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[Guest Ron]

My wife was watching Oprah's webcast last night and our computer totally

froze. So I manually turned it off as I could not do anything including shut

down. Now, when I boot up, I get to the multiple users login page, but the

system does not allow any users to login beyond that point. We do not have

any passwords on the user accounts so it used to just start up when you would

click on any of the user names. Any suggestions would be greatly

appreciated. Thanks.

[Guest Malke]

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Ron wrote:

> My wife was watching Oprah's webcast last night and our computer totally

> froze. So I manually turned it off as I could not do anything including

> shut

> down. Now, when I boot up, I get to the multiple users login page, but

> the

> system does not allow any users to login beyond that point. We do not

> have any passwords on the user accounts so it used to just start up when

> you would

> click on any of the user names. Any suggestions would be greatly

> appreciated. Thanks.

 

Can you get into Safe Mode? To do this, repeatedly tap the F8 key as the

computer is starting up. Use the keyboard to select Safe Mode since the

mouse won't work here.

 

If you can't get into Safe Mode, from the same menu try Last Known Good

Configuration. If that doesn't work, the sudden lockup may have been caused

by failing hardware and not software at all. Unfortunately, there is no way

for me to accurately diagnose this from a newsgroup post. You'd be best off

taking the machine to a qualified computer professional in that case. This

will not be someone from BigComputerStore/GeekSquad.

 

Malke

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[Guest Bob]

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It's punishment for watching New Age crap.

 

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

news:7CE28E66-F72D-4CBC-8770-A8DE31E765AF@microsoft.com...

> My wife was watching Oprah's webcast last night and our computer totally

> froze. So I manually turned it off as I could not do anything including

> shut

> down. Now, when I boot up, I get to the multiple users login page, but

> the

> system does not allow any users to login beyond that point. We do not

> have

> any passwords on the user accounts so it used to just start up when you

> would

> click on any of the user names. Any suggestions would be greatly

> appreciated. Thanks.

[Guest Colin Barnhorst]

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I agree with Malke, use Last Known Good Configuration from the Advanced Boot

Options Menu.

 

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

news:7CE28E66-F72D-4CBC-8770-A8DE31E765AF@microsoft.com...

> My wife was watching Oprah's webcast last night and our computer totally

> froze. So I manually turned it off as I could not do anything including

> shut

> down. Now, when I boot up, I get to the multiple users login page, but

> the

> system does not allow any users to login beyond that point. We do not

> have

> any passwords on the user accounts so it used to just start up when you

> would

> click on any of the user names. Any suggestions would be greatly

> appreciated. Thanks.