XP logs off immediately after log on.

[harshadd]

Background:
I'm running XP Pro SP2. I use AVG free, and mCafee as antivirus, windows deffendar to protect malwares.
Problem is :
Machine starts up normally, goes to the XP login screen. I enter username and password, and it starts logging into the profile, as soon as the wallpaper comes up, it immediately logs back out to the welcome screen. shows logging off screen and come back on login prompt. When I second time logs in It logs in properly.

[icemncmth]

Try holding down the "shift" key right after you log in..

Doing so keeps anything in the startup folder from running..

If this works go to the

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\S tartup

folder and see what is in it...anything in this folder will auto start..

[Cyberdyne]

Log in to the machine on the second try when it let you and go to start > run > type in msconfig hit OK > in system configuration utility go to Startup and uncheck anything unnnecessary from starting up( I would leave the antivirus and antispyware checked for your proteccion, also nvidia, ati, and sound drivers as well as wifi utilities, everything else can pretty much go) Apply and restart the computer, see if that solves your problem. Let me know if you need more help in case this does not work.

Regards,

-=Cyberdyne=-
-=Windows & Networking MOD=-

[harshadd]

Thanks Cyberdyne
I already had tried MSCONFIG and removed some unwanted things from it.
still this happens, it logs off immediately after first I logged in, and after wasting 3-4 minutes on that screen it prompts me to login again...

[araman]

Maybe the profile is corrupt, If you only have one username boot to safe mode, log in under administrator

[araman]

Maybe the profile is corrupt, If you only have one username boot to safe mode, log in under administrator, go to control panel-users and create a new user. Then reboot and try to log in as the new user. if you already have multiple users and they can log in ok then the profile corruption is indeed the problem. Recreate a new user and then copy and data from the old profile.

[harshadd]

i have 4-5 users logging daily on my PC all are having this problem, its clear that its not a profile issue... some 3rd party program has been (knowingly or unknowingly) got installed i guess...

[araman]

If you can log on in safe mode ...then check add/remove program applet. if you think it's spyware or Virus then i would consider the system compromised and re-install from scratch.

[futuremacuser]

A user has a Dell Dimension 4600 running XP Pro. It's an old but durable machine. His children got on it and when he called me there were more than 100 trojans and a few viruses on it and it could no longer connect to the net.

I cleaned up the viruses and trojans, found and removed the corrupted program preventing it from connecting, loaded pending updates, and then a Dell popup offered to install a trial version of the Dell Support Center. I have this on my Inspiron so I loaded onto his machine, checking to make sure the url was Dell and that it was legit.

After loading I ran it, and it cleaned up a few problems. Later as I was preparing to clean up some utilities I had loaded, the Support Center popped up and said that something was 100% complete but it just sat there doing nothing. I wasn't paying much attention as I was working on something on my own PC, so I just left it alone.

After about 20 minutes the Dell Support Center pop-up said configuration was complete and to reboot. So I did.

Now I have the same problem described in this thread: no matter what profile I use, including the Administrator, as soon as I log in it says "logging off." It does this over and over, and does not let me log in after a while.

I cannot reload his system because, back before he knew better he threw the system disks away.

I'm not a developer but a grouchy old user who's about fed up with Microsoft after Vista and swearing, for the nth time, that my next PC will be a Mac.

I'd appreciate any suggestions for how to break the cycle on the auto-log off so I can find the source of the problem and fix it. Thanks for your time.

[harshadd]

Hi, I had faced this in jan08
I saved my XP pro Installation from being reinstalled. But frankly It is not solving all problems.
I did the below things, I do not remember the order i did it BUT it saved my PC fro Reinstalling. I lost all the shortcuts which I recovered manually as and when I needed them in feature.
1. Run Installation CD and ask it to repair (1st repair) which takes you to CMD prompt , there you run CHKDSK -P.

If system started properly do step 2 or skip to step 3

2. DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL spy ware doctor, , Install yahoo anti spy (free), I also installed "Uniblue registry booster 2" to clean registry , AVG Free for Virus and Trojans , add wares spy wares etc. remove all virus Trojans ad wares spy wares.

If you got system in hand after booting , you can try step 2. otherwise,

3. Insert XP pro CD and start installation apply 2nd repair, which will Install (Overwriting existing windows) but keep all ur icons and registry settings as it is so that you need not configure all ur applications again.
If system started properly after step 3, do step 2,
4. If nothing worked , and if you have space in HDD of del install other copy of windows XP (temporarily)an d perform step 2 in this windows and scan for entire HDD so that it will clean ur OLD windows too.
5. If you lack the space on HDD you can try booting from USB hard disk and installing OS on it, But this is very tricky(Google it or read my thread on this site for it).
6. This is what You can always do, remove the Hard disk and conect to working PC, boot from working PC as uswal with its own HDD and scan/clean this HDD.
7. LAST get a bookable installable CD for XP pro, Format the whole HDD and reinstall entire things, perform step 2 so that ur new installation will be protected in feature from attacks.

Yet I have overcome from rebooting issue, I am not satisfy with it as some time I still get warnings of malware spy wares some times PC acts funny etc.. so I am going to do step 7 followed by step 2 verry soon.

Full versions of some s/w mentioned above are not freewares, Buy it for full versions -OR- get it by using your own ways from friends, relatives, I.net etc,

I know you will not, but If you did tried any crack sites for it, be very care full, scan every thing you downloaded b4 using it. also do not visit to any such sites without having at least a good updated anti virus software installed and running.
This forum is not on how to get full versions of s/wares..;)

Rgds HarshadD

[DonRayner]

Just a shot in the dark but why not boot into safe mode and do a system restore back to before the problem started.

[harshadd]

When he is saying it reboots, that means it must be booting automatically even in safe mode, so no chance to system restore. My case was same no safe mode was possible.


:)


HarshadD

[tschwa2]

I am having the same problem. It seems that it is rather common with older Dells running windows xp. Still working on fixing it. I started working with the repair disk and may have made it worse.

Tracey

[mattas]

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-matt

[AmberJain]

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