One of my users has an XP Pro system on a Dell Inspiron 5100. They called me up the other day to say the computer would come up to where the logon screen should appear and then just stays there. The mouse appears and works but it's like it's waiting for the logon dialog to come up and it never seems to. There is some activity on the hard drive but up to that point the startup process is not THAT slow or anything and I have waited 10-15 minutes and the logon screen never appears. The color of the screen is the same as what their background is. I have tried Safe Mode and the same thing happens except the screen is black with the Safe Mode in the corners of the screen. No logon appears. I have done a lot of research and can't find any information. I tried a repair using the XP CD but the same problem persisted. I tried a:
copy userinit.exe wsaupdater.exe
in Recovery Mode as per an article I found with a similar problem but to no avail.
I tired a fixboot in Recovery Mode.
I tried a chkdsk in Recovery Mode.
Still not working.
Anyone have a similar issue that they found a solution for. Otherwise I guess I just redo the system. Grrr!
copy userinit.exe wsaupdater.exe
in Recovery Mode as per an article I found with a similar problem but to no avail.
I tired a fixboot in Recovery Mode.
I tried a chkdsk in Recovery Mode.
Still not working.
Anyone have a similar issue that they found a solution for. Otherwise I guess I just redo the system. Grrr!