samba - Oct 1997 - SOLUTION: Windows 98 (beta 2) and Samba

To enable the plain text passwords in Windows 98, add the following line to  
your Windows registry:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\VNETSUP]
"EnablePlainTextPassword"=dword:00000001

Don't forget to reboot your machine afterwards. Now you'll be able to
login
from Windows 98 to Samba server without switching to encrypted passwords.

Thanks,

-- Mariusz Jarzebowski

P.S. Instead of updating the registry manually, you can also save the above  
two lines as, for example, WIN98.REG files and double click on it.