Re: XP Pro looping back to login after paswword entered

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done all of that as the user and as administrator, safe mode and normal
startup, into the domain and to the laptop..

Might be better described as an auto logout once the login and password has
been accepted...

"Dana Cline - MVP" wrote:

> Have you tried logging in as the Administrator or booting into safe mode?
> Sounds to me like the "reboot on blue screen" flag is on, and you're getting
> some kind of error that you can't see. Or otherwise there may be some kind
> of virus or spyware or something...
>
> Dana Cline - MVP
>
> "Don Blotner" <Don Blotner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:E403282E-8D98-4D72-AC6A-45EB462239A1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Help would be appreciated from anyone who has seen this happening. After
> > login and correct password entered, computer will go to logout screen,
> saving
> > settings and end up back at ctrl-alt-delete screen to start login again.
> > Can't get past this "loop" behavior and no different if logging into
> domain
> > or to local machine. Guessing that network is not the issue, maybe a
> > corrupted or missing file?
> >
> > Best reply to is db_wizard@xxxxxxxxxxx thanks for the help
>
>
>
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