Auto Logout after Login on XP

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My Wife was doing windows update (she was ~30 updates behind!), and
after Windows Update finished a bunch of them, it asked to restart.
She said yes, and now it logs in, but logs out immediately. I searched
and found previous posts on this, but I'm confused how a boot record
could get corrupted. Seems like Windows Update did something...Any
ideas?
 
Mark said:
My Wife was doing windows update (she was ~30 updates behind!), and
after Windows Update finished a bunch of them, it asked to restart.
She said yes, and now it logs in, but logs out immediately. I searched
and found previous posts on this, but I'm confused how a boot record
could get corrupted. Seems like Windows Update did something...Any
ideas?
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It is unlikely that the boot record got corrupted - after all,
her machine boots just fine. It is far more likely that the
drive letters are mixed up. This is easily fixed if the machine
is networked, and considerably harder if it is not. Which is
it? And is it a laptop or a desktop? And how many
partitions does her hard disk have?
 
It's not networked, and it has two partition (C:, D:). Do you have
any idea why Windows Update would screw up the partitions?

That said...how can I fix it? I don't recall the partition sizes (not
that I think that would matter).

Thanks for the swift reply!
 
This article may help.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q249321/

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

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| It's not networked, and it has two partition (C:, D:). Do you have
| any idea why Windows Update would screw up the partitions?
|
| That said...how can I fix it? I don't recall the partition sizes (not
| that I think that would matter).
|
| Thanks for the swift reply!
 
(e-mail address removed) (Mark) wrote:

|>My Wife was doing windows update (she was ~30 updates behind!), and

I don't update... don't like the suprises your experiencing.

|>after Windows Update finished a bunch of them, it asked to restart.
|>She said yes, and now it logs in, but logs out immediately. I searched
|>and found previous posts on this, but I'm confused how a boot record
|>could get corrupted. Seems like Windows Update did something...Any
|>ideas?

You get to where she should enter her account the it reboots?
It's possible her profile is corrupt. If you have another account you
can get in on (Admin) it would sure point to it, If so
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q249321/
 
|> (e-mail address removed) (Mark) wrote:
|>
|>|>My Wife was doing windows update (she was ~30 updates behind!), and
|>
|>I don't update... don't like the suprises your experiencing.
|>
|>|>after Windows Update finished a bunch of them, it asked to restart.
|>|>She said yes, and now it logs in, but logs out immediately. I searched
|>|>and found previous posts on this, but I'm confused how a boot record
|>|>could get corrupted. Seems like Windows Update did something...Any
|>|>ideas?

|>You get to where she should enter her account the it reboots?
|>It's possible her profile is corrupt. If you have another account you
|>can get in on (Admin) it would sure point to it, If so
|>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q249321/

Twice today that's happen'd, the proper link is:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;811151
How to copy data from a corrupted user profile to a new profile
 
Mark said:
My Wife was doing windows update (she was ~30 updates behind!), and
after Windows Update finished a bunch of them, it asked to restart.
She said yes, and now it logs in, but logs out immediately. I searched
and found previous posts on this, but I'm confused how a boot record
could get corrupted. Seems like Windows Update did something...Any
ideas?
Click to expand...

Here's another option to consider:
Unable to Log On To Windows XP After Removing wsaupdater.exe
http://www.lavasofthelp.com/articles/v6/04/06/0901.html
 
I found an old DOS 6.22 Boot floppy and ran FDISK to check on the
health of the disk partitions. When I hit option (4) to display
partitions, it shows only one partition and some gibberish, when I
know there should be two partitions.

Is this the wrong version of fdisk to use on disks with large
partitions? Where can I find a good version?

I have to say that I'm extremely frustrated with microsoft right now
for their critical updates. It seems their pushing a lot of stuff that
is more for them, like the validation crap.
 
Mark said:
I found an old DOS 6.22 Boot floppy and ran FDISK to check on the
health of the disk partitions. When I hit option (4) to display
partitions, it shows only one partition and some gibberish, when I
know there should be two partitions.

Is this the wrong version of fdisk to use on disks with large
partitions? Where can I find a good version?

I have to say that I'm extremely frustrated with microsoft right now
for their critical updates. It seems their pushing a lot of stuff that
is more for them, like the validation crap.
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You cannot use a DOS6.22 boot disk to for your WinXP
partitions. At the very least you must use a Win98 boot
disk (www.bootdisk.com) and even then you're limited to
examining FAT32 partitions. NTFS partitions are largely
out of your reach with a Win98 boot disk.

However, you ***can*** run the command fdisk /mbr
as recommended in the link that Dave Patrick gave you.
It will replace the Master Boot Record and the partition
signature even for the active NTFS partition.
 
We did the fdisk /mbr, but the same symptoms occurred after the fix.

We've been able to use the recovery console (an old one from XP Home
SP1) to get to the C: and D: drives. All files are there. I posted
this in a new thread in case folks have ideas for resetting passwords
from the command prompt.

Do you have any ideas how we can fix our messed up password and
account access file? Guest accounts were disabled.

Thanks for your help.
 
The other possibility is that the drive permission were locked down such
that the system account (NT Authority) no longer has "Full Control" of the
drive.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| We did the fdisk /mbr, but the same symptoms occurred after the fix.
|
| We've been able to use the recovery console (an old one from XP Home
| SP1) to get to the C: and D: drives. All files are there. I posted
| this in a new thread in case folks have ideas for resetting passwords
| from the command prompt.
|
| Do you have any ideas how we can fix our messed up password and
| account access file? Guest accounts were disabled.
|
| Thanks for your help.
 
How about logging into safe mode option menu and
1) Last Known Good Configuration OR
2) Regular Safe mode and running system restore?
3) If not regular safe mode, then safe mode w/command prompt only?

See if "Administrator" account works?
The "Administrator" account password is usually blank (ie no password)!

Once in Safe mode you can repair the other her user login!!
 
How about logging into safe mode option menu and
1) Last Known Good Configuration OR
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Tried it...same problem
2) Regular Safe mode and running system restore?
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Same problem with Safe Mode
3) If not regular safe mode, then safe mode w/command prompt only?
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This process Hangs while installing drivers. It makes it to
...\iomdisk.sys and sits there forever
See if "Administrator" account works?
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hehe...tried this long ago :)
The "Administrator" account password is usually blank (ie no password)!
Click to expand...

Tried this too...
Once in Safe mode you can repair the other her user login!!
Click to expand...

Can't get there! Safe Mode Command prompt *almost* gets there, but it
hangs doing something while installing drivers. What does XP do after
installing drivers?

Thanks
 
not sure if you can run system restore from recovery console!!
never tried it!!

probably get access denied but why not try!!

Since it will "accept your password", it can't be that AND it hangs when
loading basic drivers in Safe Mode, that the registry is probably seriously
corrupted.

Porbably going to have to do a "Clean or Repair Install"!!

How Do I Do a "Repair Installation"?
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_repair_install.htm

Windows XP Clean Installation
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/cleanxp.htm

NOTE: The "Clean Install" will erase the hard drive partition and all
software.
You will possibly have to reinstall SP2 (if not on Win XP CD) and all
updates. Along with all software (MS Office, etc).
 
I tried a repair, and it took 20 minutes and overwrote assorted files
in C:\WINDOWS, but it didn't fix the problem.

Ideas?
 
Unable to Log on if the Boot Partition Drive Letter Has Changed
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=249321


How to restore the system/boot drive letter in Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=223188

The two KB articles requires the use of a networked machine to gain access
to the registry. You could also perform the registry edits via BartPE
bootable CD. Or you can *slave* the hard drive to another working XP machine
to make the registry edits. If you need help on doing this please let me
know.
 
Do you have an Iomega zip drive??

Have you tried this?
Safe Mode Options (F8)

Disable auto restart on system failure
 
You probably made matters worse by trying a repair
job. It is unlikely that any files needed to be replaced
or repaired, and your password is definitely correct.
Having two threads on the same subject does not help
either. I suspect that you're rapidly moving from a minor
issue to a complete reload of Windows XP.

Have another look at Dave Patrick's reply. He gave
you the correct answer at the very beginning.
 
On Sun, 1 Jan 2006 16:23:27 -0800, "WTC"

My machine is not networked...and I tried FIXMBR. Nada...
 
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