Can't log in. . .at all

[Guest]

Well, I am, as I like to call myself, "technologically challenged," and I'm
very frustrated with my computer. Both accounts on my computer are password
protected, and at the welcome screen, I am still able to click on either icon
and type in the password. However, seconds after logging on, the computer
automatically logs me back off. My desktop never even has nearly enough time
to load. Nothing strange has been happening with my computer; in fact, it
worked perfectly fine yesterday, but early this morning, this problem started
up. It happens every time I try to access either account. Any help would be
*greatly* appreciated. Thanks in advance.

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Hi Amy,

This symptom is caused after removing one particular malware (BlazeFind) from the system. Visit http://www.winxptutor.com/wsaremove.htm and follow the instructions given in the section "Logon - Logoff loop, also caused by BlazeFind".

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


Well, I am, as I like to call myself, "technologically challenged," and I'm
very frustrated with my computer. Both accounts on my computer are password
protected, and at the welcome screen, I am still able to click on either icon
and type in the password. However, seconds after logging on, the computer
automatically logs me back off. My desktop never even has nearly enough time
to load. Nothing strange has been happening with my computer; in fact, it
worked perfectly fine yesterday, but early this morning, this problem started
up. It happens every time I try to access either account. Any help would be
*greatly* appreciated. Thanks in advance.

 

[Guest]

Ramesh, thank you so much for your reply. I feel incredibly incompetent
replying to your message, but I visited the link you posted, and although the
instructions there were clear and simple, I can't seem to find my Windows XP
CD, nor do I ever remember having one. I've searched up and down, but can't
seem to find it....I don't suppose there's any way to clear up my little
problem without the CD or the floppy disc that the instructions on the
website mentioned?

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Amy,

You need to create the XP Setup disk set and then access the Recovery Console.

How to obtain the Windows XP Setup boot disks:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310994

HOW TO: Install and Use the Recovery Console in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307654

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


Ramesh, thank you so much for your reply. I feel incredibly incompetent
replying to your message, but I visited the link you posted, and although the
instructions there were clear and simple, I can't seem to find my Windows XP
CD, nor do I ever remember having one. I've searched up and down, but can't
seem to find it....I don't suppose there's any way to clear up my little
problem without the CD or the floppy disc that the instructions on the
website mentioned?

 

[Guest]

Ramesh, thanks a lot for the link, looks like it's just what I need.
However, I do have one more question...sorry about that. I've been hearing
from a few different people that creating and using these discs could wipe my
hard drive. Is this possible/probable? I'm starting to stress a lot over
this computer; my hard drive is not backed up. Don't know if I'll be able to
bring myself to go through with the solution you gave me if my hard drive
will be wiped, but if it won't, I'll be in utter bliss. Once again, thank
you very much for your time.

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Hi Amy,

Entering Recovery Console will not erase the hard disk. But if you use the OEM Restore CDs supplied by your PC manufacturer (Compaq / Dell etc), then they restore the system to factory defaults.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


Ramesh, thanks a lot for the link, looks like it's just what I need.
However, I do have one more question...sorry about that. I've been hearing
from a few different people that creating and using these discs could wipe my
hard drive. Is this possible/probable? I'm starting to stress a lot over
this computer; my hard drive is not backed up. Don't know if I'll be able to
bring myself to go through with the solution you gave me if my hard drive
will be wiped, but if it won't, I'll be in utter bliss. Once again, thank
you very much for your time.

 

[Clyde Lee Benson]

Hi Amy,

This symptom is caused after removing one particular malware (BlazeFind) from the system. Visit http://www.winxptutor.com/wsaremove.htm and follow the instructions given in the section "Logon - Logoff loop, also caused by BlazeFind".

I'm having the exact same problem Amy. It started two days ago. I was
about to pull out the drive and install it in my primary computer, boot
up and then check it for viruses.

I'll try your suggestion first about the "blazefind" thingie. I have
been running adaware earlier this week and removing lots of what I
thought was junk. So hopefully that will fix it.

I let you know when I'm finito.
--



BELIEVE IT...OR NOT! VIEW:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Nature_Knows_No_Color_Line/

 

[Guest]

Ramesh, I used the disks in order to enter the Recovery Console, and followed
the steps on the website you gave me. To my great relief, I was able to log
in to my account, and after doing so, I looked to Phase II and changed the
value of Userinit by right-clicking it and selecting "Modify Data," I
believe. Following the directions in Phase II, I closed Registry Editor and
restarted Windows. I attempted to log in to my account, and once again,
could not. Now, when I am able to enter the Recovery Console (sometimes my
computer shuts down before I
can get there), I enter the administrator password, see the prompt, type in
CD SYSTEM32, press enter, then type in COPY USERINIT.EXE WSAUPDATER.EXE and
press enter. I am then asked whether I want to overwrite wsaupdater.exe, and
the question is followed by this: (Yes/No/All). I am only allowed to enter
one character. I've tried entering "Y", "N", and "A." Y and A give me a
message reading "1 file(s) copied," and N gives me no such message. After
typing EXIT, the computer restarts. No matter which letter I type, however,
I can never log in. Should I be entering a different character, or am I just
doomed? If you happen to read this, Ramesh, thank you once again for all of
your patience and explanation.

Clyde, best of luck to you. I hope you fare better than I have so far.

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Amy,

This is caused as a result of entering the incorrect path as the Userinit (typo, or comma not included etc)

The link states:
"Type the above value exactly as given, including the comma - exclude the quotes. Also, change the path to userinit.exe appropriately, if Windows is installed in a different drive."

Now, the only option that I can think of is to use BartPE disk and load the Software hive and edit it correctly. More details at: http://rickrogers.org/fixes.htm#Blazefind

-or-

If you have installed Windows XP parallelly or have another XP system, slave the drive to another system and edit the SOFTWARE hive and fix the userinit value.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


Ramesh, I used the disks in order to enter the Recovery Console, and followed
the steps on the website you gave me. To my great relief, I was able to log
in to my account, and after doing so, I looked to Phase II and changed the
value of Userinit by right-clicking it and selecting "Modify Data," I
believe. Following the directions in Phase II, I closed Registry Editor and
restarted Windows. I attempted to log in to my account, and once again,
could not. Now, when I am able to enter the Recovery Console (sometimes my
computer shuts down before I
can get there), I enter the administrator password, see the prompt, type in
CD SYSTEM32, press enter, then type in COPY USERINIT.EXE WSAUPDATER.EXE and
press enter. I am then asked whether I want to overwrite wsaupdater.exe, and
the question is followed by this: (Yes/No/All). I am only allowed to enter
one character. I've tried entering "Y", "N", and "A." Y and A give me a
message reading "1 file(s) copied," and N gives me no such message. After
typing EXIT, the computer restarts. No matter which letter I type, however,
I can never log in. Should I be entering a different character, or am I just
doomed? If you happen to read this, Ramesh, thank you once again for all of
your patience and explanation.

Clyde, best of luck to you. I hope you fare better than I have so far.

 

[Clyde Lee Benson]

Amy,

This is caused as a result of entering the incorrect path as the Userinit (typo, or comma not included etc)

The link states:
"Type the above value exactly as given, including the comma - exclude the quotes. Also, change the path to userinit.exe appropriately, if Windows is installed in a different drive."

Now, the only option that I can think of is to use BartPE disk and load the Software hive and edit it correctly. More details at: http://rickrogers.org/fixes.htm#Blazefind

-or-

If you have installed Windows XP parallelly or have another XP system, slave the drive to another system and edit the SOFTWARE hive and fix the userinit value.

I'm still unable to login in on my secondary computer. Now my primary
computer is refusing to go past the blue boot up screen. It sits there
for about a half hour and then the screen goes black. When I press the
space bar the screen comes back and tells me that it is unable to log me
in. Then after I give that an OK, and click on my account it goes ahead
and boots up.

It does this every time. It simply will not boot all the way up like it
used to. This started after I removed the passwords from the Admin count
and from the "Clyde Benson" account.

So I'm really worried now. If I'm not careful, both computers will be
down, and then I don't know what I will do.

Do I need to reload Win XP Pro and put a clean system on both computers?

Will that fix all the errors?
--


This planet was put here for Euro Americans.
We must continue to massacre everyone
who is not Euro American and who does not
have the right look! Long live
President Bush He is the King of Terror!
He is GOD!

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

This started after I removed the passwords from the Admin count and from the "Clyde Benson" account.

It appears that you've configued XP to automatically logon to a user account, and as you've changed/removed the user account password, XP is trying to auto-login with old credentials. Try clearing the auto-logon settings: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/noautologon.htm. Next time, you should see the Welcome Screen on boot up.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org

Amy,

This is caused as a result of entering the incorrect path as the Userinit (typo, or comma not included etc)

The link states:
"Type the above value exactly as given, including the comma - exclude the quotes. Also, change the path to userinit.exe appropriately, if Windows is installed in a different drive."

Now, the only option that I can think of is to use BartPE disk and load the Software hive and edit it correctly. More details at: http://rickrogers.org/fixes.htm#Blazefind

-or-

If you have installed Windows XP parallelly or have another XP system, slave the drive to another system and edit the SOFTWARE hive and fix the userinit value.

I'm still unable to login in on my secondary computer. Now my primary
computer is refusing to go past the blue boot up screen. It sits there
for about a half hour and then the screen goes black. When I press the
space bar the screen comes back and tells me that it is unable to log me
in. Then after I give that an OK, and click on my account it goes ahead
and boots up.

It does this every time. It simply will not boot all the way up like it
used to. This started after I removed the passwords from the Admin count
and from the "Clyde Benson" account.

So I'm really worried now. If I'm not careful, both computers will be
down, and then I don't know what I will do.

Do I need to reload Win XP Pro and put a clean system on both computers?

Will that fix all the errors?
--


This planet was put here for Euro Americans.
We must continue to massacre everyone
who is not Euro American and who does not
have the right look! Long live
President Bush He is the King of Terror!
He is GOD!

 

[Clyde Lee Benson]

It appears that you've configued XP to automatically logon to a user account, and as you've changed/removed the user account password, XP is trying to auto-login with old credentials. Try clearing the auto-logon settings: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/noautologon.htm. Next time, you should see the Welcome Screen on boot up.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org



I'm still unable to login in on my secondary computer. Now my primary
computer is refusing to go past the blue boot up screen. It sits there
for about a half hour and then the screen goes black. When I press the
space bar the screen comes back and tells me that it is unable to log me
in. Then after I give that an OK, and click on my account it goes ahead
and boots up.

It does this every time. It simply will not boot all the way up like it
used to. This started after I removed the passwords from the Admin count
and from the "Clyde Benson" account.

So I'm really worried now. If I'm not careful, both computers will be
down, and then I don't know what I will do.

Do I need to reload Win XP Pro and put a clean system on both computers?

Will that fix all the errors?

Hey a thousand thanks Ramesh! I used option number 3 through the "Start-
Run" thingie. When I rebooted it came up in less than a minute instead
of the 150 to 30 minutes it had been taking and it never stopped. I
didn't even have to click on my account name.

You're the greatest man! I love ya! )
--


The UNITED NATIONS... is the worlds police person; not the United
States!


American Global Roguery
http://www.zmag.org/zmag/articles/feb98herman.htm

Real pictures of the baby and child killing America is perpetrating on
innocent Iraqi civilians:
http://www.marchforjustice.com

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Great! Thanks for the feedback, Clyde

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org

It appears that you've configued XP to automatically logon to a user account, and as you've changed/removed the user account password, XP is trying to auto-login with old credentials. Try clearing the auto-logon settings: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/noautologon.htm. Next time, you should see the Welcome Screen on boot up.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org



I'm still unable to login in on my secondary computer. Now my primary
computer is refusing to go past the blue boot up screen. It sits there
for about a half hour and then the screen goes black. When I press the
space bar the screen comes back and tells me that it is unable to log me
in. Then after I give that an OK, and click on my account it goes ahead
and boots up.

It does this every time. It simply will not boot all the way up like it
used to. This started after I removed the passwords from the Admin count
and from the "Clyde Benson" account.

So I'm really worried now. If I'm not careful, both computers will be
down, and then I don't know what I will do.

Do I need to reload Win XP Pro and put a clean system on both computers?

Will that fix all the errors?

Hey a thousand thanks Ramesh! I used option number 3 through the "Start-
Run" thingie. When I rebooted it came up in less than a minute instead
of the 150 to 30 minutes it had been taking and it never stopped. I
didn't even have to click on my account name.

You're the greatest man! I love ya! )
--


The UNITED NATIONS... is the worlds police person; not the United
States!


American Global Roguery
http://www.zmag.org/zmag/articles/feb98herman.htm

Real pictures of the baby and child killing America is perpetrating on
innocent Iraqi civilians:
http://www.marchforjustice.com

 

[Guest]

Well I have done this and it has not worked for me And I have my Disk Please
Help