Re: Windows XP (Home) Logon Problem

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From: Craig McVeay (McVeay_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/04/05 

Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 22:03:01 -0800

I'm having the same problem with this update in XP Pro. First time, I
installed them, I rebooted and when entering the password, I got "Incorrect
Parameters" and after trying everything I could, I reinstalled the OS.
Second time, same thing. Third time, I installed the updates one at a time
and rebooted after each and found that 885835 was the culprit. I reformatted
(for the third time) and created a password recovery disk for the
administrator account and a user account and I activated the guest account .
Installed the update, rebooted, locked out and the recovery disks wouldn't
help. So, I'm without the update at the moment hoping someone can figure it
out. My question now is if any of the other updates are causing the same
problem. Has anyone having this problem tried the others?

Thanks,
Craig McVeay

"Frank_tech" wrote:

> Thanks for the help,
>
> I've been searching the forums and found others
> with the same problem. KB885835 is suspect.
>
> As far as recovering the system: I've rebooted more than
> once so Last Known Good won't work for me. I can't logon
> so how do I run system restore.? The icing on the cake is:
> I don't have the Windows XP Home disk. It's my brother's
> Compaq machine and they didn't supply the disk when he
> bought it at Bestbuy.
>
> Thanks, Frank
>
> "dogthinker@gmail.com" wrote:
>
> > As far as I can tell it is one of these, probably 885835:
> > KB885836, KB886185, KB873339, KB885835.
> >
> > In terms of recovering your computer:
> >
> > The passwords themselves haven't changed - you can still get into the
> > recovery console fine.
> >
> > **Last Known Good** -> Try this! It works with some computers. This is
> > sometimes only good for 1 startup though, so make sure you get it right
> > first time once you are in. Probably system restore is the best bet,
> > alternatively you could try manually uninstalling kb885835.
> > Manual system restore -> has no effect -> so this is not a registry
> > problem.
> > Repair -> works in some cases, but not all (Do this by booting from XP
> > CD and choosing to install, then choosing to repair)
> > New folder install / Parallel install -> works.
> >
> >

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