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259511 2004-08-08 09:00:00 OS: XP Pro

This machine is behaving abnormally: it freezes at the Welcome log on screen; nothing happens when clicking on any of the user accounts. But it's back to normal when I press "Ctrl + Alt + Del" twice which brings up the W2K log on screen and then hit Esc key to return to the "Welcome Screen" again. Now, it's back to normal where I can click on the user account to log in.

Any clue at all? ?:|
bk T (215)
259512 2004-08-08 09:03:00 Are you on a network or was the PC connected to a network? If so, this (support.microsoft.com) article might help. andrew93 (249)
259513 2004-08-08 09:19:00 > Are you on a network or was the PC connected to a
> network?

No . it's a standalone machine .

Reformatted and reinstalled Windows 3 times already but remains the same .
bk T (215)
259514 2004-08-08 22:30:00 Can anyone help, please.

Cheers
bk T (215)
259515 2004-08-08 22:56:00 > when I press "Ctrl + Alt + Del" twice which brings up the W2K log on
> screen and then hit Esc key to return to the "Welcome Screen" again.

You say the computer has Windows XP yet mention the W2K log on screen. Does this mean the computer is dual booting?
tommy (2826)
259516 2004-08-08 23:03:00 >
>
> You say the computer has Windows XP yet mention the
> W2K log on screen . Does this mean the computer is
> dual booting?

No . It is only XP . Pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL twice will bring up the W2k log on screen . I was trying to logon to Administrator and by 'accident', hit ESC and it's back to normal .

But when I reboot the system, the logon problem returns .

Cheers
bk T (215)
259517 2004-08-09 00:36:00 Dual boot? Otherwise, why would you have a Windows 2000 (W2k) startup screen when you formatted and loaded XP? Pheonix (280)
259518 2004-08-09 00:51:00 > Dual boot? Otherwise, why would you have a Windows
> 2000 (W2k) startup screen when you formatted and
> loaded XP?

Phoenix,

With XP, when I want to logon to Administrator (so that I can perform Administrative tasks, like disk management, installing programs, etc) I need to hit Ctrl+Alt+Del twice and that will bring up the logon screen . Don't you that? All my other user accounts are limit accounts .

Forget about dual boot, as I've mentioned earlier, it's just Windows XP Professional .

Cheers
bk T (215)
259519 2004-08-09 01:57:00 The Win2K login screen is just another option for logging into Win XP. We use it in our domain where all users have to ctrl-alt-del to login. I'm not sure why you have the prob but try and disable all power management options from the control panel. Also remove any screensaver passwords or options to go to standby, hibernate etc. Berryb (654)
259520 2004-08-09 02:30:00 You live and learn...ta for the explanation. Pheonix (280)
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