Hi all

I am dealing with a real headscratcher. A client gave me their computer
because they could not log on. They put their login info: username/password,
it looked like it was doing some machination then went back to the login
prompt.

Hmm. I tried logging in with the Admin account (which apparently had no
password), and same thing. I then booted to safe mode, but still no luck. I
could not get past the login prompt.

I took out the disk and put it in another machine and was able to see all
the appropriate files are there. Ran antivirus scans/etc, cleaned everything
out, but still not luck.

I even tried to do a boot from CD/Repair, but the start said it could not
find a disk. Strange because it is a SATA disk and is recognized at boot. The
OS does boot to the login prompt.

???? I am stumped.

Any ideas?

Nate