Hi Rock, I tried all the options you suggested. The userinit.exe seemed to be
correct and in the right place. There was no file called wsau.. that one of
the options suggested.
I did the regedit but could not find userinit.exe that indicated anything
unusual.
I do have the computer on a network but if I try to RDP, I have the same
problem getting kicked off. I cannot connect to any drive since it looks like
there are no shares open.
"Rock" wrote:
> "Nate" <Nate@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
> > Hey Rock. thanks for the suggestions.
> >
> > Question. If I install the drive in another machine, I boot from a local
> > disk. How do I edit the registry on this "foreign" disk? It is not "other"
> > user since the user is not local to this other machine...
>
> >> "Nate" <Nate@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
> >> > 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.
> >>
> >>
> >> Install the drive in another machine and edit the registry remotely to
> >> see
> >> what the userinit value is. See these articles.
> >>
> >> Editing the Registry for "other" Users
> >> http://www.dougknox.com/
> >>
> >> You cannot log on to Windows XP after you remove Wsaupdater.exe
> >> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/892893/en-us
> >>
> >> If that doesn’t help see this:
> >> A User Logon Request Is Rejected Without Any Messages
> >> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=313322
>
> You follow the procedure in the link from Doug Knox I gave you.
>
> --
> Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]
>
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