Hang up at Login Screen, WinXP Home

[Gene]

Windows XP home edition - when the computer boots and goes
to the login screen i can't go any further. when i click
to login it says loading settings then immediately logs me
out. microsoft can't help on this one and says i have to
reload windows, thus loosing everything on the system.
this is a work computer with valuable files on it. any
suggestions? i find it insane that there isn't some way to
bypass the login screen, a backdoor or something. i was
also told that this problem could have resulted when i
downloaded the new service patch 2 - so beware. they are
getting many calls on this.

 

[Ted Zieglar]

"How to start your computer by using the Last Known Good Configuration
feature in Windows XP"
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307852&Product=winxp

A reinstallation of Windows doesn't erase anything; Windows is reinstalled
over itself.

 

[Guest]

I have a similar problem with XP Home Edition sp2, it has appeared only since
the sp2 update. In my case Windows hangs at the same spot when I try to
shutdown. Except I can press my off button and finially kill it. I had this
same problem the last time I installed sp2, so I eventually did a system
restore. Unfortunatley I thought I would try it again. You shouldn't have to
reload windows. THere is a way to do system restore before the windows logon
screen appears, but I don't remember how I found it. Good luck for us both.

 

[Guest]

have tried all options, including last known good
cofiguration and safe with command prompt. each time it
takes me back to the login screen and no further.

 

[Guest]

http://fixyourwindows.com/winxpsp2install.htm#SomecommonWindowsXPproblems

How to successfully install Windows XP Service Pack 2:
http://www.fixyourwindows.com/winxpsp2install.htm

Hope this helps!
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