Please Help - Logon password required after installing critical up

[Guest]

I am using XP professional and cannot logon anymore since automatic update
has installed some critical updates. After booting successfully the system is
asking me for a password, although I have never specified one!How can this
happen?

I am the only user and have tried several passwords including username.
leaving blank ect. but have no idea what it could be. After a few attempts it
comes up with the following error message:

The system cannot log you on due to the following error: The program issued
a command but the command lenght is incorrect. Please try again or consult
your system administrator.

Can anybody help me please?

Thanks
Reino

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Use your TAB key and tab the cursor through the password
request box, then hit enter.

You can use the following steps to enable automatic logon:

1. Click Start, and then click Run.
2. In the Open box, type: control userpasswords2 , and then click OK.
3. In the dialog box that appears, clear the "Users must enter a user name
and password to use this computer" check box, and then click OK.

How to Enable Automatic Logon in Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315231&Product=winxp

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| I am using XP professional and cannot logon anymore since automatic update
| has installed some critical updates. After booting successfully the system is
| asking me for a password, although I have never specified one!How can this
| happen?
|
| I am the only user and have tried several passwords including username.
| leaving blank ect. but have no idea what it could be. After a few attempts it
| comes up with the following error message:
|
| The system cannot log you on due to the following error: The program issued
| a command but the command lenght is incorrect. Please try again or consult
| your system administrator.
|
| Can anybody help me please?
|
| Thanks
| Reino

 

[Guest]

Reino i currently have the exact same problem as you.
How can it add a password when i have never used one before and am the only
user??
Tried the option by Carey to tab past and then enter but that doesnt work.
I have even tried the free software which most people recommend to solve the
problem http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/ but even that doesnt work
for me
If you solve the problem PLEASE let me know asap
thanks
james

 

[Guest]

hi james,

havent solved the problem yet, but will tell you asap as I have found
something out.The next thing I will try is probably editing the SAM file with
help of a bootdisk. Dont know how to do this yet, but will find out.
If you have found something please tell me too. This bloody automatic
updates are ****ing the whole system up...it happend the 2nd time in my case.

R.

 

[Guest]

Hi james,

have solved the problem, nothing helped then I had an idea and tried it the
easy way:

press F8 during rebooting your machine until it comes up with some options
(Safe Mode ect. ect.) and choose the following:

start windows with the last known good configuration

it will start up normally now, without asking you for a password because it
remembers the windows configuration from before you have installed your
critical updates which have caused this problem.......so its excluding them
automatically.

Just make sure, that you dont install them again and deactivate the
automatic update or follow instructions for automatic logon.

Reinho9ld

 

[Matija Hrovat]

Hi Reino,
did you try logging on in Safe Mode ?
Try using administrator account.

 

[Guest]

THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH

Your a life saver!!

Hi james,

have solved the problem, nothing helped then I had an idea and tried it the
easy way:

press F8 during rebooting your machine until it comes up with some options
(Safe Mode ect. ect.) and choose the following:

start windows with the last known good configuration

it will start up normally now, without asking you for a password because it
remembers the windows configuration from before you have installed your
critical updates which have caused this problem.......so its excluding them
automatically.

Just make sure, that you dont install them again and deactivate the
automatic update or follow instructions for automatic logon.

Reinho9ld

 

[IISIX]

It's just surprised me that this is not a common error, and even hardl
find in MS website itself.

I had just experienced this error couple hours ago, it's just becaus
the MS Windows Updated, it asked me to restart once it's alread
installed.

Once I restarted it, it keeps saying what you guys got! How to solv
it? use F8 and then select the option for last good kno
configuration. That's all, now I shutdown the automatics updat
already. So, everything it's okie now!

Good luck and hope MS will have the offically answer for us!

Cheers


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IISI

 

[m5z]

Thanks guys , this problem solving help me solve a problem very quicly,
thanks

It's just surprised me that this is not a common error, and even hardly
find in MS website itself.

I had just experienced this error couple hours ago, it's just because
the MS Windows Updated, it asked me to restart once it's already
installed.

Once I restarted it, it keeps saying what you guys got! How to solve
it? use F8 and then select the option for last good know
configuration. That's all, now I shutdown the automatics update
already. So, everything it's okie now!

Good luck and hope MS will have the offically answer for us!

Cheers,

[/QUOTE]

 

[Guest]

Hi There, Unfortunately all these tips doesn’t solve it, I had experience for
the same problem, is there any bootable file to solve it automatically.

Thanks guys , this problem solving help me solve a problem very quicly,
thanks

[/QUOTE]

 

[Guest]

Hell, this thing's also bugging me. Man, what's up with these critical updates
and these problems? I mean, when i install the critical updates asides
from the one that caused this, it messes up with my IE thinger.
Whew, so much for the updates..

 

[Attila]

I have the same problem I update my old windows but non of the solution
worked is there other solution?????????
Thanks

 

[HeadhunteR]

what update(s) did you install?
check the date/time stamp of all the \windows\$NtUninstallKB######$
folders to determine which ones they are, and how many

post those numbers

did you try manually uninstalling them in reverse order?
which method did you use to access the drive? (boot cd, or set as
secondary ?)

what have u tried so far that didnt work?

wyzzkid


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[HeadhunteR]

sorry for the double post ! i have the same problem ! is there anyother way
to delete the updates? or any other way to acces C:?

 

[Gordon]

sorry for the double post ! i have the same problem ! is there anyother
way
to delete the updates? or any other way to acces C:?

we now have two posts, one replying to the other, neither of which quoted
the post to which they were replying so we have NO idea what the original
problem is....