Re: Windows logon failure

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That doesn't seem to have helped. Can you tell me the tedious solution?

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

Having two non-networked PCs makes it rather tedious
as it involves moving disks from one machine to the other.
Before going there I suggest you try this:
1. Boot the machine with a Win98 boot disk from
www.bootdisk.com.
2. Run this command: fdisk /mbr

This will reset the disk volume names, thus forcing
Windows to reassign the drive letters on the next
reboot. Sometimes it works, somtimes it does not.


"ribs" <ribs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Err I just realized that could be interpreted 2 different ways; I meant
case
b, I have other Windows XP PCs

"ribs" wrote:

Ah sorry I must have missed that one. I see it now. What was the
second
solution you mentioned, for pcs not networked?

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:


"ribs" <ribs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I recently changed my default user input language from english to
japanese
(using files already on my computer, not using my install disc) and
of
course
was then asked to restart my computer. I did but when I got to the
log on
screen, I found that I could not log on. That is to say, I could
log on,
it
shows the "Loading your preferences..." message for about a half
second
and
then it returns me to the log on screen. It also turns off my num
lock
for
some reason.

Here's some random weirdities about my system that may be
contributing to
the problem, although the ui language change is when the problem
started:

I have two HDDs but C: is my slave and F: is the master.
I reformatted both around 3-4 weeks ago.
That's all O can think about for now


Have a look at the thread "Login problem", posted in this
newsgroup about 47 hours ago.






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