Login Issues

Well... No luck with finding any solutions yet; I did find a similar problem to mine on MS TechNet forums, but their issue actually shows an error (link).

Either way, I found these suggested steps (which may work for my situation as well):

1. Log into the computer by using administrator account. Open C:\users\[your problem user account]
2. Right-click on your problem user account folder and choose Properties.
3. Click the "Security" tab and see if its user name is listed in the "Group or user names" list. If not, please click the Add button, type the user name in the "Enter the object names to select " box, then click "OK" to add this group.
4. Select the user from the list and then check the "Allow" checkbox next to "Full Control".
5. Click the Advanced button and click the "Owner" tab. Then, press "Edit" button.
6. Select its user from the list and check the "Replace owner on subcontainers and objects" checkbox.
7. Click "OK" to save changes and wait for Windows Vista to transfer the ownership of all the objects on the partition.
8. Click OK again to save changes and exit the Properties window.

So, I'll try that when I get homer and see if it makes any difference.. I'll have to post back tomorrow with the results. Got a DnD session tonight though, so I hope I get home early enough to try this....

Tews said:

do a simple repair install... should sort everything out ..

That was one option that crossed my mind, but I was trying to avoid that due to bad experiences of the "Repair Install" options in XP in the past... Also, according to the corresponding tutorial here on SevenForums:

• Windows Updates will need to be checked and reinstalled again.

I don't have internet at home, so I'd need to bring my PC to work again to do all the updates through our ADSL. But, if it must be done, it must be done.

Thanks for the tip though; if the permission settings I mentioned in my previous post don't work, I'll try a repair.

Well, just in case anybody else comes across this problem, I got it fixed... Here's how:

Most of the research I did (Google) suggested a System Restore first, keeping in mind that I had been running my Windows in "Test Mode" to try get unsigned drivers to install, that made sense.

After the system restore, my profile still didn't log in properly, but it didn't kick me out to the login screen anymore... Ctrl+alt+del still worked, so I could log out again. I then logged into the Admin account and retook ownership of my profile folder, and thereafter all was back to normal again.

Hope this helps anybody else who has this problem...