[Sourcer_2002]

OK i just got this new HD and i installed windows and everything else then today i shut down me comp cause i left then i came back and turned it on when it goes to log on it shows me my background then logs me back off to the log on screen? Any ideas what caused these and how to fix it?

[iceboy]

can u log on in safe mode?

[Yeti]

OK i just got this new HD and i installed windows and everything else then today i shut down me comp cause i left then i came back and turned it on when it goes to log on it shows me my background then logs me back off to the log on screen? Any ideas what caused these and how to fix it?

... Ummmm... 10 to 1 its not the HD. Go to the User settings... turn off the guest account. Now turn off the password to your account. (You could also try the admin account ... but that wouldn't help). I assume you are trying to boot up windows ... and where it would usually bypass the logon you now have to entera password? Yeah... I don't remember where exactly you turn on the auto-login feature... I'm sure there are plenty on this forum who do.

[Sourcer_2002]

umm.....ok one i cant log into safe mode two guest is not on and three i dont have a password set!

[HsuGotaQ]

Originally posted by Sourcer_2002
umm.....ok one i cant log into safe mode two guest is not on and three i dont have a password set!

Links to hack the password (if truly needed). Use them offend at the office when other ITs don't remember what admin password they used.

XP : http://www.astalavista.com/library/o...ck-winxp.shtml
2K : http://www.astalavista.com/library/o...the-hash.shtml

[Yeti]

umm.....ok one i cant log into safe mode two guest is not on and three i dont have a password set!

What system are you using ... login as the administrator (?) - (of course i'm sure this is not an option because of the 'crap' part ).

[UberLord]

When booting into safe mode, you are presented with the old style logon screen so you can log in as administrator

[Sourcer_2002]

huh nah i dont get that i get the normal log in screen in normal xp and the chice of admin and owner and they do the same as the ohters log on back off i just reinstalled but i would still like ot know what caused it.

[UberLord]

Might be a program that autoloads which logs you out. Try holding down SHIFT as you're logging in - that stops some programs from loading at login

[Sourcer_2002]

oh lol wish i would have know that before i cant pissed and reinstalled

[iceboy]

hey sourcer, get a nifty little proggie called Roxio goback.. http://www.roxio.com/en/products/goback/index.jhtml (if you had purchased an older version and have the serial, you can download the update without installing the old version (you know what i mean )

[Sourcer_2002]

yeah my friend has it on his system and its got him out of a lot of trouble on his comp i might purchase.

[Ryo-Ohki]

Sounds any familiar ? I happened to have this problem when I used to dual boot Win2K pro and Win2K server (which was residing on a logical drive) on one of my rigs. I had to be very cautious not to fall back into the problem whenever I was making changes to my partition table.

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From Microsoft Technet :

Unable to Log on if the Boot Partition Drive Letter Has Changed [Q249321]



PSS ID Number: Q249321
Article last modified on 01-12-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
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IMPORTANT: This article contains information about editing the registry.
Before you edit the registry, make sure you understand how to restore it if
a problem occurs. For information about how to do this, view the "Restoring
the Registry" Help topic in Regedit.exe or the "Restoring a Registry Key" Help
topic in Regedt32.exe.

SYMPTOMS
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After you try to log on to your Windows 2000-based computer by using a valid
user name and password, the "Loading your personal settings" dialog box is
displayed, followed by the "Saving your settings" dialog box. However, the
desktop does not appear, and the "Welcome to Windows" logon screen is displayed
again.

NOTE: If the paging file is located on the system or boot partition, you may also
receive the following warning message before returning to the "Welcome to
Windows" logon screen:

[Limited Virtual Memory]
Your system has no paging file, or the paging file is too small.

CAUSE
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This problem can occur if your Windows 2000 boot partition drive letter does not
match the drive letter assigned during the initial Windows 2000 Setup. Windows
2000 maintains a record of drive letters in a registry based database and
re-assigns drive letters based on Globally Unique Identifiers (GUID) recorded
for each volume. Should the volume GUID change or be duplicated (by hard drive
cloning software), the original drive letter may not be re-assigned to the boot
volume.

This may also occur if you break a system/boot mirror, and then attempt to boot
to the old shadow drive if the original primary drive is missing or
inaccessible. This is because the volume GUID for the shadow drive is different
than that of the original primary drive and does not get the same drive letter
assigned.

RESOLUTION
==========

WARNING: Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious problems that may
require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that
problems resulting from the incorrect use of Registry Editor can be solved. Use
Registry Editor at your own risk.

For information about how to edit the registry, view the "Changing Keys and
Values" Help topic in Registry Editor (Regedit.exe) or the "Add and Delete
Information in the Registry" and "Edit Registry Data" Help topics in
Regedt32.exe. Note that you should back up the registry before you edit it. If
you are running Windows NT or Windows 2000, you should also update your
Emergency Repair Disk (ERD).

NOTE: If the computer is networked but not part of a domain, you may need to map
a connection to the machines IPC$ share using that computer's local
administrator credentials before being able to attach using Regedit.exe or
Regedt32.exe as described below to make changes.

To permit a logon and/or change the boot volume drive letter back to its
originally assigned letter, use any of the following methods:

net use \\remote_machine_name\IPC$ /user:administrator *

Use one of the following procedures to facilitate repairs:

1. Remove any cloned hard disks added to your computer since the time the logon
failures occurred, restart your computer, and then try to log on.

2. If the computer is networked, run Regedit.exe on another computer to open and
modify the registry of the computer that is experiencing the logon failure.
Use the information in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article to
change the drive letter back to the original letter assigned to the boot
partition:

Q223188 How to Change the System/Boot Drive Letter in Windows 2000

3. If the computer is networked, run Regedt32.exe or Regedit.exe on another
computer to open and modify the registry of the computer that is experiencing
the logon failure. Change the following entry to remove the full path to the
Userinit.exe entry as follows:

Change from:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\Current
Version\Winlogon\Userinit:Reg_SZ:C:\WINNT\system32 \userinit.exe

Change to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\Current
Version\Winlogon\Userinit:Reg_SZ:userinit.exe

After you change the preceding registry entry and are able to logon, perform
the steps in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article to re-assign the
proper drive letter to your boot partition and reboot:

Q223188 How to Change the System/Boot Drive Letter in Windows 2000

4. Create a "fake" Winnt\System32 folder structure on the drive that is
suspected as being assigned the original boot partition drive letter, and
then expand and copy the Userinit.exe file from the Windows 2000 CD-ROM into
the Winnt\System32 folder on that drive.

You can use the Recovery Console to perform this procedure provided the local
security policy\security option "Recovery Console: Allow floppy copy and
access to all drives and all folders" is enabled. This will permit the
follwing Recovery Console command to work so you can gain unlimited access to
all drives and paths: SET allowallpaths = TRUE This can be implemented as a
policy on a domain controller to be applied to the local computer by using
the information contained in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

Q235364 Description of the SET Command in Recovery Console

After you perform the preceding procedure and you are able to log on, perform
the steps in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article to re-assign the
proper drive letter to your boot partition and reboot:

Q223188 How to Change the System/Boot Drive Letter in Windows 2000

5. With only the system/boot drive in the system, or powered on, boot to a DOS
or Windows 9X Start-up diskette that contains fdisk.exe and run the following
command:

"FDISK /MBR" (without the quotation marks)

This re-writes the Master Boot Record and erase the disk signature associated
with volume GUID. Windows 2000 should assign default drive letters and allow
you logon. Click the article number below for more information about FDISK:

Q69013 FDISK /MBR Rewrites the Master Boot Record

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products that are
listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION
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For additional information about this issue, click the article number below to
view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q234048 How Windows 2000 Assigns, Reserves, and Stores Drive Letters

Additional query words: reoccuring secedit blank desktop login repeats "Control Alt Delete" "CTRL DEL" loop

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