Help with windows not loading.

[ban390]

The computer starts up fine and goes the the windows log in screen(win7) but instead of it asking for my username and password, it's just saying please wait. I even get the normal sounds that it plays when the log in screen appears, but it just continues to say please wait and has done it many times.

I was able to get in using safe mode with networking. Then I restarted to normal and still, "Please wait..."

I did a system restore and can now get to the log in, but right after I put in the username and password to log in, it just says "Welcome" and windows never loads. Also, I tried the using the start up repair and system restore from the recovery/windows dvd.

Any suggestions?

 

[bankster55]

the 3 most obvious things to try
>bootable AV rescue disk like Kaspersky or NOD 32 or Hirens AIO
>reset bios to load failsafe defaults
>Memtest86+ from booted floppy or booted CD

 

[ban390]

I tired the above. Any other suggestions?

 

[bankster55]

You didnt mention if this started happening out of nowhere, or if its a new build.
OEM???
How long has the PC been working fine?
What is your exact setup (HW)?
What O/S are you using?
Where did you get it?
Did you overclock?
Do you have just Admin and 1 user? Or no user?
Which are you trying to access at boot?

The next thing I would try is using a bootable pw resetter and when it asks for new PW leave it blank
Failing that, run a full scandisk from cmd on Win 7 DVD. Also drive manuf testing utility.
Run booted trial vers of HD Regenerator 2011 trial sw to check for bad sectors