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Barry
had a corrupt or missing hal.dll problem on my xp desktop. tried all options
to resolve problem from microsoft and various websites which did not work.
eventually had to load xp using xp disk on seperate hard drive (e and
copied the missing files to c: drive. then ran the repair option from the
same xp disk on the c: drive windows installation.
repair eventually completed. windows started, login page displayed, when
attempting to login, told I had to activate the software, did this over the
phone and activation looked like it had worked but when logging in using user
account screen says "loading personal settings" and screen flashes, then
screen says "saving personal settings" and i'm back to the xp login screen
again.
tried booting in safe mode and get them same response with adminstrator
account. i know other people have posted a question similar to this but i
think my problem might be slightly different.
Could it be something to do with installing the same xp setup using the same
xp cd on two sep hard drives ? I really need to run xp from c: drive as I
have lots programs installed on this installation that i don't have the cd's
for to install again.
can anyone help with resolving the login issue ?
tks
BK
to resolve problem from microsoft and various websites which did not work.
eventually had to load xp using xp disk on seperate hard drive (e and
copied the missing files to c: drive. then ran the repair option from the
same xp disk on the c: drive windows installation.
repair eventually completed. windows started, login page displayed, when
attempting to login, told I had to activate the software, did this over the
phone and activation looked like it had worked but when logging in using user
account screen says "loading personal settings" and screen flashes, then
screen says "saving personal settings" and i'm back to the xp login screen
again.
tried booting in safe mode and get them same response with adminstrator
account. i know other people have posted a question similar to this but i
think my problem might be slightly different.
Could it be something to do with installing the same xp setup using the same
xp cd on two sep hard drives ? I really need to run xp from c: drive as I
have lots programs installed on this installation that i don't have the cd's
for to install again.
can anyone help with resolving the login issue ?
tks
BK