Logged off Immediately after Logging on

I posted this problem here because I get an access denied when trying to log on to the problematic computer's registry from an XP Pro Machine on the same workgroup. Please read below for my original problem.

I have Windows XP Home PC that logs off as soon as I log on. It does this with all users even in Safe mode. I read another newsgroup thread that refers to making a change in the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\Current Version\Winlogon\Userinit:Reg_SZ:C:\WINNT\system32 \userinit.exe. I tried to connect to the registry from the registry editor of a WinXP Pro computer and I keep getting authentication failures. I have both machines on the same workgroup but I can't even map a drive to the XP Home machine let alone get to the registry. I even tried to map to the ICS$ share first.

HELP!
--
Dave

You need credentials (username/password) with administrative rights on the
machine you are trying to connect to.

Ovidiu Popa
MVP

"DavidMCSE" <DavidMCSE@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B9828490-10BA-4077-9F46-76EEA0EA15D3@microsoft.com...
> I posted this problem here because I get an access denied when trying to
log on to the problematic computer's registry from an XP Pro Machine on the
same workgroup. Please read below for my original problem.
>
> I have Windows XP Home PC that logs off as soon as I log on. It does this
with all users even in Safe mode. I read another newsgroup thread that
refers to making a change in the registry key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\Current
Version\Winlogon\Userinit:Reg_SZ:C:\WINNT\system32 \userinit.exe. I tried to
connect to the registry from the registry editor of a WinXP Pro computer and
I keep getting authentication failures. I have both machines on the same
workgroup but I can't even map a drive to the XP Home machine let alone get
to the registry. I even tried to map to the ICS$ share first.
>
> HELP!
> --
> Dave

Thanks for the reply. I did try to log on with the administrator account and all local accounts with administrative priveledges on that computer. I get access denied every time even though I am absolutely positive I'm using the correct username/password.
--
Dave


"Ovidiu Popa" wrote:

> You need credentials (username/password) with administrative rights on the
> machine you are trying to connect to.
>
> Ovidiu Popa
> MVP
>
> "DavidMCSE" <DavidMCSE@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B9828490-10BA-4077-9F46-76EEA0EA15D3@microsoft.com...
> > I posted this problem here because I get an access denied when trying to
> log on to the problematic computer's registry from an XP Pro Machine on the
> same workgroup. Please read below for my original problem.
> >
> > I have Windows XP Home PC that logs off as soon as I log on. It does this
> with all users even in Safe mode. I read another newsgroup thread that
> refers to making a change in the registry key
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\Current
> Version\Winlogon\Userinit:Reg_SZ:C:\WINNT\system32 \userinit.exe. I tried to
> connect to the registry from the registry editor of a WinXP Pro computer and
> I keep getting authentication failures. I have both machines on the same
> workgroup but I can't even map a drive to the XP Home machine let alone get
> to the registry. I even tried to map to the ICS$ share first.
> >
> > HELP!
> > --
> > Dave
>
>
>

Any other suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks!
--
Dave


"DavidMCSE" wrote:

> Thanks for the reply. I did try to log on with the administrator account and all local accounts with administrative priveledges on that computer. I get access denied every time even though I am absolutely positive I'm using the correct username/password.
> --
> Dave
>
>
> "Ovidiu Popa" wrote:
>
> > You need credentials (username/password) with administrative rights on the
> > machine you are trying to connect to.
> >
> > Ovidiu Popa
> > MVP
> >
> > "DavidMCSE" <DavidMCSE@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:B9828490-10BA-4077-9F46-76EEA0EA15D3@microsoft.com...
> > > I posted this problem here because I get an access denied when trying to
> > log on to the problematic computer's registry from an XP Pro Machine on the
> > same workgroup. Please read below for my original problem.
> > >
> > > I have Windows XP Home PC that logs off as soon as I log on. It does this
> > with all users even in Safe mode. I read another newsgroup thread that
> > refers to making a change in the registry key
> > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\Current
> > Version\Winlogon\Userinit:Reg_SZ:C:\WINNT\system32 \userinit.exe. I tried to
> > connect to the registry from the registry editor of a WinXP Pro computer and
> > I keep getting authentication failures. I have both machines on the same
> > workgroup but I can't even map a drive to the XP Home machine let alone get
> > to the registry. I even tried to map to the ICS$ share first.
> > >
> > > HELP!
> > > --
> > > Dave
> >
> >
> >