Logon, Logoff, then Logon again in Safe Mode *!

[John.]

It's been a couple months since I used Safe Mode, but when I did
yesterday (XP Pro SP2), this is what happened:

Boot with F8 for Safe Mode
At prompt window for Logon/password
I entered Administrator with blank for password
After 1 second I saw it start logging on, and
then Logoff. Then

Prompt window for Logon/password again
I entered Administrator with blank for password
PC then proceeded into safe mode.

Any idea why I am getting 2 logons? I assume that something failed
and forced a logoff. I turned on auditing and saw the two logons in
the Event Viewer, but still can't figure out why I get the
logon-prompt TWICE.

Any idea or suggestion on how to determine what is happening?

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

In

It's been a couple months since I used Safe Mode, but when I did
yesterday (XP Pro SP2), this is what happened:

Boot with F8 for Safe Mode
At prompt window for Logon/password
I entered Administrator with blank for password
After 1 second I saw it start logging on, and
then Logoff. Then

Prompt window for Logon/password again
I entered Administrator with blank for password
PC then proceeded into safe mode.

Any idea why I am getting 2 logons? I assume that something failed
and forced a logoff. I turned on auditing and saw the two logons in
the Event Viewer, but still can't figure out why I get the
logon-prompt TWICE.

Any idea or suggestion on how to determine what is happening?

Is this happening when you aren't in safe mode?
I'd do malware scans.

 

[John.]

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Is this happening when you aren't in safe mode?
I'd do malware scans.

No, it only happens in safe mode. I have done several malware scans
and it looks clean.

The Security event viewer shows logon event, 528 event, logoff, and
then logon again, confirming what I see on the screen.

Are there any trace logging tools that work in Safe Mode?

 

[John.]

Is this happening when you aren't in safe mode?
I'd do malware scans.

Are there some group policy settings that could affect chkdsk or
auotchk?