XP login changed to NT!

29 Nov 2006 8:00 PM

Mike (uk)

I've recently set up a network at home through a router/ap.
All seemed to be going well, I could "ping" the wireless printer and laptop
from the desktop which is wired to the router. However, in [network
connections] there weren't any icons for other equipment on the local area
connection. Working through the Help and Support Center... Networking and the
web... Networking... Network components... Add a network component...
appeared to be the solution, after reading carefully I followed the
instructions on the desktop PC "- If this is a local area connection, click
Install.". Point 4 then should have been to Add either Client, Service, or
Protocol.
I never got that far! the system rebooted and came up with a black screen
and small login box in the centre (NT I assume).

The desktop PC is/was running XP pro sp2
I can login and get to the XP accounts which appears to operate in the same
way apart from unable to switch user without logout/in through above
mentioned screen.
I have tried system restore - unable to restore from 3 different previous
points.
Checked system info... software environment... environment variables shows:
OS Windows NT
various lines similar to...
TEMP %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temp NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
...amongst other things. This doesn't mean a lot to me at the moment, but
looks like it may be relevant.
Checked winhlp.com and these forums but can't find any advice on why this
happened or how to reinstate XP as it was. Any advice appreciated.

30 Nov 2006 2:28 AM

Pavel A.

Don't worry, WinXP uses the old style logon dialog
in some circumstances. It is not broken.

--PA

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"Mike (uk)" wrote:
> I've recently set up a network at home through a router/ap.
> All seemed to be going well, I could "ping" the wireless printer and laptop
> from the desktop which is wired to the router. However, in [network
> connections] there weren't any icons for other equipment on the local area
> connection. Working through the Help and Support Center... Networking and the
> web... Networking... Network components... Add a network component...
> appeared to be the solution, after reading carefully I followed the
> instructions on the desktop PC "- If this is a local area connection, click
> Install.". Point 4 then should have been to Add either Client, Service, or
> Protocol.
> I never got that far! the system rebooted and came up with a black screen
> and small login box in the centre (NT I assume).
>
> The desktop PC is/was running XP pro sp2
> I can login and get to the XP accounts which appears to operate in the same
> way apart from unable to switch user without logout/in through above
> mentioned screen.
> I have tried system restore - unable to restore from 3 different previous
> points.
> Checked system info... software environment... environment variables shows:
> OS Windows NT
> various lines similar to...
> TEMP %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temp NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
> ..amongst other things. This doesn't mean a lot to me at the moment, but
> looks like it may be relevant.
> Checked winhlp.com and these forums but can't find any advice on why this
> happened or how to reinstate XP as it was. Any advice appreciated.
>

30 Nov 2006 9:50 AM

Mike (uk)

Thanks for the response, I agree it isn't broken - but this PC is on a home
network and shared with 4 people, so the fast user switching is a function
that was very useful and I would prefer to reinstate if possible. Should I be
posting this on a different group? Mike

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"Pavel A." wrote:

> Don't worry, WinXP uses the old style logon dialog
> in some circumstances. It is not broken.
>
> --PA
>
> "Mike (uk)" wrote:
> > I've recently set up a network at home through a router/ap.
> > All seemed to be going well, I could "ping" the wireless printer and laptop
> > from the desktop which is wired to the router. However, in [network
> > connections] there weren't any icons for other equipment on the local area
> > connection. Working through the Help and Support Center... Networking and the
> > web... Networking... Network components... Add a network component...
> > appeared to be the solution, after reading carefully I followed the
> > instructions on the desktop PC "- If this is a local area connection, click
> > Install.". Point 4 then should have been to Add either Client, Service, or
> > Protocol.
> > I never got that far! the system rebooted and came up with a black screen
> > and small login box in the centre (NT I assume).
> >
> > The desktop PC is/was running XP pro sp2
> > I can login and get to the XP accounts which appears to operate in the same
> > way apart from unable to switch user without logout/in through above
> > mentioned screen.
> > I have tried system restore - unable to restore from 3 different previous
> > points.
> > Checked system info... software environment... environment variables shows:
> > OS Windows NT
> > various lines similar to...
> > TEMP %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temp NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
> > ..amongst other things. This doesn't mean a lot to me at the moment, but
> > looks like it may be relevant.
> > Checked winhlp.com and these forums but can't find any advice on why this
> > happened or how to reinstate XP as it was. Any advice appreciated.
> >

30 Nov 2006 11:59 AM

Mike (uk)

Sorry everyone, solved the logon issue - user accounts - change the way users
logon! All is back in appearance and function as before, still would like to
understand what happened at system level and if there are more corrections
required after simply following windows "help" instructions. The quest for
knowledge continues...

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"Pavel A." wrote:

> Don't worry, WinXP uses the old style logon dialog
> in some circumstances. It is not broken.
>
> --PA
>
> "Mike (uk)" wrote:
> > I've recently set up a network at home through a router/ap.
> > All seemed to be going well, I could "ping" the wireless printer and laptop
> > from the desktop which is wired to the router. However, in [network
> > connections] there weren't any icons for other equipment on the local area
> > connection. Working through the Help and Support Center... Networking and the
> > web... Networking... Network components... Add a network component...
> > appeared to be the solution, after reading carefully I followed the
> > instructions on the desktop PC "- If this is a local area connection, click
> > Install.". Point 4 then should have been to Add either Client, Service, or
> > Protocol.
> > I never got that far! the system rebooted and came up with a black screen
> > and small login box in the centre (NT I assume).
> >
> > The desktop PC is/was running XP pro sp2
> > I can login and get to the XP accounts which appears to operate in the same
> > way apart from unable to switch user without logout/in through above
> > mentioned screen.
> > I have tried system restore - unable to restore from 3 different previous
> > points.
> > Checked system info... software environment... environment variables shows:
> > OS Windows NT
> > various lines similar to...
> > TEMP %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temp NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
> > ..amongst other things. This doesn't mean a lot to me at the moment, but
> > looks like it may be relevant.
> > Checked winhlp.com and these forums but can't find any advice on why this
> > happened or how to reinstate XP as it was. Any advice appreciated.
> >

1 Dec 2006 1:39 AM

David Hettel

Have you tried starting in Safe mode and restoring from there?

Reboot your computer, as soon as you see the first windows logo start
pressing F8, you should get a menu, select Safe Mode and try restoring from
there.

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"Mike (uk)" <Mik***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9C61E93B-32F3-4288-BD65-D18A11763078@microsoft.com...
> I've recently set up a network at home through a router/ap.
> All seemed to be going well, I could "ping" the wireless printer and
> laptop
> from the desktop which is wired to the router. However, in [network
> connections] there weren't any icons for other equipment on the local area
> connection. Working through the Help and Support Center... Networking and
> the
> web... Networking... Network components... Add a network component...
> appeared to be the solution, after reading carefully I followed the
> instructions on the desktop PC "- If this is a local area connection,
> click
> Install.". Point 4 then should have been to Add either Client, Service, or
> Protocol.
> I never got that far! the system rebooted and came up with a black screen
> and small login box in the centre (NT I assume).
>
> The desktop PC is/was running XP pro sp2
> I can login and get to the XP accounts which appears to operate in the
> same
> way apart from unable to switch user without logout/in through above
> mentioned screen.
> I have tried system restore - unable to restore from 3 different previous
> points.
> Checked system info... software environment... environment variables
> shows:
> OS Windows NT
> various lines similar to...
> TEMP %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temp NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
> ..amongst other things. This doesn't mean a lot to me at the moment, but
> looks like it may be relevant.
> Checked winhlp.com and these forums but can't find any advice on why this
> happened or how to reinstate XP as it was. Any advice appreciated.
>