We have a station running XP Pro that will no longer complete the start up
process.  It boots to a slightly distorted, discolored Welcome Screen with
all user names displayed.  However, just as one has entered the matching
user & password and the personal settings are loading, it commences the Log
Off process.  The result is similar when booting in Safe Mode or even when
booting from a XP Pro boot disk rather than the HDD.  Hence, we can no
longer access it.  No telling if this is caused by a hardware
disappointment, by a WinXP Pro problem, or a virus.

So, we tried changing the boot sequence to CD-ROM first and booting from the
Dell System Restore disk with the same result.

Does anyone have an explanation or cure.

Thomas J. Holmes, Jr.
Thomas J. Holmes, Jr., P.C.
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