Re: when logon to PC immediately logs off and displays logon screen again

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Yes tried a few users. domain admins, local admins, normal users on domain.
Makes mo difference - always same problem.

I posted same issue on xp newsgroup (pretending it was an xp problem) and
got a response so trying that.

Angus

"gerryR" <gerryrminus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:eaN%23QTFHGHA.3896@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Are you loging in as a new user or a user you often log in as ?
>
> Can you try loging on as a differnt user (local admin for example)
>
>
> "Angus Comber" <angus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:Ocn6tPFHGHA.1388@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>I should have mentioned, after this problem I removed the other hard drive
>>and yes it still does the same thing. Interestingly I think that the
>>system decided to put the paging file on the other disk because when I
>>remove the 'other' disk on login it complains that the paging file is too
>>small and shows how to increase the size of the paging file. So I assume
>>it decided to put the paging file on the other disk - probably D: drive
>>and so when I remove it complains about having no paging file.
>>
>> I can't understand why this would have happened simply by attaching a
>> second hard drive to this PC. It has caused LOADS of hassle!
>>
>> But what can I do now to solve the problem. I don't want to have to
>> re-install because I know that will be load of work.
>>
>> Angus
>>
>>
>>
>> "gerryR" <gerryrminus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:ecgOnCFHGHA.3056@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> if you unplug the hard drive does everything go back to normal ?
>>>
>>> are you sure you have your jumpers in the correct order ?
>>> Booting from the master
>>> Extra hard drive as the slave (provided they're on the same cable?)
>>>
>>> hth
>>> gerryR
>>>
>>> "Angus Comber" <angus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:O1mayFEHGHA.1032@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Hello
>>>>
>>>> I wanted to delete a file from another PC. So I added the hard drive
>>>> from the other PC to this (by connecting to the IDE cable) PC and when
>>>> the PC booted up it said it found new hardware and would need to be
>>>> rebooted before you could use the new hardware. After rebooting, I
>>>> attempted to login in the usual manner and heard the Windows Startup
>>>> sound and then just got the Windows Ctrl Alt Del login screen again.
>>>>
>>>> The same happens if I boot up in safe mode. Also whether I try to log
>>>> into our domain or locally to the local machine.
>>>>
>>>> What can I do?
>>>>
>>>> Angus
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>


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