Login Problems

[brianwolters]

Hello!

I just copied my hard drive to a new, larger one with Norton Ghost. It
copied fine and booted fine. I am at the login prompt and I log in via
network or local administrator and it will accept password but within
seconds, go back to asking to to press CTRL-ALT-DEL and I will try
again and it is an endless loop. It will not get to desktop.

Suggestions?

Thanks!

 

[brianwolters]

Yes it is networked and I have easy access to another PC...what do I
need to do next? The new drive stands ready and as I said before, it
will boot but I can't log in, even in SAFE MODE.

Brian

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Yes it is networked and I have easy access to another PC...what do I
need to do next? The new drive stands ready and as I said before, it
will boot but I can't log in, even in SAFE MODE.

Brian

1. Boot up the problem PC but do not log in.
2. Run regedit.exe on a networked PC.
3. Open the registry of the problem PC.
4. Navigate to HKLM/SYSTEM/MountedDevices/.
5. Delete all keys which look like "\DosDevice\X:"
where X is a letter between A and Z.
6. Reboot the problem PC.