Ghosted XP does not have login screen

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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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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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.

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
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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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"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?