Re: Win2K Pro hangs on "Loading your personal settings"

Is it only for one user? If so try viewing the key for the user at;
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList

If you get "Error opening key" then the registry is corrupt. Failing a
backup the machine needs recut.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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"linolil" wrote:
>I have one windows 2000 pro system that hangs
> whenever you try to log in with a domain account.
> I've seen many discussions on the net about this
> type of problem, but none exactly match my symptoms
> and none of the recommended solutions seem to help.
>
> The domain server is an old, samba/solaris box that has
> worked for years.
>
> [1] Over forty client systems work without any problems
> [2] This system worked until yesterday. One change is
> the fact that all patches were brought up to date
> the day before this problem developed.
> [3] Local administrator can log in as normal.
> [4] Domain accounts hang on login at the "Loading your
> personal settings" box.
> [4a] This is a complete hang. The mouse works, but the
> system does not respond to CNT-ALT-DEL or anything
> else, other than the reset button.
> [4b] The domain administration account does not have
> a profile on the server. I get the normal missing
> profile messages, followed by the loading box.
> [5] I have used the administration account to delete
> all remote user profiles, but no change.
> [5a] Attempting to log in the same remote user ends
> with exactly the same size profile on the system,
> which is within a dozen KB of what was left on
> another system.
> [5b] The domain account always ends up with a local
> profile of 401KB.
>
> Other than reinstall the entire system, which could be
> a real problem (I don't have the needed SCSI drivers),
> what other things might I try?
>
> Linolil
>


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