Login Screen Doesnt show up at boot

[Guest Usmanatron]

Hi, Im having trouble getting to the login screen in my Win2K installation.

 

Everything boots up fine, but it stops where the 'press Ctrl+Alt+Del' is

supposed to come up. Instead, I just have a solid blue screen with the

mouse. Ive tried all safe modes and still get the same problem.

I don't really like the idea of having to reinstall Windows from scratch, so

is there anything else i can do?

 

Ive been reading around and suspect it might be something to do with

userinit.exe, the one I have is: 17.3KB, modified 19/06/2003.

 

The last thing I did was clone the hard drive (my idea of a backup) - Ive

read KB article 249321 about the drive letter, but I dont think this is the

same because the login screen doesnt come up at all. The cloned drive has

the same problem - so much for a backup! (I used Norton Ghost, the version

that came with SystemWorks 2003)

I haven't installed any new updates either and I dont recall installing

anything recently.

 

Any help would be gratefully appreciated - Im willing to try anything.

Thanks in advance

 

My spec:

AMD Athlon 64 3000+, Asus K8V SEDX, nVidia Geforce4 MX 440, 1.5GB RAM (if

you need more info, let me know)

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: Login Screen Doesnt show up at boot

 

 

"Usmanatron" <Usmanatron@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:B6DDD336-0D25-4ABB-B4F5-EA5BE0EF85F1@microsoft.com...

> Hi, Im having trouble getting to the login screen in my Win2K

> installation.

>

> Everything boots up fine, but it stops where the 'press Ctrl+Alt+Del' is

> supposed to come up. Instead, I just have a solid blue screen with the

> mouse. Ive tried all safe modes and still get the same problem.

> I don't really like the idea of having to reinstall Windows from scratch,

> so

> is there anything else i can do?

>

> Ive been reading around and suspect it might be something to do with

> userinit.exe, the one I have is: 17.3KB, modified 19/06/2003.

>

> The last thing I did was clone the hard drive (my idea of a backup) - Ive

> read KB article 249321 about the drive letter, but I dont think this is

> the

> same because the login screen doesnt come up at all. The cloned drive has

> the same problem - so much for a backup! (I used Norton Ghost, the version

> that came with SystemWorks 2003)

> I haven't installed any new updates either and I dont recall installing

> anything recently.

>

> Any help would be gratefully appreciated - Im willing to try anything.

> Thanks in advance

>

> My spec:

> AMD Athlon 64 3000+, Asus K8V SEDX, nVidia Geforce4 MX 440, 1.5GB RAM (if

> you need more info, let me know)

 

As you observe correctly, the problem with userinit.exe becomes

apparent ***after*** you log in, not before.

 

Seeing that this problem occurred after you used Norton Ghost

to clone your disk, it appears that Ghost actually caused it.

I recommend you try the Ghost FAQs.

[Guest Usmanatron]

Re: Login Screen Doesnt show up at boot

 

Hi

 

I decided to have a go at disconnecting all of my hard drives except the

backup and found to my amazement that it worked! Therefore, it seems that

this is connected to that problem in KB 249321.

 

However, this is te oddest thing: I made 2 backups, one of Win2K and the

other of my persona files, which is on a seperate disk. Its THIS partition,

the one with no usage at boot time, which seems to have hung windows at boot

time.

 

Im going to follow the article above and see if this will fix it and post

here if it does.

 

Thanks for the help Pegasus

 

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>

> "Usmanatron" <Usmanatron@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:B6DDD336-0D25-4ABB-B4F5-EA5BE0EF85F1@microsoft.com...

> > Hi, Im having trouble getting to the login screen in my Win2K

> > installation.

> >

> > Everything boots up fine, but it stops where the 'press Ctrl+Alt+Del' is

> > supposed to come up. Instead, I just have a solid blue screen with the

> > mouse. Ive tried all safe modes and still get the same problem.

> > I don't really like the idea of having to reinstall Windows from scratch,

> > so

> > is there anything else i can do?

> >

> > Ive been reading around and suspect it might be something to do with

> > userinit.exe, the one I have is: 17.3KB, modified 19/06/2003.

> >

> > The last thing I did was clone the hard drive (my idea of a backup) - Ive

> > read KB article 249321 about the drive letter, but I dont think this is

> > the

> > same because the login screen doesnt come up at all. The cloned drive has

> > the same problem - so much for a backup! (I used Norton Ghost, the version

> > that came with SystemWorks 2003)

> > I haven't installed any new updates either and I dont recall installing

> > anything recently.

> >

> > Any help would be gratefully appreciated - Im willing to try anything.

> > Thanks in advance

> >

> > My spec:

> > AMD Athlon 64 3000+, Asus K8V SEDX, nVidia Geforce4 MX 440, 1.5GB RAM (if

> > you need more info, let me know)

>

> As you observe correctly, the problem with userinit.exe becomes

> apparent ***after*** you log in, not before.

>

> Seeing that this problem occurred after you used Norton Ghost

> to clone your disk, it appears that Ghost actually caused it.

> I recommend you try the Ghost FAQs.

>

>

>

[Guest Usmanatron]

Re: Login Screen Doesnt show up at boot

 

Right, well I tried the article and... it didn't help.

 

In the end, I had to remove the partitions on the backup drive and

repartition it. Then Windows would show the login screen with all drives

attached.

 

Ive learned from this - Im not cloning that drive ever again (this was my

first time trying it), Ill try synchronising instead!

 

Cheers :)

 

"Usmanatron" wrote:

> Hi

>

> I decided to have a go at disconnecting all of my hard drives except the

> backup and found to my amazement that it worked! Therefore, it seems that

> this is connected to that problem in KB 249321.

>

> However, this is te oddest thing: I made 2 backups, one of Win2K and the

> other of my persona files, which is on a seperate disk. Its THIS partition,

> the one with no usage at boot time, which seems to have hung windows at boot

> time.

>

> Im going to follow the article above and see if this will fix it and post

> here if it does.

>

> Thanks for the help Pegasus

>

> "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>

> >

> > "Usmanatron" <Usmanatron@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> > news:B6DDD336-0D25-4ABB-B4F5-EA5BE0EF85F1@microsoft.com...

> > > Hi, Im having trouble getting to the login screen in my Win2K

> > > installation.

> > >

> > > Everything boots up fine, but it stops where the 'press Ctrl+Alt+Del' is

> > > supposed to come up. Instead, I just have a solid blue screen with the

> > > mouse. Ive tried all safe modes and still get the same problem.

> > > I don't really like the idea of having to reinstall Windows from scratch,

> > > so

> > > is there anything else i can do?

> > >

> > > Ive been reading around and suspect it might be something to do with

> > > userinit.exe, the one I have is: 17.3KB, modified 19/06/2003.

> > >

> > > The last thing I did was clone the hard drive (my idea of a backup) - Ive

> > > read KB article 249321 about the drive letter, but I dont think this is

> > > the

> > > same because the login screen doesnt come up at all. The cloned drive has

> > > the same problem - so much for a backup! (I used Norton Ghost, the version

> > > that came with SystemWorks 2003)

> > > I haven't installed any new updates either and I dont recall installing

> > > anything recently.

> > >

> > > Any help would be gratefully appreciated - Im willing to try anything.

> > > Thanks in advance

> > >

> > > My spec:

> > > AMD Athlon 64 3000+, Asus K8V SEDX, nVidia Geforce4 MX 440, 1.5GB RAM (if

> > > you need more info, let me know)

> >

> > As you observe correctly, the problem with userinit.exe becomes

> > apparent ***after*** you log in, not before.

> >

> > Seeing that this problem occurred after you used Norton Ghost

> > to clone your disk, it appears that Ghost actually caused it.

> > I recommend you try the Ghost FAQs.

> >

> >

> >

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: Login Screen Doesnt show up at boot

 

I have cloned countless drives without ever observing

the phenomenon you report. However, I used to use

DriveImage (PQMagic) and now DriveImage (Acronis).

 

 

"Usmanatron" <Usmanatron@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:5BBFA6C3-2C9D-448C-850D-BDD1596FF407@microsoft.com...

> Right, well I tried the article and... it didn't help.

>

> In the end, I had to remove the partitions on the backup drive and

> repartition it. Then Windows would show the login screen with all drives

> attached.

>

> Ive learned from this - Im not cloning that drive ever again (this was my

> first time trying it), Ill try synchronising instead!

>

> Cheers :)

>

> "Usmanatron" wrote:

>

>> Hi

>>

>> I decided to have a go at disconnecting all of my hard drives except the

>> backup and found to my amazement that it worked! Therefore, it seems

>> that

>> this is connected to that problem in KB 249321.

>>

>> However, this is te oddest thing: I made 2 backups, one of Win2K and the

>> other of my persona files, which is on a seperate disk. Its THIS

>> partition,

>> the one with no usage at boot time, which seems to have hung windows at

>> boot

>> time.

>>

>> Im going to follow the article above and see if this will fix it and post

>> here if it does.

>>

>> Thanks for the help Pegasus

>>

>> "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>>

>> >

>> > "Usmanatron" <Usmanatron@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> > news:B6DDD336-0D25-4ABB-B4F5-EA5BE0EF85F1@microsoft.com...

>> > > Hi, Im having trouble getting to the login screen in my Win2K

>> > > installation.

>> > >

>> > > Everything boots up fine, but it stops where the 'press Ctrl+Alt+Del'

>> > > is

>> > > supposed to come up. Instead, I just have a solid blue screen with

>> > > the

>> > > mouse. Ive tried all safe modes and still get the same problem.

>> > > I don't really like the idea of having to reinstall Windows from

>> > > scratch,

>> > > so

>> > > is there anything else i can do?

>> > >

>> > > Ive been reading around and suspect it might be something to do with

>> > > userinit.exe, the one I have is: 17.3KB, modified 19/06/2003.

>> > >

>> > > The last thing I did was clone the hard drive (my idea of a backup) -

>> > > Ive

>> > > read KB article 249321 about the drive letter, but I dont think this

>> > > is

>> > > the

>> > > same because the login screen doesnt come up at all. The cloned

>> > > drive has

>> > > the same problem - so much for a backup! (I used Norton Ghost, the

>> > > version

>> > > that came with SystemWorks 2003)

>> > > I haven't installed any new updates either and I dont recall

>> > > installing

>> > > anything recently.

>> > >

>> > > Any help would be gratefully appreciated - Im willing to try

>> > > anything.

>> > > Thanks in advance

>> > >

>> > > My spec:

>> > > AMD Athlon 64 3000+, Asus K8V SEDX, nVidia Geforce4 MX 440, 1.5GB RAM

>> > > (if

>> > > you need more info, let me know)

>> >

>> > As you observe correctly, the problem with userinit.exe becomes

>> > apparent ***after*** you log in, not before.

>> >

>> > Seeing that this problem occurred after you used Norton Ghost

>> > to clone your disk, it appears that Ghost actually caused it.

>> > I recommend you try the Ghost FAQs.

>> >

>> >

>> >

[Guest Usmanatron]

Re: Login Screen Doesnt show up at boot

 

Yeah, Ive used this many times for my Win2000 partition without any trouble

like this.

 

Oh well, at least Im back on windows! It may be an idea to look at the two

you mention.

 

Cheers

 

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

> I have cloned countless drives without ever observing

> the phenomenon you report. However, I used to use

> DriveImage (PQMagic) and now DriveImage (Acronis).

>

>

> "Usmanatron" <Usmanatron@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:5BBFA6C3-2C9D-448C-850D-BDD1596FF407@microsoft.com...

> > Right, well I tried the article and... it didn't help.

> >

> > In the end, I had to remove the partitions on the backup drive and

> > repartition it. Then Windows would show the login screen with all drives

> > attached.

> >

> > Ive learned from this - Im not cloning that drive ever again (this was my

> > first time trying it), Ill try synchronising instead!

> >

> > Cheers :)

> >

> > "Usmanatron" wrote:

> >

> >> Hi

> >>

> >> I decided to have a go at disconnecting all of my hard drives except the

> >> backup and found to my amazement that it worked! Therefore, it seems

> >> that

> >> this is connected to that problem in KB 249321.

> >>

> >> However, this is te oddest thing: I made 2 backups, one of Win2K and the

> >> other of my persona files, which is on a seperate disk. Its THIS

> >> partition,

> >> the one with no usage at boot time, which seems to have hung windows at

> >> boot

> >> time.

> >>

> >> Im going to follow the article above and see if this will fix it and post

> >> here if it does.

> >>

> >> Thanks for the help Pegasus

> >>

> >> "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

> >>

> >> >

> >> > "Usmanatron" <Usmanatron@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> >> > news:B6DDD336-0D25-4ABB-B4F5-EA5BE0EF85F1@microsoft.com...

> >> > > Hi, Im having trouble getting to the login screen in my Win2K

> >> > > installation.

> >> > >

> >> > > Everything boots up fine, but it stops where the 'press Ctrl+Alt+Del'

> >> > > is

> >> > > supposed to come up. Instead, I just have a solid blue screen with

> >> > > the

> >> > > mouse. Ive tried all safe modes and still get the same problem.

> >> > > I don't really like the idea of having to reinstall Windows from

> >> > > scratch,

> >> > > so

> >> > > is there anything else i can do?

> >> > >

> >> > > Ive been reading around and suspect it might be something to do with

> >> > > userinit.exe, the one I have is: 17.3KB, modified 19/06/2003.

> >> > >

> >> > > The last thing I did was clone the hard drive (my idea of a backup) -

> >> > > Ive

> >> > > read KB article 249321 about the drive letter, but I dont think this

> >> > > is

> >> > > the

> >> > > same because the login screen doesnt come up at all. The cloned

> >> > > drive has

> >> > > the same problem - so much for a backup! (I used Norton Ghost, the

> >> > > version

> >> > > that came with SystemWorks 2003)

> >> > > I haven't installed any new updates either and I dont recall

> >> > > installing

> >> > > anything recently.

> >> > >

> >> > > Any help would be gratefully appreciated - Im willing to try

> >> > > anything.

> >> > > Thanks in advance

> >> > >

> >> > > My spec:

> >> > > AMD Athlon 64 3000+, Asus K8V SEDX, nVidia Geforce4 MX 440, 1.5GB RAM

> >> > > (if

> >> > > you need more info, let me know)

> >> >

> >> > As you observe correctly, the problem with userinit.exe becomes

> >> > apparent ***after*** you log in, not before.

> >> >

> >> > Seeing that this problem occurred after you used Norton Ghost

> >> > to clone your disk, it appears that Ghost actually caused it.

> >> > I recommend you try the Ghost FAQs.

> >> >

> >> >

> >> >

>

>

>