Immediate Logoff

[Maurice Thaler]

I had a machine dumped on me to fix.
Windows XP SP1 Dell

It logs off immediately after logging in for Admin & normal accounts.
Same thing in Safe modes.
I can boot to an ERD 2003 CD and run symantec virus removal tools and
it finds MyDoom, but it won't write a log to tell me which file is
infected that it refused to delete :-(
I am pretty sure I could fix it if I could log in, but it immediately
logs out!!!!! Grrr!

I have continued to pound on this to no avail. Using ERD, I edited the
Registry to remove a couple suspicious entries in the RUN area, but no
good.
Then I reinstalled XP, no good, still have the same problem!

I don't know what is causing the immediate logout, I could use some
help here people.

Help me log in please.
Thank you

 

[Malke]

I had a machine dumped on me to fix.
Windows XP SP1 Dell

It logs off immediately after logging in for Admin & normal accounts.
Same thing in Safe modes.
I can boot to an ERD 2003 CD and run symantec virus removal tools and
it finds MyDoom, but it won't write a log to tell me which file is
infected that it refused to delete :-(
I am pretty sure I could fix it if I could log in, but it immediately
logs out!!!!! Grrr!

I have continued to pound on this to no avail. Using ERD, I edited the
Registry to remove a couple suspicious entries in the RUN area, but no
good.
Then I reinstalled XP, no good, still have the same problem!

I don't know what is causing the immediate logout, I could use some
help here people.

Back up the data (if appropriate), format the drive and reinstall
Windows. At some point you must determine whether the time you spend
messing with a broken system is justified. You say you already
reinstalled Windows - my assumption is that you did a Repair Install
and therefore a full format and Clean Install should be done. If this
is *incorrect* and you have already done a full format and Clean
Install, then you probably have hardware failures. Test the RAM, hard
drive, power supply, motherboard, etc.

Malke

 

[Maurice Thaler]

You are right. I did the clean install after copying data off to a
USB memory stick which are handy buggers for things like this

Thanks, sometimes it helps to hear when it's time to bail, it is easy
to spend to much time on a losing project.

-Maurice

 

[Malke]

You are right. I did the clean install after copying data off to a
USB memory stick which are handy buggers for things like this

Thanks, sometimes it helps to hear when it's time to bail, it is easy
to spend to much time on a losing project.

-Maurice

Don't I know it, Maurice. My first instinct is always to battle it out,
but sometimes that isn't the best use of one's time.

Good luck,

Malke