logon Fails

[David Sherman]

A Windows XP pro wants to share his Dell Laptop with an assoicate.

So we have created a limited user account for this person.

When we click on the user on the welcome screen and type in the
password, we get a message the loading personal settings and then we
get the welcome screen agin.

How do we fix this?

thanks

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Visit http://www.winxptutor.com/wsaremove.htm and see section "Unable to
logon to Windows after removing BlazeFind using a spyware removal utility?"

Unable to Log On To Windows XP After Removing wsaupdater.exe:
http://www.lavahelp.com/articles/v6/04/06/0901.html

How to edit the registry offline using BartPE boot CD ?:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/peboot.htm

Other Possibilities - Driveletter problem
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Unable to Log on if the Boot Partition Drive Letter Has Changed:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/249321/

How to restore the system/boot drive letter in Windows:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q223188/

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


A Windows XP pro wants to share his Dell Laptop with an assoicate.

So we have created a limited user account for this person.

When we click on the user on the welcome screen and type in the
password, we get a message the loading personal settings and then we
get the welcome screen agin.

How do we fix this?

thanks

 

[David Sherman]

Would these links work if the original user can still log in?

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Would these links work if the original user can still log in?

Nope. If the Userinit value is incorrect, none of the users can login.

If this problem is occurring for a particular user account, then it's a good
idea to inspect the Event Logs for any clue. More information on checking
the event log is available in the following thread, answered by Gerry
Cornell.

http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/msg/16ea902eada4b7da

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Would these links work if the original user can still log in?

 

[David Sherman]

Thanks for the reply. I finally got an error messasge

windows cannot log on because your profile cannot be loaded. check
that you are connected to the network, or that your network is
functioning correctly. if this problem persists, contacte your network
administrator

I have look here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/811151

Since the user isn't in the hive, I can't copy if.

I look here:
in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList and the user wasn't created.

Nope. If the Userinit value is incorrect, none of the users can login.

If this problem is occurring for a particular user account, then it's a good
idea to inspect the Event Logs for any clue. More information on checking
the event log is available in the following thread, answered by Gerry
Cornell.

http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/msg/16ea902eada4b7da

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Would these links work if the original user can still log in?


On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 10:06:55 +0530, "Ramesh, MS-MVP"

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

David,

This is a generic error message as far as I can see. Have you checked the
event logs? Also, verifying the Permissions for the C:\Documents and
Settings\Default User would be a good idea I think.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Thanks for the reply. I finally got an error messasge

windows cannot log on because your profile cannot be loaded. check
that you are connected to the network, or that your network is
functioning correctly. if this problem persists, contacte your network
administrator

I have look here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/811151

Since the user isn't in the hive, I can't copy if.

I look here:
in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList and the user wasn't created.