Hi all, What exactly is the effect of using the plain password registry entry? Does it force the use of plain passwords all the time, or make it default only, allowing encryption if required? I have searched Microsoft's pages to no avail, and can't find anything specific in the digests or docs either. I can only guess what the words "enable" or "default" imply, but I need to know for sure. Many thanks for some info, Noel noel.peden@pnl.gov