You should not follow this procedure if the system is part of a workgroup.
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First Logon at startup do not cancel.
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Go to Control Panel and double click on Network
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On the Configuration tab, select Windows Logon in the Primary Windows Network Logon box.
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Do not restart computer.
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In Control Panel double click Passwords.
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On the Change Passwords tab, click Change Windows Password.
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In the Change Windows Password dialog box, enter your old password and then enter new and confirm as a Blank password.
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On the User Profiles tab, check the option that says All users of this PC use the same preferences and click OK.
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Go to Start and Search or Find on Windows 98, and choose Files and Folders and search for everything of the type *.pwl and delete.
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Reboot. May have to reboot twice since the first time around it may still ask for the password but indicate that if you don t enter one it will not ask again.