Cannot log into windows xp pro, another time ...

[Guillaume]

Hello all wpwxpg,

I'm a System Engineer for my company. In our network we use
XP pro for some client computers.

I get a very strange problem, many times: I update from Windows Update,
I restart and after this I can not log into anymore:

- With the wrong password, the system tel me: "Wrong login/password"
- With the good one, the system tel me: "The system cannot log you on
due to the following error: The parameter is incorrect."

It's arrived 5 time in our network, and now on one of my friend
computer (XP pro) the same problem.

I "solve" this by a "re-install/repair" (I don't know how to call this,
it's when you put the cd, boot on it, go to install and after go to
repair ...)

Now, I have 2 questions:

- Is there a way to solve this problem without re-installing / reparing
the system: This way suck ! I lose time to re-install driver/ pach/ etc
....

- What can I do to solve this problem on all our computers, I don't
what this anymore
1/ Windows XP without update is very very dangerous and very
very unstable
2/ Update (I only update security !!!) Windows XP is also very
dangerous. I mean, with a proffessional operating system, A
administrator can not log into the System ! This should not happen !!!

- Is it a bug, a virus ? do someone else get this problem (5 time for
us) ?

In our company, it's 50/50 unix/windows. I lose 2 days each week for
this kind of problem, for our windows maintenance. Unix maintenance is
around 2 hours a month. Windows for client (only for clients of course
....) computers is a good solution, except for the maintenance cost/
security problem.

Sorry for the way I write this thread. But I think that, remove the
Admin login possibility with a security update should never happen.
This is a basic features of OS possibilities.

Hope someone here can help me to solve this problem definitively,
because now I scared of windows update and I'm scared of windows not
updated.

Guillaume

 

[Malke]

Hello all wpwxpg,

I'm a System Engineer for my company. In our network we use
XP pro for some client computers.

I get a very strange problem, many times: I update from Windows
Update, I restart and after this I can not log into anymore:

- With the wrong password, the system tel me: "Wrong login/password"
- With the good one, the system tel me: "The system cannot log you on
due to the following error: The parameter is incorrect."

It's arrived 5 time in our network, and now on one of my friend
computer (XP pro) the same problem.

I "solve" this by a "re-install/repair" (I don't know how to call
this, it's when you put the cd, boot on it, go to install and after go
to repair ...)

Now, I have 2 questions:

- Is there a way to solve this problem without re-installing /
reparing the system: This way suck ! I lose time to re-install driver/
pach/ etc ...

- What can I do to solve this problem on all our computers, I don't
what this anymore
1/ Windows XP without update is very very dangerous and very
very unstable
2/ Update (I only update security !!!) Windows XP is also very
dangerous. I mean, with a proffessional operating system, A
administrator can not log into the System ! This should not happen !!!

- Is it a bug, a virus ? do someone else get this problem (5 time for
us) ?

In our company, it's 50/50 unix/windows. I lose 2 days each week for
this kind of problem, for our windows maintenance. Unix maintenance is
around 2 hours a month. Windows for client (only for clients of course
...) computers is a good solution, except for the maintenance cost/
security problem.

Sorry for the way I write this thread. But I think that, remove the
Admin login possibility with a security update should never happen.
This is a basic features of OS possibilities.

Hope someone here can help me to solve this problem definitively,
because now I scared of windows update and I'm scared of windows not
updated.

Guillaume

This seems to be a bug with one of the updates that has affected some
users. I don't know if it is related to hardware or software
configuration on those machines, or both. I haven't seen the problem
personally on any of my machines or any clients' machines.

The way that people have gotten around it is to boot into Last Known
Good Configuration and from there remove the updates. Since you have a
company, I think it would be worth calling MS tech support (you
probably have a service contract with them) and find out exactly what
needs to be done about this.

Malke

 

[Guillaume]

Thank you very much for this reply.

I find this solution and it's work fine (Last Known Configuration)
I will contact MIcrosoft support for this bug.

After this, we will keep some (3) client computers on this os, but
we will swich all our development to Linux and our last microsoft
server to Linux or Solaris and forget about ASP/.Net development.

I'm sorry to say this, but this is simply not stable enought
for this kind of needs and the maintenance cost is to hight.
Anyway, thank you for you're help

Guillaume