Re: Major Login problem Someone please give me a suggestion

From: GTS (x)
Date: 01/21/05 

Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 10:59:22 -0500

You might take a look at "How to recover from a corrupted registry that
prevents Windows XP from starting" -
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307545

Also, How to start the System Restore tool at a command prompt in Windows
XP -
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;304449

The situation you describe is, in my experience, most often an indication of
serious registry corruption and may not be recoverable. It would be
advisable to run chkdsk. Damage of this magnitude, if the computer was
malware clean and running well, is sometimes the result of bad sectors
impacting core system files.
.--

"Brian Carpenter" <b_carpenter@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:eaWA788$EHA.2552@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> After the last shut down of my computer the other day, whenever I turn on
> the computer, it no longer logs me into Windows XP Home. It comes to the
> welcome screen, but it does not display any users to log into. I press the
> CTRL+ALT+DEL twice to get the log in window, but I still cannot login as a
> user, it says that the passwords are bad, I cannot even login as
> administrator.
>
> When I go to safe mode, the same situation exists, whether I am trying to
> log in just safe mode, or with a command prompt., There are no log in's
> available and when I press the CTRL+ALT+DEL twice to get the login window,
> it will not recognize any of my login's.
>
> I have attempted to use the setup repair console, but it asks for a
> Administrator login password, and since I have never set a password for
> the administrator, I simply press enter on the blank password, and it
> refuses to let me into the repair console.
>
> My next option was to run setup and repair the current installation, but
> after doing this, I was faced with the same situation described above. I
> am looking at a blank wall.
>
> Last night I installed a fresh new copy of the OS, and it worked, to allow
> me into the computer and have access to the hard drive and everything, but
> there is nothing installed on the system or registered.
>
> Did I miss something in my attempt to restore my original operating system
> to functionality? is there something that I can reset to allow the
> original OS to login? When I turn on the computer now, it allows me to
> choose between the OS's, the original, which does not let me login, and
> the new OS which is devoid of any of my programs.
>
> TIA
>
> Brian
>

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