when booting up windows welcome screen appears w/ log on info. so I enter my
password & it says loading... but as the desktop is loading(no icons appear)
& it automatically logs off, (saving users preferences) i cannot get to a c
prompt or system restore, and it does the same thing when I try any safemode
options.. any help appreciated, thanks -Nichole

Visit http://www.winxptutor.com/wsaremove.htm and see section "Unable to
logon to Windows after removing BlazeFind using a spyware removal utility?"

Unable to Log On To Windows XP After Removing wsaupdater.exe:
http://www.lavahelp.com/articles/v6/04/06/0901.html

Incorrect Userinit value in the registry is known to be the cause:
http://www.lavasoftsupport.com/index...howtopic=29752

How to edit the registry offline using BartPE boot CD ?:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/peboot.htm

Other Possibilities - Driveletter problem
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Unable to Log on if the Boot Partition Drive Letter Has Changed:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/249321/

How to restore the system/boot drive letter in Windows:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q223188/

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


"DarlingNikki805" <DarlingNikki805@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:B29BE8F2-5CFE-418E-A817-6C8003AB61FB@microsoft.com...
> when booting up windows welcome screen appears w/ log on info. so I enter
> my
> password & it says loading... but as the desktop is loading(no icons
> appear)
> & it automatically logs off, (saving users preferences) i cannot get to a
> c
> prompt or system restore, and it does the same thing when I try any
> safemode
> options.. any help appreciated, thanks -Nichole