Keep coming off session once you logon

[Johnny Chow]

Hi,
My XP is keep coming off session once I am trying to logon with my user id
(administrator privilege) and administrator id. When I logon user id, it
is going to profile then come out to logon screen before 3/4 ways of logon
completion.. I saw the similar problem that my coworker had it. It said
something to do with one of OS file and he forgot it. I will be appreciated
your feedback and help.

Thank you in advance,

Johnny Chow

 

[Thota Umesh]

Hii, Does this happen with all ur users or only one. if its only one then ur
user profile might be corrupted just boot in dos and rename the folder
windows will automatically create a new user profile folder for you. the
folders are located in documents and settings folder in the root directory
of ur windows installation.

Hope this helps...,
Umesh Thota
www.windowsworkshop.com

 

[Johnny Chow]

Hi,
I found the problem. I use \\xxx\c$ and \\xxx\d$ and I found out the
system partition changed from C: to D: and no C: any longer. That is why
the user logon goes half way and comes out to logon screen even I logon
with the new user id. I used Windows CD boot disk to go to command
prompt. I used "diskpart" then it does not give the same option so I can
change assign drive letter under Windows XP environment (normal boot). I
used partition manager to make user system partition is the active boot
partition. How should I change it back to c: as system partition? Any
tips will be appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

JC

 

[Johnny Chow]

Thanks William for resolving the issues.

JC

Wow, this is open eyes solution and I will try it out tomorrow and keep
you post.

Thanks again,

JC

Hi,
I found the problem. I use \\xxx\c$ and \\xxx\d$ and I found out the
system partition was changed from C: to D: and no C: any longer. That
is why
the user logon goes half way and comes out to logon screen even I logon
with the new user id.

The problem may be an incorrect system drive letter. With a networked
machine, open the registry and connect to the problematic machine and
navigate to:

[MACHINE_NAME\HKLM\SYSTEM\MountedDevices]

and delete all values that look like this:

\DosDevices\C
\DosDevices\D
\DosDevices\E
and so on

When finished, make sure you disconnect the machine from the registry.
There are other ways to gain access to the registry if you cannot connect
to the problematic machine via networked Registry. Please let me know if
you need information on how to gain access to the Registry if you cannot
by a networked registry.

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

I would suggest using this method if you cannot network the Registry to
make the necessary edits.

This method will involve using BartPE Bootable CD.

1. Make a BartPE Bootable CD
Bart's Preinstalled Environment (BartPE) bootable live windows CD/DVD
http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/
Follow the directions on their webpage to create this CD/DVD.

2. Boot the Computer with the BartPE CD/DVD.

3. Open the Run dialog box from the Start Menu and type "regedit.exe"
without the quotes.

4. Highlight the "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE" hive.

5. From the File menu select "Load Hive".

6. Navigate to the following location on your hard drive.

"C:\WINDOWS\system32\config"

and select the file "SYSTEM". (Has no file extension)

7. Name the Hive "MyPC".

8. Navigate to this location in the registry:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\MyPC\MountedDevices]

9. Delete all values that look like this:

DosDevices\C
DosDevices\D
DosDevices\E
and so on

10. Highlight this registration key

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\MyPC]

11. From the File menu select "Unload Hive"

12. Reboot and remove BartPE CD/DVD.

13. Try logging into Windows.

NOTE: You could also slave the hard drive to another Windows XP/2003
machine to perform these steps.