Re: cannot login under safe mode

From: Mark L. Ferguson (marfer_mvpREMOVE_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 01/14/05 

Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 06:45:17 -0600

adaware error Unable to Log On To Windows XP After Removing wsaupdater.exe:
http://www.lavasofthelp.com/articles/v6/04/06/0901.html 

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Mark L. Ferguson (NOT an MS-MVP)
FAQ for MS AntiSpy http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.txt
marfers notes for windows xp 
http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/chatNotes.htm
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"Chris Bailey" <ccb@perryballard.com> wrote in message 
news:BE0C7275.1EFEB%ccb@perryballard.com...
> Okay, this is genuinely weird. It's something I used to be able to do, so
> I'm wondering if something recent (like Service Pack 2) has changed a
> standard operating procedure.
>
> I manage about two dozen Windows XP Pro stations here, all of which have
> been upgraded to Service Pack 2. I keep things clean with Symantec 
> Antivirus
> Corporate Edition 9.1 and either SpyBot 1.3 or Ad-Aware SE 1.05. One
> computer was still running Ad-Aware 6 and the definitions hadn't been
> updated in a while -- he was getting some pop-up ads. So I upgraded him to
> SE 1.05 and ran a check. It found and removed some things, then after
> restarting it found them again. So I've got something a little insidious 
> and
> I figure I should startup in safe mode and run an Ad-Aware sweep to nuke 
> it
> that way.
>
> Only when I boot up (in safe mode) and then attempt to login as
> administrator to the local station, I get the error message "could not log
> you on", as if I'm using the wrong password. The primary user for this
> station is also considered an administrator, so I tried his username and
> password and that fails too. Rebooting under normal mode allows me to 
> login
> to the network just fine. (I just realized I haven't tried rebooting in
> normal mode *and* attempted to login to the local computer instead of the
> network -- I'd try that now but his laptop is gone for the evening).
>
> I had another station that I wanted to run a full antivirus sweep on (it
> never got infected but found and removed a file so I just wanted to be
> extra-paranoid and make sure the station was clean). I found I could not
> login locally on this station either! I know I used to do this, and I used
> to login as "administrator" with a specific password.
>
> I don't know what's changed here. Maybe this is from a recent security
> update, or  it's a change in behavior with SP2 -- I don't know. Has any 
> one
> else run into this? Is there a way around it? Am I doing something wrong
> (even though I can't fathom what that is?)
>
> Thanks...
>
> Chris Bailey
> Saint Joseph, Michigan
>

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