Bob J
December 24th 03, 03:29 PM
Get into Control Panel click on Display and go to
Appearance tab and then click on Effects button. Be sure
the Use large icons check box is not checked... if it is
un-check it.
>-----Original Message-----
>Out of nowhere I am having problems with XP. Last night a
>window popped up asking me to log on to something
>called "Logon IU". I cancelled it and have had problems
>since. I have no idea what this was. It's never happened
>before. Then when trying to shut down, I got error report
>after error report about this "Logon IU". Then when it
>finally started shutting down, some strange XP window
>popped up to show the shut down process. NOt the normal
>shut down messages. Then it froze. I was unable to shut
>the computer down and had to cut the power supply. When I
>restarted a similar window came up then asked me for a
>password. Our computer has never been password protected
>and we've never had this process happen during start up. I
>was able to bypass the psswd. When Windows finally loaded,
>all icons/fonts are enlarged, as if it is in some sort of
>modified startup. I went to msconfig and it was set
>to "normal startup" so I applied it again and rebooted. No
>change. Meanwhile I'm still getting these error reports
>about the "logon IU". At one point I got a MS "crash
>analysis" window that said I was having problems with
>Intel graphics and needed a driver patch. Did that. Then I
>went to MS and downloaded Service Pack 1A as well as other
>updates. "Logon IU" problem seems to be gone and XP is
>shutting down/starting up normally except for the enlarged
>font/icon thing.
>
>Anyone know what's happening here? Am I still in some sort
>of recovery startup or what? Does anyone know anything
>about this "logon IU" thing?
>
>I would LOVE any help or information anyone has!! Thank
>you!
>~Annie
>.
>
Appearance tab and then click on Effects button. Be sure
the Use large icons check box is not checked... if it is
un-check it.
>-----Original Message-----
>Out of nowhere I am having problems with XP. Last night a
>window popped up asking me to log on to something
>called "Logon IU". I cancelled it and have had problems
>since. I have no idea what this was. It's never happened
>before. Then when trying to shut down, I got error report
>after error report about this "Logon IU". Then when it
>finally started shutting down, some strange XP window
>popped up to show the shut down process. NOt the normal
>shut down messages. Then it froze. I was unable to shut
>the computer down and had to cut the power supply. When I
>restarted a similar window came up then asked me for a
>password. Our computer has never been password protected
>and we've never had this process happen during start up. I
>was able to bypass the psswd. When Windows finally loaded,
>all icons/fonts are enlarged, as if it is in some sort of
>modified startup. I went to msconfig and it was set
>to "normal startup" so I applied it again and rebooted. No
>change. Meanwhile I'm still getting these error reports
>about the "logon IU". At one point I got a MS "crash
>analysis" window that said I was having problems with
>Intel graphics and needed a driver patch. Did that. Then I
>went to MS and downloaded Service Pack 1A as well as other
>updates. "Logon IU" problem seems to be gone and XP is
>shutting down/starting up normally except for the enlarged
>font/icon thing.
>
>Anyone know what's happening here? Am I still in some sort
>of recovery startup or what? Does anyone know anything
>about this "logon IU" thing?
>
>I would LOVE any help or information anyone has!! Thank
>you!
>~Annie
>.
>