XP ends right after start

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Emil

Hello,

while trying to perform a system rollback to a prior date (without an urgent
cause), I ecperienced this problem:

Since the rollback routine tried to launch Windows again, there is a forced
logout immediately after a very short display of the empty desktop. This
also occurs in protected mode, even when I try to login as administrator.

Maybe the rollback routine throws me out, but it could also be just a
coincidence and there is a virus ore something like that on my computer
(protected with Kaspersky). Or is it something completely different?

Thank you for any help!

Best, Emil
 
Emil said:
Hello,

while trying to perform a system rollback to a prior date (without an
urgent cause), I ecperienced this problem:

Since the rollback routine tried to launch Windows again, there is a
forced logout immediately after a very short display of the empty
desktop. This also occurs in protected mode, even when I try to login
as administrator.
Maybe the rollback routine throws me out, but it could also be just a
coincidence and there is a virus ore something like that on my
computer (protected with Kaspersky). Or is it something completely
different?
Thank you for any help!

Best, Emil
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Are you referring to System Restore by any chance?

If so, many users have reported that Kaspersky interferes with SR. You
should be able to run it using the method outlined here:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304449

But...

If there is no "urgent cause," why do you wish to run SR in the first
place?!
 
Hello,

while trying to perform a system rollback to a prior date (without an urgent
cause), I ecperienced this problem:

Since the rollback routine tried to launch Windows again, there is a forced
logout immediately after a very short display of the empty desktop. This
also occurs in protected mode, even when I try to login as administrator.

Maybe the rollback routine throws me out, but it could also be just a
coincidence and there is a virus ore something like that on my computer
(protected with Kaspersky). Or is it something completely different?

Thank you for any help!

Best, Emil
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If you see things like:

Windows is starting up
Loading your personal settings...
<XP startup sound and brief flash of desktop perhaps>
Logging off
Saving your settings
Loading...
Saving...
Loading...
Saving...

It is something completely different.

You can try to see how far that KB304449 gets you.
 
I tried this before, but the effect is the same (immediate log off). Windows
seems to define this defines this as a good configuration, as Log in works.
2) Boot to safe mode and try to log in as administrator and create a
new user account.
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I tried this, too, but logging in as adminsitrator also generates an
immediate log off.
3) Boot to the operating system CD and chose Repair to reach the repair
console.
While there, type the following command: FIXBOOT
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If you mean booting to the cammand line: I tried this, but I do not get a
command line, but I get to the normal Windows log in page.

Any ideas?

Emil
 
Daave said:
Are you referring to System Restore by any chance?

If so, many users have reported that Kaspersky interferes with SR. You
should be able to run it using the method outlined here:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304449

But...

If there is no "urgent cause," why do you wish to run SR in the first
place?!
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Hi Daave,

yes, I am reffering to SR.

The method described in kb/304449 does not work, as I do not get a Command
prompt when selecting this boot option. I get to the Windows log in page
instead.

I tried a SR because my Windows configuration started to act weird in some
details after my last Windows Update, such as not remembering the toolbar
configuration of Word, and the like.

Any ideas?

Emil
 
Hello,

while trying to perform a system rollback to a prior date (without an
urgent
cause), I ecperienced this problem:

Since the rollback routine tried to launch Windows again, there is a
forced
logout immediately after a very short display of the empty desktop. This
also occurs in protected mode, even when I try to login as administrator.

Maybe the rollback routine throws me out, but it could also be just a
coincidence and there is a virus ore something like that on my computer
(protected with Kaspersky). Or is it something completely different?

Thank you for any help!

Best, Emil
Click to expand...
If you see things like:

Windows is starting up
Loading your personal settings...
<XP startup sound and brief flash of desktop perhaps>
Logging off
Saving your settings
Loading...
Saving...
Loading...
Saving...
Click to expand...
It is something completely different.
Click to expand...
You can try to see how far that KB304449 gets you.
Click to expand...

Hi Jose,

no way, I do not get the Command prompt after selecting this boot option.
ANy other ideas?

Emil
 
Hi Jose,

no way, I do not get the Command prompt after selecting this boot option.
ANy other ideas?

Emil
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Does your system cycle through displaying messages in the manner I
described earlier?

Of course you do not get the command prompt. You issue is you are
unable to login in any mode.

Until you can boot successfully and do some maneuvering, you will not
be getting very far in resolving your problem, so you must boot on
something - like the XP Recovery Console.

You can create a bootable XP Recovery Console CD when no XP media is
available by following the directions in this link:

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic276527.html

When you get Recovery Console booted, we will be able to fix your
system. In the meantime, after you boot the Recovery Console so this:

For each of your hard disks, you should then run:

chkdsk /r

For example, from the Recovery Console prompt, enter:

chkdsk c: /r
 
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