Re: Normal user login now logs off immediately [w/o administrator righ
- From: "WTC" <bcrawfordjr(remove)@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 16:45:14 -0800
"Darmdorf" <darmdorf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:268CC54E-54E8-4E83-BA58-E53DB7B02CFF@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> My normal user account under XP Pro SP2 (which has no administrator
> rights)
> is no longer able to login. The login begins in a normal fashion:
> preferences
> are loaded, there is disk activity for a while, the background image is
> displayed, but before any icons or toolbar entries appear a logout
> suddenly
> occurs. If I try again the logout is immediate. While trying to diagnose
> the
> problem I happened to give my normal user account administrator rights,
> which
> then strangely allows a normal login. Very spooky. Removing admin rights
> brings the problem back again.
>
> Judging from the system logs, evidently an NTFS error was logged just
> before
> the problem began. The very next normal start automatically included a
> chkdsk
> run, repairing many problems on my C: drive (file truncations, orphan
> clusters, etc.). Nothing to really worry about. After about a minute into
> the
> actual start a single DCOM server error
> {73E709EA-5D93-4B2E-BBB0-99B7938DA9E4} was logged because of an "incorrect
> application configuration".
>
> I've tried everything I can think of to repair the damage. Chkdsk shows no
> errors, and I also haven't been able to spot any errors with Regedit. The
> security profiles also appear to be correct when compared with another XP
> Pro
> system. I've browsed here extensively for similar problems and not found
> anything applicable. I don't have the typical userinit /
> wsaupdaterregistry
> problem with the registry winlogon entry. I also went back to a check
> point
> previous to the problem, but that didn't change the behavior either. I'm
> sure
> I don't have a malware problem, as I have AD-Watch active, use Spybot
> regularly, and have a decent Kaspersky Internet Security package.
>
> It must be something during the login procedure which is directly affected
> by administrator rights, but what? Any ideas? It would probably be
> helpful,
> if one could somehow protocol the logon progress to find out what is
> actually
> going awry. I really hate to have to leave administrator rights enabled
> for
> my normal work, as that's inviting trouble. As an ex-computer expert, I
> must
> admit that I've never seen XP have problems of this kind after a minor
> disk
> problem. I'd really appreciate any help in the matter.
Could you post back with all the permissions that allow or denied on this
key in the registry?
[HKLM\System\MountedDevices]
Right click on MountedDevices and select "Permissions". I just have a hunch
that the permissions may be incorrect.
--
William Crawford
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
.
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