Login crazy

**Zonie** · February 21st, 2009, 10:08 AM

I have a client's PC doing something I have never seen before. When you bootup everything runs normal to the login screen. There is (4) profiles on this PC. When you click on a profile to login, it acts like it is logging on then immediately logs off to the login screen. You can try to logon with any profile and the same thing happens. Have tried last known good config, nada.

Have tried in safemode still the same thing. Have pulled drive and scanned with lab PC and found no major virus or spyware. The system is running Windows XP Media Center 2005, unknown service pack since I can't get to the desktop at all. Any ideas?

Thanks

**Ferrit** · February 21st, 2009, 11:41 AM

Not to say this one is illegal but i have seen some installs that had a crack run on them that did exactly that.
Have you tried a repair install?

**NooNoo** · February 21st, 2009, 01:08 PM

Have you tried the Administrator account?

**slgrieb** · February 21st, 2009, 04:17 PM

I've seen it in quite a few very damaged Windows installations, and if the drive tests OK, you might try the chkdsk, but I imagine you're looking at a repair installation at least.

**Zonie** · February 22nd, 2009, 10:08 AM

Originally Posted by Ferrit

Not to say this one is illegal but i have seen some installs that had a crack run on them that did exactly that.
Have you tried a repair install?

I know this is legal, worked on it abut 5 months ago. Have no tried repair install yet.

**Zonie** · February 22nd, 2009, 10:09 AM

Originally Posted by NooNoo

Have you tried the Administrator account?

Thanks NooNoo, did try the Administrator account and still the same problem.

**Zonie** · February 22nd, 2009, 10:15 AM

Originally Posted by slgrieb

I've seen it in quite a few very damaged Windows installations, and if the drive tests OK, you might try the chkdsk, but I imagine you're looking at a repair installation at least.

Yeah, that is what I was afraid of when I did not find any infections. I will have to contact the client to get the disks since the copy of XP Media Center I have is not the same version.

**rgharper** · February 27th, 2009, 07:36 PM

I've seen a couple PCs that had mucho spyware on them that wound up like this after the cleaning process. Allegedly it can be fixed but I have never been able to and have always wound up clean-installing.

**Ferrit** · February 27th, 2009, 08:47 PM

Originally Posted by Zonie

Yeah, that is what I was afraid of when I did not find any infections. I will have to contact the client to get the disks since the copy of XP Media Center I have is not the same version.

Huh i have just experienced the very same thing.
I have a set or Media Centre Edition 2005 CD's and
when i tried to repair an acer with
Media Centre Edition 2005 it refused to use the COA on
the laptop.
I thought there was just 1 version.
Thanks now I know I am not going crazy
Well not seriously anyway

**Zonie** · February 28th, 2009, 10:26 AM

Originally Posted by Ferrit

Huh i have just experienced the very same thing.
I have a set or Media Centre Edition 2005 CD's and
when i tried to repair an acer with
Media Centre Edition 2005 it refused to use the COA on
the laptop.
I thought there was just 1 version.
Thanks now I know I am not going crazy
Well not seriously anyway

Yeah, it is crazy. You have 2005 - 2005 rollup2, then 2006. This one is the rollup 2 version. What I did first was an MBR repair and was able to get back into the system. After that the the system ran fine till shutdown, just stayed at shutting down. I then did a SFC on it, found some files need repaired and the system is running like a champ now. Go figure!

I am making a copy of he rollup for future use if needed. Putting it on DVD instead of 2 cd's.