Re: Attempt to login goes back to login prompt

Hi Rock, I tried all the options you suggested. The userinit.exe seemed to be
correct and in the right place. There was no file called wsau.. that one of
the options suggested.

I did the regedit but could not find userinit.exe that indicated anything
unusual.

I do have the computer on a network but if I try to RDP, I have the same
problem getting kicked off. I cannot connect to any drive since it looks like
there are no shares open.

"Rock" wrote:

"Nate" <Nate@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
Hey Rock. thanks for the suggestions.

Question. If I install the drive in another machine, I boot from a local
disk. How do I edit the registry on this "foreign" disk? It is not "other"
user since the user is not local to this other machine...

"Nate" <Nate@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
Hi all

I am dealing with a real headscratcher. A client gave me their computer
because they could not log on. They put their login info:
username/password,
it looked like it was doing some machination then went back to the
login
prompt.

Hmm. I tried logging in with the Admin account (which apparently had no
password), and same thing. I then booted to safe mode, but still no
luck.
I
could not get past the login prompt.

I took out the disk and put it in another machine and was able to see
all
the appropriate files are there. Ran antivirus scans/etc, cleaned
everything
out, but still not luck.

I even tried to do a boot from CD/Repair, but the start said it could
not
find a disk. Strange because it is a SATA disk and is recognized at
boot.
The
OS does boot to the login prompt.


Install the drive in another machine and edit the registry remotely to
see
what the userinit value is. See these articles.

Editing the Registry for "other" Users
http://www.dougknox.com/

You cannot log on to Windows XP after you remove Wsaupdater.exe
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/892893/en-us

If that doesn’t help see this:
A User Logon Request Is Rejected Without Any Messages
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=313322

You follow the procedure in the link from Doug Knox I gave you.

--
Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]


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