XP Logs off as soon as I login (HELP, NOW SOLVED)

[MrSharky]

Has anyone ever run into this or heard/seen this before? I type in the password, then hit enter; it says loggin in... then it shows my background wallpaper and then logs off ("saving ....", "logging off..."). Here's the tricky part, I made my data private meaning that I can't pull the HDD and insert it into another computer to pull off the data. I think I'm screwed... a little help would be Much appreciated. Thanks

P.S. I'm pretty sure this isn't a virus either because I've seen this one someone elses computer but they didn't care and just reformated.. (I dont' have the choice)

 

[oog]

Are you able to get in through Safe Mode? Is there possibly something on start up that is killing your windows session?

 

[MrSharky]

I tried to go into safe mode, but the same thing happens there.. logging on... shows the wallpaper for a split second and then logs off. frustrating

 

[uncleX]

You could always try pressing F8 as XP starts, and at the menu choose "Last known good configuration"

 

[Sianath]

A common cause for this is the drive letter for your system partition has changed. If you try to log on but Windows can't locate your page file (drive letter is wrong) we'll kick you back to the login screen.

If you get to the login prompt, then networking has started. You can go to another machine and use remote computer management to verify the drive letter thing. If it's wrong, you can change it with remote regedit.

Right-click My Computer
Manage
Right-click Computer Management (Local)
Connect to another computer

Once you are connected to your problem machine, check disk management to make sure your drive letter is correct (usually C: for your system partition). If it's not, you can open up Regedit, connect to the problem machine (it's in the File menu) and change the drive letter value in HKLM\System\MountedDevices key to be what it's supposed to be.

 

[MrSharky]

------------============SOLVED===============---------------

We'regazm wrote:
Here's how you can access your files on the new computer even with private folders on:

-Make sure the computer you plugged into has simple file sharing turned off (Tools>Folder Options>View)
-On the folder you want to access do Right-click>Properties
-Click on Security>Advanced
-Under the Owner tab, change the current owner to the account on the new computer you are using
-Check "Replace owner on subcontainers..."

That should do the trick if my memory serves me right.