Windows 2000 Pro Logon Loop

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Chad Brown

I have a Windows 2000 Pro Computer that accepts the user
name and password. Then says "Loading Personal
Settings." and then goes back to the Ctrl+Alt+Delete
Promt.Any ideas? Thanks.
 
Hi Chad,

Use your ERD and it should clear up

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good computing,
don
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I have a Windows 2000 Pro Computer that accepts the user
name and password. Then says "Loading Personal
Settings." and then goes back to the Ctrl+Alt+Delete
Promt.Any ideas? Thanks.
 
Chad Brown said:
I have a Windows 2000 Pro Computer that accepts the user
name and password. Then says "Loading Personal
Settings." and then goes back to the Ctrl+Alt+Delete
Promt.Any ideas? Thanks.
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This typically happens when hard disks are changed. Before you
change disks, delete any inappropriate or non-existing devices
as per Step 2 below.
1. From dos, copy userinit.exe to all the other hard drives
This should allow you to log in.
2. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/MountedDevices/:
delete all keys which look like "\DosDevice\<DRIVE_LETTER>:"
3. Point KEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows NT/Current Version/
Winlogon/Userinit to the correct location of userinit.exe
See also http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=249321

You can also edit the registry of the problem machine via
a network connection to point the paging file back to where
it belongs:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\
Memory Management
 
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