RE: Windows XP Home machine login problem

Bharani wrote:

Thanks for the help guys. But i have tried all the means of booting
and then logging on but no luck. I would give you a breif history
about the machine
hopefully that will give you guys a better idea,

On 15-Mar-06 while booting the machine gave a error "
C:\windows\system32\config\system" failed please user CD to recover by
pressing R. so restored the SYSTEM file from the recovery CD. Then
machine would boot and then display the 4 exsisting usernames on the
screen, you can click them and enter the password but once you click
OK. It would display "loading your settings" as usual but immediately
say "saving your settings" and then followed by "logging off". Finally
would return back to the Welcome screen.

If i used the CTRL+ALT+DEL method then I would get the logon display
box but no use since any username and password i try will fail with a
message saying " you cannot logon due to your account restriction"
even with the administrator. Got very upset with this issue.

So copied the data to another HDD and then decided to completely
reformat the hard drive and re installed Windows XP Home. Installed
SP2 and completed microsoft updates, All was fine tillthe next day
when the machine boots to welcome screen no user name will be
displayed to logon so tried the CTRL+ALT+DEL trick still no luck.


Since you did a clean install and presumably did not install any
malware, your computer is probably experiencing hardware problems. Here
are some general hardware troubleshooting steps:

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Hardware_Troubleshooting

Testing hardware failures often involves swapping out suspected parts
with known-good parts. If you can't do the testing yourself and/or are
uncomfortable opening your computer, take the machine to a professional
computer repair shop (not your local equivalent of BigStoreUSA).

Malke
--
MS-MVP Windows User/Shell
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic"
.

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