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More info?)
Thanks Malke, but this didn't solve my problem. It's still doing the same
thing. Any other ideas?
"Malke" wrote:
> Rox wrote:
>
> > Thanks for your reply Carey but your suggestion didn't work. The
> > weird thing
> > is that when I click on the name, the password box does not come up.
> > It momentarily flickers to the desktop and then it goes back to where
> > you have
> > to click to sign in. I managed to get to the password pop up screen
> > by
> > pressing ctrl+alt+delete. Could this be some sort of virus as we
> > never set a password on the computer to begin with.
>
> Some people have experienced this problem after installing recent
> Windows Updates. Restart the computer and repeatedly tap the F8 key as
> it is starting up. Choose "Last Known Good Configuration". Sacrifice a
> goat (or tofu if you are a vegetarian). This should get you into
> regular mode where you can uninstall the latest updates. Look in Event
> Viewer to see which ones they were.
>
> Malke
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