Log off immediately after logon

[NGReader]

A friend dropped off a Dell PC with XP pro with the following issue
After user logs on, it immediately logs yuser out. This happens in safe
mode also.
User doesnt have the recovery disk. A box prompting for a netware server
also comes up
Coulds this be a Netware leftover or a Malware issue??

Regards
Craig

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[someone watching]

I've had this happen numerous times, in fact just had it happen within
the last week! The cause, environment variables were looking for
drives/directories which did not exist. For example, in this last
instance environment variables were set to look for a drive/directory
'Y:\TEMP', which did not exist, hence logon-logoff. This happened
because the OS was transferred to another HDD which was not setup
exactly the same as the old.

In another instance (if recalled correctly), something happened to
pagefile.sys (swap file) and until that was fixed, logon-logoff.

A malware infestation can do the same, as well as other things! You
asked if this could be a 'leftover Netware server' issue. I think quite
likely it is. Apparently win logon needs SOMETHING logged on to a
specific network. How to resolve this (easily) is above my level of
knowledge.

Did you google for an answer? Might be a lot faster for an answer than
waiting for it here.
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[Jim]

A friend dropped off a Dell PC with XP pro with the following issue
After user logs on, it immediately logs yuser out. This happens in safe
mode also.
User doesnt have the recovery disk. A box prompting for a netware server
also comes up
Coulds this be a Netware leftover or a Malware issue??

Regards
Craig

Was it used on a companys domain ?

 

[Leythos]

A friend dropped off a Dell PC with XP pro with the following issue
After user logs on, it immediately logs yuser out. This happens in safe
mode also.
User doesnt have the recovery disk. A box prompting for a netware server
also comes up
Coulds this be a Netware leftover or a Malware issue??

Regards
Craig

You should format your hard drive and start fresh

 

[Leythos]

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A friend dropped off a Dell PC with XP pro with the following issue
After user logs on, it immediately logs yuser out. This happens in safe
mode also.
User doesnt have the recovery disk. A box prompting for a netware server
also comes up
Coulds this be a Netware leftover or a Malware issue??

Regards
Craig

You should format your hard drive and start fresh

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[Jim]

You should format your hard drive and start fresh

Is this the only "formulation" you know Chris ?

 

[Jose]

A friend dropped off a Dell PC with XP pro with the following issue
After user logs on, it immediately logs yuser out.  This happens in safe
mode also.
User doesnt have the recovery disk.     A box prompting for a netwareserver
also comes up
Coulds this be a Netware leftover or a Malware issue??

Regards
Craig

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You can see if it is a Malware issue by running some software to
detect and deal with such things. You did not say if you have tried
that or not.

Download Malwarebytes free software, install it, update and run a full
scan.

If you can't get in the Internet, it may be challenging to install,
but probably not impossible.

That might just narrow your issues choice significantly (50% from what
you suggested).

Jose

 

[Barry Schwarz]

You should format your hard drive and start fresh

For the archives, this is a forged post and the advice is bogus.