Unable to log in

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digitdisc

When you attempt to log into one of our Windows 2000
machines, it accepts your username and password as if it
is getting ready to let you in but immediately switches
to 'saving your settings' and returns you to the login
screen. We've tried every possible account and its always
the same. Has anyone experienced this before?

Thanks.
 
digitdisc said:
When you attempt to log into one of our Windows 2000
machines, it accepts your username and password as if it
is getting ready to let you in but immediately switches
to 'saving your settings' and returns you to the login
screen. We've tried every possible account and its always
the same. Has anyone experienced this before?

Thanks.
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I seem to recall someone fixing this issue by copying userinit.exe from a "good" machine over the
network c$ share on the "bad" machine
 
digitdisc said:
When you attempt to log into one of our Windows 2000
machines, it accepts your username and password as if it
is getting ready to let you in but immediately switches
to 'saving your settings' and returns you to the login
screen. We've tried every possible account and its always
the same. Has anyone experienced this before?

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
 
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