Note: doing this is not advised as if a hacker gains access to your database (either physically or via sql injection), passwords in cleartext are a big bonus over the default which is to store encrypted with a SALT.

However, to store passwords in clear text, you can edit your web.config and set passwordformat to Clear

Cathal

im afraid not. I'd suggest looking into creating your own authentication provider - you could then capture the users password, detect if that user is using clear or encrypted passwords, and update it accordingly . See http://www.dotnetnuke.com/Community/Forums/tabid/795/forumid/84/threadid/308885/scope/posts/threadpage/3/Default.aspx for an example