Shutdown after logon

[Guest]

I have a situation where WinXP SP2 returns to the logon screen after loggin
on. After logon it shows the background with no icons, the startup music is
played then within a few seconds it closes windows and returns to the logon
screen. The same thing happens in safe mode; I am not even able to run safe
mode with command prompt. Anyone have any ideas?

 

[Rock]

I have a situation where WinXP SP2 returns to the logon screen after loggin
on. After logon it shows the background with no icons, the startup music is
played then within a few seconds it closes windows and returns to the logon
screen. The same thing happens in safe mode; I am not even able to run safe
mode with command prompt. Anyone have any ideas?

Have you recently removed any spyware? If so see if this link helps:
Unable to Log On To Windows XP After Removing wsaupdater.exe
http://www.lavasofthelp.com/articles/v6/04/06/0901.html

 

[Guest]

Unfortunately that did not work, although I have recently removed spyware but
I used SpyBot

 

[Rock]

Unfortunately that did not work, although I have recently removed spyware but
I used SpyBot

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It doesn't really matter what program removed the spyware, just in how
it was done. But anyway sorry that did not help.

If you have a current backup then try running chkdsk /p from the
recovery console. If you don't have a current backup first slave the
drive in another XP or W2k computer and copy the important data.

How to install and use the Recovery Console in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307654

If that doesn't work do a repair install:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

 

[Guest]

Rock,
Unfortunately I have come to the same conclusion. I will try that today and
let you know how I make out. Thanks for your help!

 

[Rock]

Rock,
Unfortunately I have come to the same conclusion. I will try that today and
let you know how I make out. Thanks for your help!

Ok, good luck.

 

[Guest]

Rock,
The repair install worked. Thanks again for your help. I still am not
completely sure what caused the problem, but at least I am back up and
running.
Thanks again!

 

[Rock]

Rock,
The repair install worked. Thanks again for your help. I still am not
completely sure what caused the problem, but at least I am back up and
running.
Thanks again!

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Great, glad it's fixed and thanks for posting back.