Re: Help Resetting Passwords on XP
- From: markxyz59@xxxxxxx (Mark)
- Date: Mon, 02 Jan 2006 00:26:38 GMT
Rick,
What happened to the userinit registry string? Windows update
rebooted the PC. Why would it corrupt the string in the registry?
Note that userinit.exe file looks good. It's the same as the one on
the kid's PC.
M.
On Sun, 1 Jan 2006 14:54:27 -0500, "Rick \"Nutcase\" Rogers"
<rick@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Yes, but it involves editing the registry remotely or via a BartPE disk. You
>need to look at the userinit string, and the only way you are going to be
>able to do that is to load the registry remotely (unless you are able to
>login successfully in Safe mode).
>
>--
>Best of Luck,
>
>Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
>www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
>"Mark" <markxyz59@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:43b814ba.17073921@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Rick,
>>
>> I copied userinit.exe over to wsaupdater.exe and rebooted....but still
>> had the same login-autologout problem. Any other ideas?
>>
>> Mark
>>
>> On Sun, 1 Jan 2006 11:40:59 -0500, "Rick \"Nutcase\" Rogers"
>> <rick@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>Right, this is typical of the Blazefind issue mentioned in the article I
>>>linked to. Your passwords and accounts *are* being recognized and
>>>accepted,
>>>it's the userinit value that is screwed up.
>>>
>>>--
>>>Best of Luck,
>>>
>>>Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>>>http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>>>Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
>>>www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>>>Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>>>
>>>"Mark" <markxyz59@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>news:43b7ff03.11515359@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> It's XP Home, and I guess I wasn't clear enough.
>>>>
>>>> My wife was doing windows updates, then the machine asked to reboot.
>>>> She clicked "ok", and when it rebooted it brought up the usename and
>>>> password window. When she typed in her account and password, it would
>>>> log in, and then immediately save settings and logout, ending up back
>>>> at the login window. All accounts on this machine do this. You type
>>>> your password, up comes your personal backround for a sec, then it
>>>> saves setting and logs you out.
>>>>
>>>> We got an XP Home Upgrade CD (I have no idea which computer it belongs
>>>> to as we have five in the house). I was able to get the System Restore
>>>> Console up from "boot from CD", and then login with "no password". Now
>>>> we can "see" our files on C and D, but we cannot copy or access them.
>>>>
>>>> What should we do now? Are we completely screwed because windows
>>>> update screwed up our password file? Or, is there something else we
>>>> should try from the System Restore Console?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks...
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, 01 Jan 2006 15:09:53 GMT, markxyz59@xxxxxxx (Mark) wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>I posted earlier about Windows Updates screwing up and not accepting
>>>>>any passwords (it would login and then quickly log out). Good News: I
>>>>>was able to get the Recovery Console to give us access to the disk. We
>>>>>can see C and D drives and all files are there.
>>>>>
>>>>>Is there a way to clobber/reset passwords from the command prompt?
>>>>>
>>>>>Our first instinct was to stick a USB Drive in and copy stuff, but the
>>>>>USB drivers don't appear to be there on the recovery console.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
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