Cannot log in to windows

[mike]

I noticed someone else had a problem like me though I am
not sure how similar it is; when i start up windows and it
boots me into the login screen. I then select a username
to login and so it begins to; and for a split second i can
see the desktop image but then it logs me off and boots me
out from getting into the computer. So im back at the
login screen. I was running adaware before the problem
however in order to remove spyware - it had asked me to
reset the computer so it could remove some files. When I
rebooted the computer though the problem came about.

 

[austinpctech]

I noticed someone else had a problem like me though I am
not sure how similar it is; when i start up windows and it
boots me into the login screen. I then select a username
to login and so it begins to; and for a split second i can
see the desktop image but then it logs me off and boots me
out from getting into the computer. So im back at the
login screen. I was running adaware before the problem
however in order to remove spyware - it had asked me to
reset the computer so it could remove some files. When I
rebooted the computer though the problem came about.

Try booting up into Safe Mode and run Adaware again. Repeat the scans and
delete items found until you get zero items found. If you don't know how to
boot to Safe Mode, start tapping your F8 key after you turn on your
computer. You will see a menu come up which may require you to hit F8 one
more time offering the choice of booting into Safe Mode.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I noticed someone else had a problem like me though I am
not sure how similar it is; when i start up windows and it
boots me into the login screen. I then select a username
to login and so it begins to; and for a split second i can
see the desktop image but then it logs me off and boots me
out from getting into the computer. So im back at the
login screen. I was running adaware before the problem
however in order to remove spyware - it had asked me to
reset the computer so it could remove some files. When I
rebooted the computer though the problem came about.

Try booting up into Safe Mode and run Adaware again. Repeat the
scans and delete items found until you get zero items found. If you
don't know how to boot to Safe Mode, start tapping your F8 key after
you turn on your computer. You will see a menu come up which may
require you to hit F8 one more time offering the choice of booting
into Safe Mode.

Another suggestion that works for some is to boot into safe mode and
restopre to a previous point. It worked for one of the computer I was
fixing.

 

[Guest]

ive already tried booting in from safe mode. It puts me
right into the login screen with the exact same problem...
I was thinking of finding my old dos boot disc to browse
around the computer but i cant create one now (forgoten
how haha) and ive lost my boot disc.
Ive also tried the system restore boot from safe mode but
that to puts me right into the login screen with the same
problem...
sucks to be me...

 

[Shenan Stanley]

ive already tried booting in from safe mode. It puts me
right into the login screen with the exact same problem...
I was thinking of finding my old dos boot disc to browse
around the computer but i cant create one now (forgoten
how haha) and ive lost my boot disc.
Ive also tried the system restore boot from safe mode but
that to puts me right into the login screen with the same
problem...
sucks to be me...

If you are using NTFS, you would be better booting with the Windows XP CD.

 

[Guest]

dont i have to do that from the bios?

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If you are using NTFS, you would be better booting with the Windows XP CD.

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[austinpctech]

ive already tried booting in from safe mode. It puts me
right into the login screen with the exact same problem...
I was thinking of finding my old dos boot disc to browse
around the computer but i cant create one now (forgoten
how haha) and ive lost my boot disc.
Ive also tried the system restore boot from safe mode but
that to puts me right into the login screen with the same
problem...
sucks to be me...

Shenan is exactly right. You likely are using NTFS instead of FAT32 which
will prevent you from booting up to a DOS startup disk. On the other hand,
if you upgraded from an earlier version and chose to keep the FAT32 format,
then you certainly can. What you can do is to boot to the XP cd and choose
to use the Recovery Console which will act alot like DOS. Many commands are
the same while many are not.

Check out this article on the Recovery Console:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314058&Product=winxp.

Good Luck

 

[Shenan Stanley]

ive already tried booting in from safe mode. It puts me
right into the login screen with the exact same problem...
I was thinking of finding my old dos boot disc to browse
around the computer but i cant create one now (forgoten
how haha) and ive lost my boot disc.
Ive also tried the system restore boot from safe mode but
that to puts me right into the login screen with the same
problem...
sucks to be me...

If you are using NTFS, you would be better booting with the Windows
XP CD.

By that - I mean perform a repair installation.
(Do a google search for "Perform Repair Install of Windows XP".)

Also, you can always download boot diskettes from:
http://www.bootdisk.com/

 

[austinpctech]

dont i have to do that from the bios?

If you are unable to boot to your XP cd, you may have to enter the BIOS and
modify your boot order.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

If you are using NTFS, you would be better booting with the Windows
XP CD.

dont i have to do that from the bios?

If you mean "Change the machine to boot from the CD", yeah.

 

[austinpctech]

Shenan is exactly right. You likely are using NTFS instead of FAT32 which
will prevent you from booting up to a DOS startup disk. On the other hand,
if you upgraded from an earlier version and chose to keep the FAT32 format,
then you certainly can. What you can do is to boot to the XP cd and choose
to use the Recovery Console which will act alot like DOS. Many commands are
the same while many are not.

Check out this article on the Recovery Console:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314058&Product=winxp.

Good Luck

Woops! Shenan is exactly right again. I commented first without reading
all of the post. I'll shut up now..haha

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Woops! Shenan is exactly right again. I commented first without reading
all of the post. I'll shut up now..haha

Bah - you never know until it is too late and better we collaborate than
have different advice, eh? heh