saving and loading personal settings loop error

[Tom Hopkins]

I altered two things in W2K settings. 1. I set the log
in assumption to guest. 2. I changed the workgroup name.
Upon reboot, the computer loaded up W2k as far as loading
your personal settings, then the screen flashed to
saving your personal settings the back to loading, then
saving round and round. I attempted a last good startup.
nothing. Cannot get into safe mode either, same problem.
Then tried system recovery from the disk I created on the
first install. Same problem again. How do I get out of
this?

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I altered two things in W2K settings. 1. I set the log
in assumption to guest. 2. I changed the workgroup name.
Upon reboot, the computer loaded up W2k as far as loading
your personal settings, then the screen flashed to
saving your personal settings the back to loading, then
saving round and round. I attempted a last good startup.
nothing. Cannot get into safe mode either, same problem.
Then tried system recovery from the disk I created on the
first install. Same problem again. How do I get out of
this?

What exactly to you mean with "I set the log in assumption to guest."?

I would hold down a Shift key during the boot phase, then
try and log on under the Administrator's account.

 

[Tom]

-----Original Message-----


What I mean is, there is a dialog box under network
settings that has a button marked log in ID (or something
like that). This tells the computer to boot up assuming
the person loggin is is "X". The "X" in this case
being "guest" Usually the computer boots under my user
name but I changed this to allow an outside network
connection access without disturbing my settings having
only limited control. This may have been a mistake but I
don't know how to correct it seeing as how I cannot log
on. The Shift key during boot also results in the same
looping effect.

Now I have another problem. After running the system
recovery disk. Windows will not start at all. It says
SYSTEMced file is missing or corrupted. Thanks for your
help.
.

I have followed the steps outlined by microsoft article
269075 and recovered from the SYSTEMced problem by
replacing the registry hive with a backup.

The subsequent reboot resulted in the return of the
looping problem mentioned above. Holding the shift key
to log in as administrator produced the "log on to
windows" dialog box where the system "hung"... Stopped
functioning, no keyboard, cursor appears as an hour glass
over the dialog box. What next?

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

This problem could be caused by an incorrect permission
setting for c:\WinNT\system32\userinit.exe, by the
registry pointing at the wrong location for the same file,
or the registry pointing at the wrong drive for the paging
file.

It can be fixed either by accessing the PC via a network
connection or by temporarily installing its disk as a slave
disk in some other Win2000/XP PC. Do you have
access to either of these?

 

[Tom]

Thanks for the reply. I do have a network available but
no other machine to test with.

 

[Guest]

:


Hi, I too have just had this situation arise. I have access to other Win2K
machines, how would I correct this problem using either method stated above ?
Mine arose after a cloning ( using Norton Ghost ) of a disk reported by
S.M.A.R.T. as being on its last legs.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Dave Patrick]

This article may help.

Unable to Log on if the Boot Partition Drive Letter Has Changed
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];249321

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

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| "Tom" wrote:
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| > >-----Original Message-----
| > >This problem could be caused by an incorrect permission
| > >setting for c:\WinNT\system32\userinit.exe, by the
| > >registry pointing at the wrong location for the same file,
| > >or the registry pointing at the wrong drive for the paging
| > >file.
| > >
| > >It can be fixed either by accessing the PC via a network
| > >connection or by temporarily installing its disk as a
| > slave
| > >disk in some other Win2000/XP PC. Do you have
| > >access to either of these?
| > >
|
| Hi, I too have just had this situation arise. I have access to other
Win2K
| machines, how would I correct this problem using either method stated
above ?
| Mine arose after a cloning ( using Norton Ghost ) of a disk reported by
| S.M.A.R.T. as being on its last legs.
|
| Thanks in advance.

 

[Guest]

This article may help.

Unable to Log on if the Boot Partition Drive Letter Has Changed
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];249321

Thank you most kindly, that explains a lot now and will hopefully allow me
to rectify the problem .

Again, my thanks.

 

[Dave Patrick]

You're welcome.

--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Thank you most kindly, that explains a lot now and will hopefully allow me
| to rectify the problem .
|
| Again, my thanks.
|