Re: Major Login problem Someone please give me a suggestion

From: Brian Carpenter (b_carpenter_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 01/21/05 

Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 10:05:50 -0600

Thanks I will check this information out,

Everything was running fine, I am certain it was free of any malicious
content since I regularly run scanning programs to clean spy/mal ware from
my computer and my virus protection is always up to date.

thanks for the info, I hope it helps

Brian

"GTS" <x> wrote in message news:%235y9wI9$EHA.3616@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> You might take a look at "How to recover from a corrupted registry that
> prevents Windows XP from starting" -
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307545
>
> Also, How to start the System Restore tool at a command prompt in Windows
> XP -
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;304449
>
> The situation you describe is, in my experience, most often an indication
> of serious registry corruption and may not be recoverable. It would be
> advisable to run chkdsk. Damage of this magnitude, if the computer was
> malware clean and running well, is sometimes the result of bad sectors
> impacting core system files.
> .--
>
> "Brian Carpenter" <b_carpenter@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:eaWA788$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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