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[Solved] Logon process initialization failure Win 7

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marty759   11-02-2009 at 08:08:53 PM

Hi There,
I tried upgrading Windows 7 Home Premium over Vista Home Premium yesterday and it almost finished but I got this error box that came up just before it was finished installing. The box said Logon Process Initialization Failure. See event log. When I clicked ok the sreen went black and nothing happened. I checked the event log after I rolled back the installation and it never showed anything related to the installation. Before I gave up on the installation I tried holding down F8 and it gave me a choice of running a repair but that never worked either. I really want to experience Windows 7 but unfortunately have hit a road block. Has anyone got any ideas to fix this problem?? Right now I have Windows Vista Home Premium with Service Pack 2 installed. Would Windows 7 not like Service Pack 2 by chance??

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I would recomend skipping the upgrade and going for a clean install. make sure the HDD is formatted first to get rid of the old OS files.
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ulysses35   11-02-2009 at 10:05:26 PM
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I would recomend skipping the upgrade and going for a clean install. make sure the HDD is formatted first to get rid of the old OS files.

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marty759   11-03-2009 at 11:06:25 PM

I agree with the answer above but I would rather not do a clean install as I have bought the Windows 7 upgrade already and have alot of programs and software installed on my Windows Vista HDD. There must be a solution other than above even though Windows 7 has only been out a short while. Perhaps someone may have ran into this problem with the Beta version of Windows 7.... maybe?? Any Help would be very much appreciated :)


Message edited by marty759 on 11-03-2009 at 11:53:06 PM
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marty759   11-11-2009 at 02:01:59 AM

I finally got this to work after I uninstalled my Online Armor Firewall and disabled my Password in Windows Vista. Also I shut down my antivirus and went into msconfig and disabled some more programs in there so they could not start until after the installation was complete. But now I have another problem. My internet keeps disconnecting. I have started a new post above and this post can be closed or left here in case someone else runs into the same problem.

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