Re: When I log in on any account, my pc immediatly logs back off.

"joe" wrote

When I try to log into my wife's PC using any of the user accounts, it loads
the desktop and then logs back off. This happens in safe mode also.
I cannot use system restore since I can't log into the PC.
I downloaded AVG anti-virus 7.0 and when it asked me to reboot thats when
the problem started.
I used recovery commander to disable the AVG files but that did not work
either.
I am running XP home with no service packs. The machine is used and had XP
home on it when we bought it. We have been running it for about 2 years abd
the only issues we have had was when I tried to download SP1 and SP2 it said
that I needed the product key. I did not get the product key when we bought
it (pawn shop).
I have loaded AVG onto several PCs without any problems, including ones with
questionable OS heritage.
Please help, has this the main family PC and the kids can't do their
homework and my wife can't play her music or pics.

Why are there no service packs on this system? It should be running SP2. The service packs fixed many problems and SP2 was a significant step in security.

Hopefully you have a full and complete backup of the important data that's on that computer, and backup regularly.

--
Rock [MVP - User/Shell]

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