- HELP!! Windows won't load past welcome screen
- Posted by eric6556 on January 9th, 2006
Hi;
I'm running xp professional. This morning my machine just rebooted by
itself and then it took forever for windows to load in. At that point I got
as far as the login screen, logged in and that's where it sits. I ran chkdsk
and it did find errors and said it fixed them using the windows cd repair.
It still loads in to the login screen, I log in and it continues to stay at
the welcome screen "administrator - loading your personal settings". I
suspect i've been hit with some type of virus but don't know for sure. I
have a lot of info on this drive and really need to get this up and running.
Can someone help please? Thank you.
Eric
- Posted by John A on January 9th, 2006
Try starting Windows in safe mode then do a system restore.
John A
On Mon, 9 Jan 2006 11:01:02 -0800, "eric6556"
<eric6556@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>Hi;
>I'm running xp professional. This morning my machine just rebooted by
>itself and then it took forever for windows to load in. At that point I got
>as far as the login screen, logged in and that's where it sits. I ran chkdsk
>and it did find errors and said it fixed them using the windows cd repair.
>It still loads in to the login screen, I log in and it continues to stay at
>the welcome screen "administrator - loading your personal settings". I
>suspect i've been hit with some type of virus but don't know for sure. I
>have a lot of info on this drive and really need to get this up and running.
>Can someone help please? Thank you.
>
>Eric
- Posted by eric6556 on January 9th, 2006
No luck, even in safe mode it goes to the welcome screen and stops there. I
even tried last known config and directory services restore mode. Any other
suggestions? Please help. Many thanks
Eric
"John A" wrote:
> Try starting Windows in safe mode then do a system restore.
>
> John A
> On Mon, 9 Jan 2006 11:01:02 -0800, "eric6556"
> <eric6556@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >Hi;
> >I'm running xp professional. This morning my machine just rebooted by
> >itself and then it took forever for windows to load in. At that point I got
> >as far as the login screen, logged in and that's where it sits. I ran chkdsk
> >and it did find errors and said it fixed them using the windows cd repair.
> >It still loads in to the login screen, I log in and it continues to stay at
> >the welcome screen "administrator - loading your personal settings". I
> >suspect i've been hit with some type of virus but don't know for sure. I
> >have a lot of info on this drive and really need to get this up and running.
> >Can someone help please? Thank you.
> >
> >Eric
>
>
- Posted by Patty on January 10th, 2006
I had the same problem. Try restoring your computer to a few days before you
started having your problem. Worked for me. good luck.
Patty
"eric6556" wrote:
> No luck, even in safe mode it goes to the welcome screen and stops there. I
> even tried last known config and directory services restore mode. Any other
> suggestions? Please help. Many thanks
>
> Eric
>
> "John A" wrote:
>
> > Try starting Windows in safe mode then do a system restore.
> >
> > John A
> > On Mon, 9 Jan 2006 11:01:02 -0800, "eric6556"
> > <eric6556@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >
> > >Hi;
> > >I'm running xp professional. This morning my machine just rebooted by
> > >itself and then it took forever for windows to load in. At that point I got
> > >as far as the login screen, logged in and that's where it sits. I ran chkdsk
> > >and it did find errors and said it fixed them using the windows cd repair.
> > >It still loads in to the login screen, I log in and it continues to stay at
> > >the welcome screen "administrator - loading your personal settings". I
> > >suspect i've been hit with some type of virus but don't know for sure. I
> > >have a lot of info on this drive and really need to get this up and running.
> > >Can someone help please? Thank you.
> > >
> > >Eric
> >
> >
