I made the mistake of trying microsoft autoruns utility this morning, withnot
so good results. Thinking (This is the problem (THINKING) that i knew what
was going on I unchecked a bunch of stuff. Now I can't get to the system
restore to undo the mess I made.
I'm running XP Pro SP3. I trun on the pc and it askes for a logon and
password, never done that before. I put in my username which is already
listed no password and click ok. It boots to the desktop, but before it can
load any icons it shuts down and again askes for my logon. I can do this till
doomesday comes.
Here is my question, How can I get past this logon issue and set my pc back
to an earleir time. Thanks of any help Larry

It sounds like you disabled the Userinit entry at:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

You need to access the registry and restore this value. Is your machine
a standalone or is it part of a network?

John

Larry wrote:

> I made the mistake of trying microsoft autoruns utility this morning, withnot
> so good results. Thinking (This is the problem (THINKING) that i knew what
> was going on I unchecked a bunch of stuff. Now I can't get to the system
> restore to undo the mess I made.
> I'm running XP Pro SP3. I trun on the pc and it askes for a logon and
> password, never done that before. I put in my username which is already
> listed no password and click ok. It boots to the desktop, but before it can
> load any icons it shuts down and again askes for my logon. I can do this till
> doomesday comes.
> Here is my question, How can I get past this logon issue and set my pc back
> to an earleir time. Thanks of any help Larry

Did you try booting to the Last Known Good Configuration? Tap the F8
key just before Windows starts to boot to get to the boot options.

John

Larry wrote:

> I made the mistake of trying microsoft autoruns utility this morning, withnot
> so good results. Thinking (This is the problem (THINKING) that i knew what
> was going on I unchecked a bunch of stuff. Now I can't get to the system
> restore to undo the mess I made.
> I'm running XP Pro SP3. I trun on the pc and it askes for a logon and
> password, never done that before. I put in my username which is already
> listed no password and click ok. It boots to the desktop, but before it can
> load any icons it shuts down and again askes for my logon. I can do this till
> doomesday comes.
> Here is my question, How can I get past this logon issue and set my pc back
> to an earleir time. Thanks of any help Larry

Larry wrote:

> I made the mistake of trying microsoft autoruns utility this morning,
> withnot so good results. Thinking (This is the problem (THINKING) that i
> knew what was going on I unchecked a bunch of stuff. Now I can't get to
> the system restore to undo the mess I made.
> I'm running XP Pro SP3. I trun on the pc and it askes for a logon and
> password, never done that before. I put in my username which is already
> listed no password and click ok. It boots to the desktop, but before it
> can load any icons it shuts down and again askes for my logon. I can do
> this till doomesday comes.
> Here is my question, How can I get past this logon issue and set my pc
> back
> to an earleir time. Thanks of any help Larry

Some things to try:

1. Try Last Known Good Configuration. Repeatedly tap F8 as the computer is
starting to get to that menu. Use your arrow key to select LKGC.

2. See if you can get into the built-in Administrator account. In the logon
box, enter Administrator and whatever password you originally assigned. If
you didn't assign a password, then leave it blank. If you can, run System
Restore.

3. If neither of those things works, try enabling some of the services you
disabled from the Recovery Console. Boot the computer with your XP install
disk and choose "R" to start the Recovery Console.

Using the Recovery Console - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307654/

The Recovery Console will want the password for the built-in Administrator
account.

4. Or you could try a Repair Install.
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm - Repair Install
How-To

In any case, if you have important data on the drive that you haven't backed
up, I'd pull the drive and either put it in an external USB enclosure or
slave it in a working machine and retrieve the data first.

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

Hey John Yes my system is a stand alone desktop and yes I tried different
boots safemood, safemode with command prompt boot ot last known good
settings. If I had a boot disk maybe?????? I don't know a whole lot about
computers, enough to make messes. I tried to boot from xp setup disk as well
something about recover consoul. Don't know anything about dos commands. Any
how

"John John (MVP)" wrote:

> It sounds like you disabled the Userinit entry at:
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
>
> You need to access the registry and restore this value. Is your machine
> a standalone or is it part of a network?
>
> John
>
> Larry wrote:
>
> > I made the mistake of trying microsoft autoruns utility this morning, withnot
> > so good results. Thinking (This is the problem (THINKING) that i knew what
> > was going on I unchecked a bunch of stuff. Now I can't get to the system
> > restore to undo the mess I made.
> > I'm running XP Pro SP3. I trun on the pc and it askes for a logon and
> > password, never done that before. I put in my username which is already
> > listed no password and click ok. It boots to the desktop, but before it can
> > load any icons it shuts down and again askes for my logon. I can do this till
> > doomesday comes.
> > Here is my question, How can I get past this logon issue and set my pc back
> > to an earleir time. Thanks of any help Larry
>

Thanks for getting back with me. I have tried to boot to last known good
config. would'nt do anything for me. I have not tried the admin account I'll
try that next. I also tried the recovery consoul but don't know anything
about dos commands

"Malke" wrote:

> Larry wrote:
>
> > I made the mistake of trying microsoft autoruns utility this morning,
> > withnot so good results. Thinking (This is the problem (THINKING) that i
> > knew what was going on I unchecked a bunch of stuff. Now I can't get to
> > the system restore to undo the mess I made.
> > I'm running XP Pro SP3. I trun on the pc and it askes for a logon and
> > password, never done that before. I put in my username which is already
> > listed no password and click ok. It boots to the desktop, but before it
> > can load any icons it shuts down and again askes for my logon. I can do
> > this till doomesday comes.
> > Here is my question, How can I get past this logon issue and set my pc
> > back
> > to an earleir time. Thanks of any help Larry
>
> Some things to try:
>
> 1. Try Last Known Good Configuration. Repeatedly tap F8 as the computer is
> starting to get to that menu. Use your arrow key to select LKGC.
>
> 2. See if you can get into the built-in Administrator account. In the logon
> box, enter Administrator and whatever password you originally assigned. If
> you didn't assign a password, then leave it blank. If you can, run System
> Restore.
>
> 3. If neither of those things works, try enabling some of the services you
> disabled from the Recovery Console. Boot the computer with your XP install
> disk and choose "R" to start the Recovery Console.
>
> Using the Recovery Console - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307654/
>
> The Recovery Console will want the password for the built-in Administrator
> account.
>
> 4. Or you could try a Repair Install.
> http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm - Repair Install
> How-To
>
> In any case, if you have important data on the drive that you haven't backed
> up, I'd pull the drive and either put it in an external USB enclosure or
> slave it in a working machine and retrieve the data first.
>
> Malke
> --
> MS-MVP
> Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
> FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ
>
>

Clark... wrote:

> Larry wrote:
>
>>I made the mistake of trying microsoft autoruns utility this morning,
>>withnot so good results. Thinking (This is the problem (THINKING)
>>that i knew what was going on I unchecked a bunch of stuff. Now I
>>can't get to the system restore to undo the mess I made.
>>I'm running XP Pro SP3. I trun on the pc and it askes for a logon and
>>password, never done that before. I put in my username which is
>>already listed no password and click ok. It boots to the desktop, but
>>before it can load any icons it shuts down and again askes for my
>>logon. I can do this till doomesday comes.
>>Here is my question, How can I get past this logon issue and set my
>>pc back to an earleir time. Thanks of any help Larry
>
>
> http://forums.techarena.in/windows-x...ort/997822.htm
>
>
> RESOLUTION
> ===========

<snip>

That solution deals with the wsaupdater.exe problem, it is very unlikely
that the OP is dealing with wsaupdater.exe and the solution offered will
not likely to fix anything.

John

Hi again well the administrator account would'nt work either Next tip

"Malke" wrote:

> Larry wrote:
>
> > I made the mistake of trying microsoft autoruns utility this morning,
> > withnot so good results. Thinking (This is the problem (THINKING) that i
> > knew what was going on I unchecked a bunch of stuff. Now I can't get to
> > the system restore to undo the mess I made.
> > I'm running XP Pro SP3. I trun on the pc and it askes for a logon and
> > password, never done that before. I put in my username which is already
> > listed no password and click ok. It boots to the desktop, but before it
> > can load any icons it shuts down and again askes for my logon. I can do
> > this till doomesday comes.
> > Here is my question, How can I get past this logon issue and set my pc
> > back
> > to an earleir time. Thanks of any help Larry
>
> Some things to try:
>
> 1. Try Last Known Good Configuration. Repeatedly tap F8 as the computer is
> starting to get to that menu. Use your arrow key to select LKGC.
>
> 2. See if you can get into the built-in Administrator account. In the logon
> box, enter Administrator and whatever password you originally assigned. If
> you didn't assign a password, then leave it blank. If you can, run System
> Restore.
>
> 3. If neither of those things works, try enabling some of the services you
> disabled from the Recovery Console. Boot the computer with your XP install
> disk and choose "R" to start the Recovery Console.
>
> Using the Recovery Console - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307654/
>
> The Recovery Console will want the password for the built-in Administrator
> account.
>
> 4. Or you could try a Repair Install.
> http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm - Repair Install
> How-To
>
> In any case, if you have important data on the drive that you haven't backed
> up, I'd pull the drive and either put it in an external USB enclosure or
> slave it in a working machine and retrieve the data first.
>
> Malke
> --
> MS-MVP
> Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
> FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ
>
>

I don't think that you will be able to fix this from the Recovery
Console, you cannot edit the registry by way of the Recovery Console.
If you feel confident enough to mount the drive in another Windows XP
computer or in a USB enclosure then you can access the damaged registry
and try to fix things. If you cannot mount the disk in another XP
machine or USB enclosure then this will be a very difficult problem to
solve, you will need to use a special boot disk with an onboard registry
editor, building such a boot disk is not a trivial matter, it takes
several hours and it takes advanced computer skills.

Does your hard drive have more than one partition? Installing a second
"parallel" copy of Windows on the second partition is another method
that can be used to access the damaged registry on the broken
installation. Otherwise you can try a Repair Install, but that will
require that you "slipstream" SP3 to your Windows CD.

Fixing the damaged registry is not too hard to do, the hard part is
finding a way to access the registry. Tell us which methods are
available to you and we will see what we can suggest.

John


Larry wrote:

> Hey John Yes my system is a stand alone desktop and yes I tried different
> boots safemood, safemode with command prompt boot ot last known good
> settings. If I had a boot disk maybe?????? I don't know a whole lot about
> computers, enough to make messes. I tried to boot from xp setup disk as well
> something about recover consoul. Don't know anything about dos commands. Any
> how
>
> "John John (MVP)" wrote:
>
>
>>It sounds like you disabled the Userinit entry at:
>>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
>>
>>You need to access the registry and restore this value. Is your machine
>>a standalone or is it part of a network?
>>
>>John
>>
>>Larry wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I made the mistake of trying microsoft autoruns utility this morning, withnot
>>>so good results. Thinking (This is the problem (THINKING) that i knew what
>>>was going on I unchecked a bunch of stuff. Now I can't get to the system
>>>restore to undo the mess I made.
>>>I'm running XP Pro SP3. I trun on the pc and it askes for a logon and
>>>password, never done that before. I put in my username which is already
>>>listed no password and click ok. It boots to the desktop, but before it can
>>>load any icons it shuts down and again askes for my logon. I can do this till
>>>doomesday comes.
>>>Here is my question, How can I get past this logon issue and set my pc back
>>>to an earleir time. Thanks of any help Larry
>>

Thats good because i did not understand anything he said or typed. This is
way over my head. I tried the administrator account but that does the same
thing starts to the desktop then shutsdown, then startes again (if I click
ok) and shuts down. I don't understand how you can edit a registry entry,
if you can't even get to a command prompt Larry

"John John (MVP)" wrote:

> Clark... wrote:
>
> > Larry wrote:
> >
> >>I made the mistake of trying microsoft autoruns utility this morning,
> >>withnot so good results. Thinking (This is the problem (THINKING)
> >>that i knew what was going on I unchecked a bunch of stuff. Now I
> >>can't get to the system restore to undo the mess I made.
> >>I'm running XP Pro SP3. I trun on the pc and it askes for a logon and
> >>password, never done that before. I put in my username which is
> >>already listed no password and click ok. It boots to the desktop, but
> >>before it can load any icons it shuts down and again askes for my
> >>logon. I can do this till doomesday comes.
> >>Here is my question, How can I get past this logon issue and set my
> >>pc back to an earleir time. Thanks of any help Larry
> >
> >
> > http://forums.techarena.in/windows-x...ort/997822.htm
> >
> >
> > RESOLUTION
> > ===========
>
> <snip>
>
> That solution deals with the wsaupdater.exe problem, it is very unlikely
> that the OP is dealing with wsaupdater.exe and the solution offered will
> not likely to fix anything.
>
> John
>