Boot from the WinXP CD, do a repair option. John Ferrell http://DixieNC.US ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Barr" To: Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 1:23 PM Subject: [OT:] WinXP login fails > I've just had a situation occur that's keeping me from doing an > account logon under Windows XP Home. I can still get running under > Safe Mode but normal startup fails when I try to select my account. > > Whether I click on my account name or 'administrator' from the startup > screen, the frame on the graphic highlights but I never get the > "loading settings" message. After 30-60 seconds, the highlighted frame > on the graphic reverts to its non-selected state. When I restart in > Safe Mode, the event viewer shows that I've logged a security audit > failure with "Unknown User name or bad password" as the fault. (The > accounts I'm trying to login to have never had passwords on them.) > > I've tried doing a 'System Restore' to the last restore point (and one > previous to it) but that hasn't helped. An online virus scan with RAV > antivirus detects no problems. > > Before I reformat the disk and reinstall Windows from scratch, is > there anything else that I should try to get things back to normal? > I'm a bit stuck here so any help would be greatly appreciated. > > > Thanks, Bob > > -- > http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! > email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body > -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body