bertiebucket wrote:

This may be easy for someone to sort out for me. i have Windows XP
Professional. I have a password that windows asks me for when I switch
the computer on, fine then I go to my usual desktop, then while I'm
online a windows update is downloaded and then it asks me to restart
my computerto install the update, so far so good, after the computer
has restarted, now this is where the problem is, it doesn't recognise
the password, si I have to restart the computer and press F8 to go
back to last known good configuration, where the compuetr recognises
my password and everything is fine again........until I get an update
and go through the same commotion again, and as I have to always go
back to last known good configuration my computer never gets any
updates installed. Any idea why it doesn't recognise my password after
an update is installed, its driving me BARMY. Thanks

This *may* be caused by Update KB885835. As you've discovered, booting
to Last Known Good Configuration gets you in. In most cases, this has
solved the problem and it isn't necessary to remove the update. In your
case, I'd try uninstalling that update and not reinstalling it and see
if that fixes things.

Malke
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