.
For Windows NT 4.0 AFTER Service Pack 3:
  1) Launch Registry Editor (REGEDT32.EXE)
  2) Double Click on: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
  3) Locate
/HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/System/CurrentControlSet/Services/Rdr/Parameters
  4) From the menu bar select Edit/Add-Value
  5) Value name: EnablePlainTextPassword     Data type: REG_DWORD
     Data value: 1  6) Click OK, and quit REGEDT32
  7) You MUST reboot to put this change into effect.Rick Piasecki
Bob Davies wrote:>
> With NT4.0, when you install SP3, it forces encrypted passwords for
> authentication.  I have found through unfortunate experience that
> Win98 does this too.  This can cause problems if you are using an SMB
> server (i.e. SAMBA) to provide NT networking on UNIX.  I don't control
> the SAMBA server, so I can't compile the encryption functions into it.
> In NT there was a registry entry to turn off the requirement for
> encrypted passwords.  Does anyone know of a similar entry for the
> Win98 registry that I can put in so I can access my files?
> Any help would be much appreciated.> Bob Davies>
bdavies at sagus-security.com