I have Vista Basic and purchased an Ultimate upgrade.
I performed the upgrade and everything went okay except for one thing.
When everything was done the computer boots to the login screen but there is
not login available. Only a button in the lower left for changing things
like easier visability or onscreen keyboard and the shutdown button in the
lower right.
"perry" <perry@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:181744A3-BC23-4C66-BE4A-263D80734AA2@microsoft.com...
>I have Vista Basic and purchased an Ultimate upgrade.
> I performed the upgrade and everything went okay except for one thing.
> When everything was done the computer boots to the login screen but there
> is
> not login available. Only a button in the lower left for changing things
> like easier visability or onscreen keyboard and the shutdown button in the
> lower right.
>
> NOTHING ELSE. No login area.
>
>
I remembered about Safe Mode after I posted this. If I boot up in safe mode
then I do receive the login prompt and icon. I then rebooted to see if by
chance the issue had corrected itself. It didn't. After a normal boot the
login window is still missing a login prompt and icon.
"Rick Rogers" wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Very odd.... Does the same thing occur if you hit F8 at boot and go to Safe
> mode? Does ctrl+shift+escape or ctrl+alt+delete bring up Task Manager?
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "perry" <perry@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:181744A3-BC23-4C66-BE4A-263D80734AA2@microsoft.com...
> >I have Vista Basic and purchased an Ultimate upgrade.
> > I performed the upgrade and everything went okay except for one thing.
> > When everything was done the computer boots to the login screen but there
> > is
> > not login available. Only a button in the lower left for changing things
> > like easier visability or onscreen keyboard and the shutdown button in the
> > lower right.
> >
> > NOTHING ELSE. No login area.
> >
> >
>
>
Additional Info.
I was also able to boot into safe mode with networking.
I removed the user acount password and turned off User Account Control and
tried a normal reboot but no change in the results.
This is a Dell computer I just bought with Vista Basic. I purchased an
Ultimate upgrade and when I installed, since I was not connectted to the
internet, I believe it asked to activate the upgrade which I would have
responded to activate later.
It does not asked me to activate in safe mode.
"Rick Rogers" wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Very odd.... Does the same thing occur if you hit F8 at boot and go to Safe
> mode? Does ctrl+shift+escape or ctrl+alt+delete bring up Task Manager?
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "perry" <perry@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:181744A3-BC23-4C66-BE4A-263D80734AA2@microsoft.com...
> >I have Vista Basic and purchased an Ultimate upgrade.
> > I performed the upgrade and everything went okay except for one thing.
> > When everything was done the computer boots to the login screen but there
> > is
> > not login available. Only a button in the lower left for changing things
> > like easier visability or onscreen keyboard and the shutdown button in the
> > lower right.
> >
> > NOTHING ELSE. No login area.
> >
> >
>
>
One more thing I forgot.
Neither Ctl-Alt-Del nor Ctl-Shift-Esc will bring up the task manager.
"Rick Rogers" wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Very odd.... Does the same thing occur if you hit F8 at boot and go to Safe
> mode? Does ctrl+shift+escape or ctrl+alt+delete bring up Task Manager?
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "perry" <perry@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:181744A3-BC23-4C66-BE4A-263D80734AA2@microsoft.com...
> >I have Vista Basic and purchased an Ultimate upgrade.
> > I performed the upgrade and everything went okay except for one thing.
> > When everything was done the computer boots to the login screen but there
> > is
> > not login available. Only a button in the lower left for changing things
> > like easier visability or onscreen keyboard and the shutdown button in the
> > lower right.
> >
> > NOTHING ELSE. No login area.
> >
> >
>
>
"perry" <perry@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E350D07F-411F-4AF8-9A53-2EF5BB4D6EAD@microsoft.com...
> One more thing I forgot.
> Neither Ctl-Alt-Del nor Ctl-Shift-Esc will bring up the task manager.
>
>
> "Rick Rogers" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Very odd.... Does the same thing occur if you hit F8 at boot and go to
>> Safe
>> mode? Does ctrl+shift+escape or ctrl+alt+delete bring up Task Manager?
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>>
>> "perry" <perry@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:181744A3-BC23-4C66-BE4A-263D80734AA2@microsoft.com...
>> >I have Vista Basic and purchased an Ultimate upgrade.
>> > I performed the upgrade and everything went okay except for one thing.
>> > When everything was done the computer boots to the login screen but
>> > there
>> > is
>> > not login available. Only a button in the lower left for changing
>> > things
>> > like easier visability or onscreen keyboard and the shutdown button in
>> > the
>> > lower right.
>> >
>> > NOTHING ELSE. No login area.
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
On Oct 10, 7:20 pm, "Rick Rogers" <r...@mvps.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> From safe mode, run msconfig and put it in diagnostic mode. Then restart
> normally and see if the logon appears.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVPhttp://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help -www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughtshttp://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "perry" <pe...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>
> news:E350D07F-411F-4AF8-9A53-2EF5BB4D6EAD@microsoft.com...
>
>
>
> > One more thing I forgot.
> > Neither Ctl-Alt-Del nor Ctl-Shift-Esc will bring up the task manager.
>
> > "Rick Rogers" wrote:
>
> >> Hi,
>
> >> Very odd.... Does the same thing occur if you hit F8 at boot and go to
> >> Safe
> >> mode? Does ctrl+shift+escape or ctrl+alt+delete bring up Task Manager?
>
> >> --
> >> Best of Luck,
>
> >> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> >>http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> >> Windows help -www.rickrogers.org
> >> My thoughtshttp://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> >> "perry" <pe...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >>news:181744A3-BC23-4C66-BE4A-263D80734AA2@microsoft.com...
> >> >I haveVistaBasic and purchased an Ultimateupgrade.
> >> > I performed theupgradeand everything went okay except for one thing.
> >> > When everything was done the computer boots to theloginscreen but
> >> > there
> >> > is
> >> > notloginavailable. Only a button in the lower left for changing
> >> > things
> >> > like easier visability or onscreen keyboard and the shutdown button in
> >> > the
> >> > lower right.
>
> >> > NOTHING ELSE. Nologinarea.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
Rick,
I would like to jump on this discussion. I am having the same
problem. This was an upgrade from Home Premium, but that is the only
difference. If I use safe mode (with networking support), I am able to
login. I've tried your suggestion about diagnostic mode and it didn't
help. I still had the screen with only the buttons in the lower right
and left corners.
<dlylester@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1192635598.585783.311090@z24g2000prh.googlegr oups.com...
> On Oct 10, 7:20 pm, "Rick Rogers" <r...@mvps.org> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> From safe mode, run msconfig and put it in diagnostic mode. Then restart
>> normally and see if the logon appears.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft
>> MVPhttp://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Windows help -www.rickrogers.org
>> My thoughtshttp://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>>
>> "perry" <pe...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:E350D07F-411F-4AF8-9A53-2EF5BB4D6EAD@microsoft.com...
>>
>>
>>
>> > One more thing I forgot.
>> > Neither Ctl-Alt-Del nor Ctl-Shift-Esc will bring up the task manager.
>>
>> > "Rick Rogers" wrote:
>>
>> >> Hi,
>>
>> >> Very odd.... Does the same thing occur if you hit F8 at boot and go to
>> >> Safe
>> >> mode? Does ctrl+shift+escape or ctrl+alt+delete bring up Task Manager?
>>
>> >> --
>> >> Best of Luck,
>>
>> >> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> >>http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> >> Windows help -www.rickrogers.org
>> >> My thoughtshttp://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>>
>> >> "perry" <pe...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >>news:181744A3-BC23-4C66-BE4A-263D80734AA2@microsoft.com...
>> >> >I haveVistaBasic and purchased an Ultimateupgrade.
>> >> > I performed theupgradeand everything went okay except for one thing.
>> >> > When everything was done the computer boots to theloginscreen but
>> >> > there
>> >> > is
>> >> > notloginavailable. Only a button in the lower left for changing
>> >> > things
>> >> > like easier visability or onscreen keyboard and the shutdown button
>> >> > in
>> >> > the
>> >> > lower right.
>>
>> >> > NOTHING ELSE. Nologinarea.- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
> Rick,
>
> I would like to jump on this discussion. I am having the same
> problem. This was an upgrade from Home Premium, but that is the only
> difference. If I use safe mode (with networking support), I am able to
> login. I've tried your suggestion about diagnostic mode and it didn't
> help. I still had the screen with only the buttons in the lower right
> and left corners.
>
> Help,
> David
>
On Oct 17, 7:14 pm, "Rick Rogers" <r...@mvps.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Some background on what is happening on your system would help.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVPhttp://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help -www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughtshttp://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> <dlyles...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:1192635598.585783.311090@z24g2000prh.googlegr oups.com...
>
> > On Oct 10, 7:20 pm, "Rick Rogers" <r...@mvps.org> wrote:
> >> Hi,
>
> >> From safe mode, run msconfig and put it in diagnostic mode. Then restart
> >> normally and see if the logon appears.
>
> >> --
> >> Best of Luck,
>
> >> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft
> >> MVPhttp://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> >> Windows help -www.rickrogers.org
> >> My thoughtshttp://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> >> "perry" <pe...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>
> >>news:E350D07F-411F-4AF8-9A53-2EF5BB4D6EAD@microsoft.com...
>
> >> > One more thing I forgot.
> >> > Neither Ctl-Alt-Del nor Ctl-Shift-Esc will bring up the task manager.
>
> >> > "Rick Rogers" wrote:
>
> >> >> Hi,
>
> >> >> Very odd.... Does the same thing occur if you hit F8 at boot and go to
> >> >> Safe
> >> >> mode? Does ctrl+shift+escape or ctrl+alt+delete bring up Task Manager?
>
> >> >> --
> >> >> Best of Luck,
>
> >> >> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> >> >>http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> >> >> Windows help -www.rickrogers.org
> >> >> My thoughtshttp://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> >> >> "perry" <pe...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> >>news:181744A3-BC23-4C66-BE4A-263D80734AA2@microsoft.com...
> >> >> >I haveVistaBasic and purchased an Ultimateupgrade.
> >> >> > I performed theupgradeand everything went okay except for one thing.
> >> >> > When everything was done the computer boots to theloginscreen but
> >> >> > there
> >> >> > is
> >> >> > notloginavailable. Only a button in the lower left for changing
> >> >> > things
> >> >> > like easier visability or onscreen keyboard and the shutdown button
> >> >> > in
> >> >> > the
> >> >> > lower right.
>
> >> >> > NOTHING ELSE. Nologinarea.- Hide quoted text -
>
> >> - Show quoted text -
>
> > Rick,
>
> > I would like to jump on this discussion. I am having the same
> > problem. This was an upgrade from Home Premium, but that is the only
> > difference. If I use safe mode (with networking support), I am able to
> >login. I've tried your suggestion about diagnostic mode and it didn't
> > help. I still had the screen with only the buttons in the lower right
> > and left corners.
>
> > Help,
> > David
Hey,
The system was running Vista Home Premium just fine, but I wanted to
upgrade to Ultimate. The upgrade went smoothly until the final
reboot. Now, when I start normally, I get a blank login screen with
the yellowish, greenish background with only 2 buttons. The one in
the lower left for changing things like easier visibility or on screen
keyboard and the shutdown button in the lower right.
I can hit CTRL-ALT-DEL and CTRL-SHIFT-ESC all day long, but nothing
happens.
I am able to boot into safe mode (even with networking support). I
tried to use msconfig and reboot in diagnostic mode as you suggested,
but I didn't get anywhere with that and could only get in by using
safe mode.
I have data I really don't want to lose, but I can't use my USB drives
and can't burn a DVD and at this point I am totally stumped.
I've been searching and found a possible match with a problem with
NVida drivers. I removed the display from device manager and it was
reloaded the next boot into safe mode. I set the user accounts to log
in automatically as one user hoping that would bypass the screen, but
it didn't and I got nowhere.
I hope this is the background you need ...
Thanks,
David
On Oct 18, 2:48 pm, dlyles...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Oct 17, 7:14 pm, "Rick Rogers" <r...@mvps.org> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hi,
>
> > Some background on what is happening on your system would help.
>
> > --
> > Best of Luck,
>
> > Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVPhttp://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> > Windows help -www.rickrogers.org
> > My thoughtshttp://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> > <dlyles...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> >news:1192635598.585783.311090@z24g2000prh.googleg roups.com...
>
> > > On Oct 10, 7:20 pm, "Rick Rogers" <r...@mvps.org> wrote:
> > >> Hi,
>
> > >> From safe mode, run msconfig and put it in diagnostic mode. Then restart
> > >> normally and see if the logon appears.
>
> > >> --
> > >> Best of Luck,
>
> > >> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft
> > >> MVPhttp://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> > >> Windows help -www.rickrogers.org
> > >> My thoughtshttp://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> > >> "perry" <pe...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>
> > >>news:E350D07F-411F-4AF8-9A53-2EF5BB4D6EAD@microsoft.com...
>
> > >> > One more thing I forgot.
> > >> > Neither Ctl-Alt-Del nor Ctl-Shift-Esc will bring up the task manager.
>
> > >> > "Rick Rogers" wrote:
>
> > >> >> Hi,
>
> > >> >> Very odd.... Does the same thing occur if you hit F8 at boot and go to
> > >> >> Safe
> > >> >> mode? Does ctrl+shift+escape or ctrl+alt+delete bring up Task Manager?
>
> > >> >> --
> > >> >> Best of Luck,
>
> > >> >> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> > >> >>http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> > >> >> Windows help -www.rickrogers.org
> > >> >> My thoughtshttp://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> > >> >> "perry" <pe...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > >> >>news:181744A3-BC23-4C66-BE4A-263D80734AA2@microsoft.com...
> > >> >> >I haveVistaBasic and purchased an Ultimateupgrade.
> > >> >> > I performed theupgradeand everything went okay except for one thing.
> > >> >> > When everything was done the computer boots to theloginscreen but
> > >> >> > there
> > >> >> > is
> > >> >> > notloginavailable. Only a button in the lower left for changing
> > >> >> > things
> > >> >> > like easier visability or onscreen keyboard and the shutdown button
> > >> >> > in
> > >> >> > the
> > >> >> > lower right.
>
> > >> >> > NOTHING ELSE. Nologinarea.- Hide quoted text -
>
> > >> - Show quoted text -
>
> > > Rick,
>
> > > I would like to jump on this discussion. I am having the same
> > > problem. This was anupgradefrom Home Premium, but that is the only
> > > difference. If I use safe mode (with networking support), I am able to
> > >login. I've tried your suggestion about diagnostic mode and it didn't
> > > help. I still had thescreenwith only the buttons in the lower right
> > > and left corners.
>
> > > Help,
> > > David
>
> Hey,
>
> The system was runningVistaHome Premium just fine, but I wanted toupgradeto Ultimate. Theupgradewent smoothly until the final
> reboot. Now, when I start normally, I get a blankloginscreenwith
> the yellowish, greenish background with only 2 buttons. The one in
> the lower left for changing things like easier visibility or onscreen
> keyboard and the shutdown button in the lower right.
>
> I can hit CTRL-ALT-DEL and CTRL-SHIFT-ESC all day long, but nothing
> happens.
>
> I am able to boot into safe mode (even with networking support). I
> tried to use msconfig and reboot in diagnostic mode as you suggested,
> but I didn't get anywhere with that and could only get in by using
> safe mode.
>
> I have data I really don't want to lose, but I can't use my USB drives
> and can't burn a DVD and at this point I am totally stumped.
>
> I've been searching and found a possible match with a problem with
> NVida drivers. I removed the display from device manager and it was
> reloaded the next boot into safe mode. I set the user accounts to log
> in automatically as one user hoping that would bypass thescreen, but
> it didn't and I got nowhere.
>
> I hope this is the background you need ...
> Thanks,
> David
I have given up. After hours on the phone with Microsoft tech support
pointing the finger at Anytime Upgrade and Anytime Upgrade pointing to
Microsoft's tech support. I am going to nuke the computer and have
begun the process to get a refund of the $$ dumped into this bad
upgrade. I was able to connect the system to our network and move all
the pertinant files to another computer on the network.
-David
After Upgrade... login is now missing. 
Linear Mode
