Hello,

I'm the only user on my computer, and since I bought it I was never taken to
the user login "welcome" screen, always directly to my Desktop. After
restarting the computer about a week ago I found myself at the Welcome
screen. When I click the only user profile (Listed as my last name) it reads
"loading your personal settings" then flashes my desktops wallpaper for half
a second, then returns me to the welcome page saying "Logging off..."
followed by "saving your settings."

I tried running in Safe mode and it still stops me at a welcome screen, this
time with 2 accounts, Administrator and the one i've always used that was
mentioned above. I've tried both and it does the same thing on safe mode with
both accounts.

I've bought a new computer now, but I'm still want into the one with the
problem so I can retrieve files. Any help would be great.

safe mode w/command prompt only.
at command prompt>C:\WINDOWS\system32\Restore\rstrui.exe
assuming "C" is your windows drive.

"WesGunn" wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm the only user on my computer, and since I bought it I was never taken to
> the user login "welcome" screen, always directly to my Desktop. After
> restarting the computer about a week ago I found myself at the Welcome
> screen. When I click the only user profile (Listed as my last name) it reads
> "loading your personal settings" then flashes my desktops wallpaper for half
> a second, then returns me to the welcome page saying "Logging off..."
> followed by "saving your settings."
>
> I tried running in Safe mode and it still stops me at a welcome screen, this
> time with 2 accounts, Administrator and the one i've always used that was
> mentioned above. I've tried both and it does the same thing on safe mode with
> both accounts.
>
> I've bought a new computer now, but I'm still want into the one with the
> problem so I can retrieve files. Any help would be great.

Hi,

This should help:
http://rickrogers.org/fixes.htm#Blazefind

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"WesGunn" <WesGunn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:25CFB7F3-00CA-4F6D-88DB-5F3D15E6B37B@microsoft.com...
> Hello,
>
> I'm the only user on my computer, and since I bought it I was never taken
> to
> the user login "welcome" screen, always directly to my Desktop. After
> restarting the computer about a week ago I found myself at the Welcome
> screen. When I click the only user profile (Listed as my last name) it
> reads
> "loading your personal settings" then flashes my desktops wallpaper for
> half
> a second, then returns me to the welcome page saying "Logging off..."
> followed by "saving your settings."
>
> I tried running in Safe mode and it still stops me at a welcome screen,
> this
> time with 2 accounts, Administrator and the one i've always used that was
> mentioned above. I've tried both and it does the same thing on safe mode
> with
> both accounts.
>
> I've bought a new computer now, but I'm still want into the one with the
> problem so I can retrieve files. Any help would be great.

Just tried, but it never prompts me for a command, it goes to the safe mode
welcome screen with the 2 user names

"Dixonian69" wrote:

> safe mode w/command prompt only.
> at command prompt>C:\WINDOWS\system32\Restore\rstrui.exe
> assuming "C" is your windows drive.
>
> "WesGunn" wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm the only user on my computer, and since I bought it I was never taken to
> > the user login "welcome" screen, always directly to my Desktop. After
> > restarting the computer about a week ago I found myself at the Welcome
> > screen. When I click the only user profile (Listed as my last name) it reads
> > "loading your personal settings" then flashes my desktops wallpaper for half
> > a second, then returns me to the welcome page saying "Logging off..."
> > followed by "saving your settings."
> >
> > I tried running in Safe mode and it still stops me at a welcome screen, this
> > time with 2 accounts, Administrator and the one i've always used that was
> > mentioned above. I've tried both and it does the same thing on safe mode with
> > both accounts.
> >
> > I've bought a new computer now, but I'm still want into the one with the
> > problem so I can retrieve files. Any help would be great.

AND you tried to log into one or both accounts ?
AND it immediately logs off?

"WesGunn" wrote:

> Just tried, but it never prompts me for a command, it goes to the safe mode
> welcome screen with the 2 user names
>
> "Dixonian69" wrote:
>
> > safe mode w/command prompt only.
> > at command prompt>C:\WINDOWS\system32\Restore\rstrui.exe
> > assuming "C" is your windows drive.
> >
> > "WesGunn" wrote:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I'm the only user on my computer, and since I bought it I was never taken to
> > > the user login "welcome" screen, always directly to my Desktop. After
> > > restarting the computer about a week ago I found myself at the Welcome
> > > screen. When I click the only user profile (Listed as my last name) it reads
> > > "loading your personal settings" then flashes my desktops wallpaper for half
> > > a second, then returns me to the welcome page saying "Logging off..."
> > > followed by "saving your settings."
> > >
> > > I tried running in Safe mode and it still stops me at a welcome screen, this
> > > time with 2 accounts, Administrator and the one i've always used that was
> > > mentioned above. I've tried both and it does the same thing on safe mode with
> > > both accounts.
> > >
> > > I've bought a new computer now, but I'm still want into the one with the
> > > problem so I can retrieve files. Any help would be great.

Yeah, on safe mode though, thats the only time it gives me two, but its odd
because the account with my last name SHOULD be my adminstrator account,
since its the only user account.

Also, I looked at that page, but it sounded like the above command solution.
I just need a way to bypass that welcome screen and get to desktop. I'm
limited in the tools to get files and such from this computer to the
problematic one, I don't have any blank floppy disks any more, just a few
blank CDs, and Windows won't open those unless i'm logged into a user account.

"Dixonian69" wrote:

> AND you tried to log into one or both accounts ?
> AND it immediately logs off?
>
> "WesGunn" wrote:
>
> > Just tried, but it never prompts me for a command, it goes to the safe mode
> > welcome screen with the 2 user names
> >
> > "Dixonian69" wrote:
> >
> > > safe mode w/command prompt only.
> > > at command prompt>C:\WINDOWS\system32\Restore\rstrui.exe
> > > assuming "C" is your windows drive.
> > >
> > > "WesGunn" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > I'm the only user on my computer, and since I bought it I was never taken to
> > > > the user login "welcome" screen, always directly to my Desktop. After
> > > > restarting the computer about a week ago I found myself at the Welcome
> > > > screen. When I click the only user profile (Listed as my last name) it reads
> > > > "loading your personal settings" then flashes my desktops wallpaper for half
> > > > a second, then returns me to the welcome page saying "Logging off..."
> > > > followed by "saving your settings."
> > > >
> > > > I tried running in Safe mode and it still stops me at a welcome screen, this
> > > > time with 2 accounts, Administrator and the one i've always used that was
> > > > mentioned above. I've tried both and it does the same thing on safe mode with
> > > > both accounts.
> > > >
> > > > I've bought a new computer now, but I'm still want into the one with the
> > > > problem so I can retrieve files. Any help would be great.

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

BlazeFind Removal
http://rickrogers.org/fixes.htm#Blazefind

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

Other Possibilities - Driveletter problem
-----------------------------------------

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

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com


"WesGunn" <WesGunn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A2B9FAFA-DFC1-4D84-A430-3D7E83532DC1@microsoft.com...
> Yeah, on safe mode though, thats the only time it gives me two, but its
> odd
> because the account with my last name SHOULD be my adminstrator account,
> since its the only user account.
>
> Also, I looked at that page, but it sounded like the above command
> solution.
> I just need a way to bypass that welcome screen and get to desktop. I'm
> limited in the tools to get files and such from this computer to the
> problematic one, I don't have any blank floppy disks any more, just a few
> blank CDs, and Windows won't open those unless i'm logged into a user
> account.
>
> "Dixonian69" wrote:
>
>> AND you tried to log into one or both accounts ?
>> AND it immediately logs off?
>>
>> "WesGunn" wrote:
>>
>> > Just tried, but it never prompts me for a command, it goes to the safe
>> > mode
>> > welcome screen with the 2 user names
>> >
>> > "Dixonian69" wrote:
>> >
>> > > safe mode w/command prompt only.
>> > > at command prompt>C:\WINDOWS\system32\Restore\rstrui.exe
>> > > assuming "C" is your windows drive.
>> > >
>> > > "WesGunn" wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > Hello,
>> > > >
>> > > > I'm the only user on my computer, and since I bought it I was never
>> > > > taken to
>> > > > the user login "welcome" screen, always directly to my Desktop.
>> > > > After
>> > > > restarting the computer about a week ago I found myself at the
>> > > > Welcome
>> > > > screen. When I click the only user profile (Listed as my last name)
>> > > > it reads
>> > > > "loading your personal settings" then flashes my desktops wallpaper
>> > > > for half
>> > > > a second, then returns me to the welcome page saying "Logging
>> > > > off..."
>> > > > followed by "saving your settings."
>> > > >
>> > > > I tried running in Safe mode and it still stops me at a welcome
>> > > > screen, this
>> > > > time with 2 accounts, Administrator and the one i've always used
>> > > > that was
>> > > > mentioned above. I've tried both and it does the same thing on safe
>> > > > mode with
>> > > > both accounts.
>> > > >
>> > > > I've bought a new computer now, but I'm still want into the one
>> > > > with the
>> > > > problem so I can retrieve files. Any help would be great.

Thanks for the help all of you provided. Its probably the problem involving
the adaware since I did update it and clean out a lot of files before I
restarted. I don't have a Windows XP floppy disk or CD, but a family member
does and will send to me.

Anyway, hope this works, and thanks to everyone for the help

"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> 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
>
> BlazeFind Removal
> http://rickrogers.org/fixes.htm#Blazefind
>
> How to edit the registry offline using BartPE boot CD ?:
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/peboot.htm
>
> Other Possibilities - Driveletter problem
> -----------------------------------------
>
> 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
>
> Windows XP Troubleshooting
> http://www.winhelponline.com
>
>
> "WesGunn" <WesGunn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A2B9FAFA-DFC1-4D84-A430-3D7E83532DC1@microsoft.com...
> > Yeah, on safe mode though, thats the only time it gives me two, but its
> > odd
> > because the account with my last name SHOULD be my adminstrator account,
> > since its the only user account.
> >
> > Also, I looked at that page, but it sounded like the above command
> > solution.
> > I just need a way to bypass that welcome screen and get to desktop. I'm
> > limited in the tools to get files and such from this computer to the
> > problematic one, I don't have any blank floppy disks any more, just a few
> > blank CDs, and Windows won't open those unless i'm logged into a user
> > account.
> >
> > "Dixonian69" wrote:
> >
> >> AND you tried to log into one or both accounts ?
> >> AND it immediately logs off?
> >>
> >> "WesGunn" wrote:
> >>
> >> > Just tried, but it never prompts me for a command, it goes to the safe
> >> > mode
> >> > welcome screen with the 2 user names
> >> >
> >> > "Dixonian69" wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > safe mode w/command prompt only.
> >> > > at command prompt>C:\WINDOWS\system32\Restore\rstrui.exe
> >> > > assuming "C" is your windows drive.
> >> > >
> >> > > "WesGunn" wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > > > Hello,
> >> > > >
> >> > > > I'm the only user on my computer, and since I bought it I was never
> >> > > > taken to
> >> > > > the user login "welcome" screen, always directly to my Desktop.
> >> > > > After
> >> > > > restarting the computer about a week ago I found myself at the
> >> > > > Welcome
> >> > > > screen. When I click the only user profile (Listed as my last name)
> >> > > > it reads
> >> > > > "loading your personal settings" then flashes my desktops wallpaper
> >> > > > for half
> >> > > > a second, then returns me to the welcome page saying "Logging
> >> > > > off..."
> >> > > > followed by "saving your settings."
> >> > > >
> >> > > > I tried running in Safe mode and it still stops me at a welcome
> >> > > > screen, this
> >> > > > time with 2 accounts, Administrator and the one i've always used
> >> > > > that was
> >> > > > mentioned above. I've tried both and it does the same thing on safe
> >> > > > mode with
> >> > > > both accounts.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > I've bought a new computer now, but I'm still want into the one
> >> > > > with the
> >> > > > problem so I can retrieve files. Any help would be great.
>
>

You're welcome Wes. BartPE is a very useful gadget in these circumstances.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com


"WesGunn" <WesGunn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:66F6D8BF-3446-474C-96BF-4FA0CF95AC54@microsoft.com...
> Thanks for the help all of you provided. Its probably the problem
> involving
> the adaware since I did update it and clean out a lot of files before I
> restarted. I don't have a Windows XP floppy disk or CD, but a family
> member
> does and will send to me.
>
> Anyway, hope this works, and thanks to everyone for the help
>
> "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:
>
>> 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
>>
>> BlazeFind Removal
>> http://rickrogers.org/fixes.htm#Blazefind
>>
>> How to edit the registry offline using BartPE boot CD ?:
>> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/peboot.htm
>>
>> Other Possibilities - Driveletter problem
>> -----------------------------------------
>>
>> 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
>>
>> Windows XP Troubleshooting
>> http://www.winhelponline.com
>>
>>

from your response, I'd say you're not doing what I suggested!!

definitely not answering the questions!!

"WesGunn" wrote:

> Yeah, on safe mode though, thats the only time it gives me two, but its odd
> because the account with my last name SHOULD be my adminstrator account,
> since its the only user account.
>
> Also, I looked at that page, but it sounded like the above command solution.
> I just need a way to bypass that welcome screen and get to desktop. I'm
> limited in the tools to get files and such from this computer to the
> problematic one, I don't have any blank floppy disks any more, just a few
> blank CDs, and Windows won't open those unless i'm logged into a user account.
>
> "Dixonian69" wrote:
>
> > AND you tried to log into one or both accounts ?
> > AND it immediately logs off?
> >
> > "WesGunn" wrote:
> >
> > > Just tried, but it never prompts me for a command, it goes to the safe mode
> > > welcome screen with the 2 user names
> > >
> > > "Dixonian69" wrote:
> > >
> > > > safe mode w/command prompt only.
> > > > at command prompt>C:\WINDOWS\system32\Restore\rstrui.exe
> > > > assuming "C" is your windows drive.
> > > >
> > > > "WesGunn" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hello,
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm the only user on my computer, and since I bought it I was never taken to
> > > > > the user login "welcome" screen, always directly to my Desktop. After
> > > > > restarting the computer about a week ago I found myself at the Welcome
> > > > > screen. When I click the only user profile (Listed as my last name) it reads
> > > > > "loading your personal settings" then flashes my desktops wallpaper for half
> > > > > a second, then returns me to the welcome page saying "Logging off..."
> > > > > followed by "saving your settings."
> > > > >
> > > > > I tried running in Safe mode and it still stops me at a welcome screen, this
> > > > > time with 2 accounts, Administrator and the one i've always used that was
> > > > > mentioned above. I've tried both and it does the same thing on safe mode with
> > > > > both accounts.
> > > > >
> > > > > I've bought a new computer now, but I'm still want into the one with the
> > > > > problem so I can retrieve files. Any help would be great.