I have a bad WinXP Logon/Logoff Loop

[Catfan67]

Hello, everybody, I am having major trouble logging on to my Windows XP computer. I am running Windows XP Professional Build 2600 with Service Pack 3 on an MPC model D865GLC-HYB and serial number 3766121-0001. The problem is as follows: Whenever I boot Windows XP to Safe Mode or normally (essentially with any setting), I enter an account but it says "Logging on...Loading your personal settings...*shows cursor and desktop background*...Logging off...Saving your settings... and I am taken back to the login screen. There are three problems with the solutions I have read, the first being that I don't have an installation disk or WinXP CD of any form, the second that I can't get onto the computer from either my HP Windows 7 Desktop or my HP Windows 10 Laptop (I've tried RegEdit), and the third being that I don't know the computer's name or IP as it's been years since I used it successfully (I've packed it away for said years due to my newer computer(s)). Regarding the second issue, I don't think the computer is on the network and about the third, the computer's name is shown when it says "Turn off ________" if my personal experience is correct. Does anyone have a solution for me now or am I doomed to a failed computer?

(Update 1/17/17: I found a solution from somewhere a long time ago. Sadly, I don't remember exactly where. Thanks anyway.)

 

[peter0188]

If you dont have the installation cd, theres no hope of fixing the problem. If you want to save valuable data on the hard drive, remove it, buy a hard-drive docking station which you connect to the other desktop/laptop & extract all the info from there. You can then format the hard drive or refit it back in the pc and buy another Windows cd & do a fresh installation.