Ghosted XP does not have login screen

[InsomniaKev]

I ghosted XP to a larger drive.
But when XP boots up it stops before the login screen and just stays
there.

Any guesses?
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[GSV Three Minds in a Can]

Bitstring >, from the wonderful person
InsomniaKev > said
>I ghosted XP to a larger drive.
>But when XP boots up it stops before the login screen and just stays
>there.
>
>Any guesses?

1) Will it boot in safe mode (hit F8 after the BIOS finishes)?

2) Try a 'logged' boot (from same F8 point), so you can see exactly what
was loading at the point it stops.

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[InsomniaKev]

GSV Three Minds in a Can wrote:
>
> Bitstring >, from the wonderful person
> InsomniaKev > said
> >I ghosted XP to a larger drive.
> >But when XP boots up it stops before the login screen and just stays
> >there.
> >
> >Any guesses?
>
> 1) Will it boot in safe mode (hit F8 after the BIOS finishes)?

yes but no login screen.

> 2) Try a 'logged' boot (from same F8 point), so you can see exactly what
> was loading at the point it stops.

all is well. the first thing i did was ghost xp to a file on another
system. so even though ghosting from one drive to the other did not work
the ghost file did.

[Tony Marston]

I had a similar problem when I ghosted my copy of XP onto another drive. The
error message I got was
A problem is preventing Windows from accurately checking the license for
this computer. Error code: 0x80070002.

If you search this newsgroup for that error code you should see some
solutions.



Tony Marston



"InsomniaKev" > wrote in message
...
> I ghosted XP to a larger drive.
> But when XP boots up it stops before the login screen and just stays
> there.
>
> Any guesses?
> --
>
> Remove the _ when replying directly

[Alan Tyler]

<re-sorted for continuity>
> "Steve" > wrote in message
> . net...
> > Hi all. All of a sudden my computer opens up to a log in screen, with
only
> > my account listed. I have to click on my name to open windows. I'm
running
> > XP Professional. I do see another user in the Control Panel, called
> ASP.Net
> > Machine A, which was never there before. I realize I can delete this
user.
> > Does anyone know why I have to login all of a sudden, and how this other
> > user got there? And how I can turn this login screen off? I'm used to
just
> > having Windows open to my account, which btw is the only one I set up
> here.
> > Thanks in advance.
> >

>"Steve" > wrote in message
. net...
> Ok, I was able to get rid of it by deleting the other account. Strange
since
> that account was not up on the screeen for selection to login. Strange
also
> since I don't know where it came from. I did a search for "ASP.Net" and
got
> some info on it. But I'll be dammed if I know how it became a user on my
> machine. Oh well.
>

I've just had exactly the same problem on my machine. Suddenly I was
introduced to the login screen after a recently installed windows 'security'
update. (I shall post further details when I find them). Could this be a
potential loophole in windows that somebody has managed to get through via a
trojan or other method? I've had no warnings from Norton Antivirus/Norton
Internet Security. I have also deleted the ASP.net account. I now wonder if
this was a wise move.

I also recently have a problem with 'Windows messenger ' popup adverts which
I investigated via google. I discovered that there is a security/networking
loophole in WinXP and wonder if this could be connected? To solve it I had
to re-enable the built in WinXP firewall on my (ADSL) connection. I believed
NIS would cover this form of attack but discovered the WinXP built-in
firewall is the only remedy. I also did as recommended and stopped/disabled
'messenger' in Admin Tools/Services.

I cross post this to the (hopefully) relevent groups in the hope that
somebody may be able to help a 'novice' (I have been using a standalone
windows PC for years, but security has only really been a major issue since
I installed ADSL, which I've now had for nearly a year without problems
until around a week ago). As this was the only example I could find of this
problem I wonder if it may be rare and/or unrecognised and perhaps this will
make other users aware of a potential problem.
Can any networking gurus out there spread any light on this?