Welcome screen: Logon, then immediate logoff. Can boot safe mode.

[steve1066]

I was trying to create a dual boot system, Windows 7 and 8.1. Was using two separate physical drives, one for each OS, and two data drives.

After installing a bunch of updates to 8.1, I tried to go back to 7, and the computer wouldn't boot up.

Unplugged all the extra drives, and attempted start up repair with the installation disk.

After doing this Windows would boot to the welcome screen. When I click the icon to logon it immediately logged off.

Can log into safe mode normally. While in safe mode I created two new user accounts, one Administrator, one Standard. When attempting to logon with the new Standard account, Windows logs out immediately. With the Administrator account, it goes to what has been called the Blue Screen of Limbo; a pale blue screen, and arrow cursor that can be moved with the mouse, but no icons, and no way to log out. My normal login is an Administrator account.

Have searched the internet with words such as “windows 7 logon and logoff immediately” and tried everything under the sun.

Tried rewriting the registry as described here:
=>https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/555648

Tried replacing the userinit.exe file with a known good file from another computer.

Tried bootrec and bootsect. No help.

Also tried bcdboot, the command "bcdboot c:\windows /s c:" received the reply: "Failure when attempting to copy boot files."

Read with interest the following tutorial => http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/105541-startup-repair-run-3-separate-times.html No help.

I have run out of things to try. I could reinstall, but because I can boot to safe mode I feel there is still hope. Does anyone have a suggestion?

 

[GokAy]

Could be Win8 overwrite some permissions on the Win7 drive.

Run portable Tweaking.com - Windows Repair in Safe Mode with Networking as an admin.

With the Administrator account, it goes to what has been called the Blue Screen of Limbo; a pale blue screen, and arrow cursor that can be moved with the mouse, but no icons, and no way to log out.

Does the cursor disappear from either side or stop at the edges? It looks like desktop is on another screen (do you have any second monitors/TV attached?). Do you get the context menu when you right click?

Edit: What happens if you CTRL ALT DEL?
You can try Win+R and then write "shutdown /l" immediately without "". That should log you off, or press your power button on case once to shutdown properly.

 

[steve1066]

Tweaking.com Windows Repair found a lot of things it thought was wrong with my computer, including three infinite loops.

Unfortunately, nothing it did helped my particular situation.

 

[GokAy]

Check the second part of my post and tell us what happens please.

 

[steve1066]

The pale blue screen isn't the regular welcome screen, there are no leaves or squiggly lines. I'm just using one monitor, and the cursor arrow stops at the end of the screen. Once in the pale blue screen, CTRL ALT DEL gives the regular CTRL ALT DEL screen. Squiggly lines, leaves. Lock this computer, switch user, log off, etc.

Selecting "Start Task Manager" returns me to pale blue. It does not start task manager.

Selecting "Change a password" takes me to the change password screen.

Selecting "Switch user" takes me to the original welcome screen.

"Log off" and "Lock this computer" I'd rather not try, lest something bad happen.

 

[GokAy]

Alright could you try:
CTRL ALT DEL again and select "Start Task Manager", don't click or press any other keyboard key. Instead press Win+right arrow, press this combo 10 times max or until you see task manager window. Report back.

Also since you haven't told about it, do you get the context menu when you right click the desktop?

 

[steve1066]

Alright could you try:
CTRL ALT DEL again and select "Start Task Manager", don't click or press any other keyboard key. Instead press Win+right arrow, press this combo 10 times max or until you see task manager window. Report back.

Also since you haven't told about it, do you get the context menu when you right click the desktop?

Let's recap:

The central issue is, when attempting to login from the Win 7 welcome screen, the screen will briefly go black, then come back saying "logging off," then return to the welcome screen.

To research this problem I have created two new user profile logins, one Administrator, one Standard.

The Standard login acts exactly the same way as my old (Administrator) login. My other new login, an Administrator user profile, works differently. Logging in with the new Administrator account, takes me to a pale blue screen.

Now to answer your question, once I'm at the CTRL ALT DEL screen, selecting "Task Manager" takes me (back) to a pale blue screen. It is completely blank, save for the arrow cursor, which can be manipulated in the normal manner.

Hitting Windows key + right arrow any number of times does nothing. Hitting CTRL ALT DEL again brings me back to the CTRL ALT DEL screen.

The right click context menu doesn't work during any of this.

 

[GokAy]

Run in cmd:

sfc /scannow

 

[steve1066]

Ran sfc /scannow, with the following results:

Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files but was unable to fix some of them.

Details are included in the CBS.log windir\logs\cbs\cbs.log For example c:\Windows\logs\CBS\CBS.log

The system file repair changes will take effect after the next reboot.

The CBS.log file is a very large (7.74 MB) text file.

Edit:

Added, CBS.log file contains the following entries from the time the computer first failed.

2015-07-14 08:18:00, Info CBS Trusted Installer signaled for shutdown, going to exit.
2015-07-14 08:18:00, Info CBS Ending the TrustedInstaller main loop.
2015-07-14 08:18:00, Info CBS Starting TrustedInstaller finalization.
2015-07-14 08:18:00, Info CBS Ending TrustedInstaller finalization.

 

[GokAy]

Run in cmd:

findstr /c:"[SR]" %windir%\logs\cbs\cbs.log >"%userprofile%\desktop\sfcdetails.txt"

and attach only the sfcdetails.txt please, should be on your desktop

 

[steve1066]

File in attachment.

 

[gregrocker]

Startup Repair won't work until you confirm the Active partition first is System Reserved or Windows 7 partition. More here forTroubleshooting Windows 7 Failure to Start which includes everything that can be done to start unbootable Win7.

Did you try yet booting into Win7 disk System Recovery Options to run System Restore backward to try to find a working config?

There's a lot more that should have been done before tampering with the registry which may now make repairs impossible.

In particular you can from Disk Command Line enable Built-in Administrator - Enable from WinRE - Windows 7 Forums to see if it will boot and then try creating a new User Account - Create - Windows 7 Help Forums. It seems you did similar but may need the full hidden Admin and it would be good to see if it will itself function.

If not I'd run a full scan with Malwarebytes, AdwCleaner, and ESET Online scanner in Safe Mode with Networking, then again run SFC to see if cleaning up infection will repair System files.

At any time you can rescue your files, or transfer them over to a working User account to use deleting the old one once you're sure you have everything.
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/181024-user-account-create.html

 

[steve1066]

I tried all the easy solutions the last couple of days. Had they worked, I wouldn't be here now. As a general rule, I've always figured any computer problem I have someone else has had before. So I have resolutely researched the internet, including the items you referenced, in hopes of finding a solution.

This time, I am stumped. If I couldn't boot at all, I would simply reinstall. But because I can boot to safe mode (where I am now) and because I've spent a lot of time getting my computer the way I like it, I'd rather not. Plus at this point it has become a quest.

 

[steve1066]

Startup Repair won't work until you confirm the Active partition first is System Reserved or Windows 7 partition.

I have spend a fair fraction of the last three days trying to understand sentences such as this. Please explain what it means.

Should the Active partition be the (100 MB) System Reserved, or the (vastly larger) Windows 7 partition? You really don't say. Can it be one or the other? Surely it can't be both, and surely it can't be neither. Does it matter which? I ask because after trying most everything else I switched from one to the other, and it neither helped nor hurt any way I could tell.

All I know is that in my other computer it's in the System Reserved.

Had you said...

Repair won't work until you confirm the Active partition first is System Reserved

...that would have been a sentence I could deal with. So to a sentence like

Repair won't work until you confirm the Active partition first is Windows 7 partition.

But by adding that little conjunction, You're telling me...I don't know what.

 

[GokAy]

sfcdetails doesn't look very promising. I will ask for an opinion.

 

[steve1066]

sfcdetails doesn't look very promising. I will ask for an opinion.

You have been patient, resolute and steadfast throughout this matter. Thank you so much. Don't you need to go to bed at some point?

 

[gregrocker]

Startup Repair won't work until you confirm the Active partition first is System Reserved or Windows 7 partition.

I have spend a fair fraction of the last three days trying to understand sentences such as this. Please explain what it means.

Should the Active partition be the (100 MB) System Reserved, or the (vastly larger) Windows 7 partition? You really don't say. Can it be one or the other? Surely it can't be both, and surely it can't be neither. Does it matter which? I ask because after trying most everything else I switched from one to the other, and it neither helped nor hurt any way I could tell.

All I know is that in my other computer it's in the System Reserved.

Had you said...

Repair won't work until you confirm the Active partition first is System Reserved

...that would have been a sentence I could deal with. So to a sentence like

Repair won't work until you confirm the Active partition first is Windows 7 partition.

But by adding that little conjunction, You're telling me...I don't know what.

It explains it in Troubleshooting Windows 7 Failure to Start I referred you to for the step:

On a Legacy install to MBR disk, confirm the Partition Marked Active is the 100mb System Reserved (preferred if you have it) or Windows 7 partition (if you don't), run Startup Repair repeatedly up to 3 separate times with reboots in between each - no matter what it reports. If both the System Active and Win7 partitions are on the same hard drive then unplug all other drives to do these repairs.

On some PC's the Recovery partition or an earlier installed OS used in a Dual Boot will hold the Active flag. If another partition than System Reserved or C holds the Active flag and you know this is how it was set up, then go ahead with the repairs. If not skip to Step 9 to get more help since Win7 will not repair unless the correct partition is Set Active. Only the System partition booting the OS should be marked Active.

It also explains it in Startup Repair - Run 3 Separate Times you said you followed. Surely you would have seen this if you'd read either tutorial

You could also ask back at any time in any tutorial or in a post for that purpose.

 

[GokAy]

Yeah, going to bed in short time Sorry, can't help more at this stage, as I don't understand much about fixing sfc corruption (something I want to learn). If it comes to anything I can help with, I will add my comments.

 

[NoelDP]

The SFC results are interesting.
You appear to have run SFC /SCANNOW three times, according to the logs - and each time it found and fixed exactly the same errors.
There is obviously something repeatedly causing the same corruption on your machine.
It could be either malware, a registry or system 'cleaner', or the system reverting back to a previous state for some reason.

Here's the error/fix list in full...

2015-07-16 16:23:49, Info                  CSI    000004ac [SR] Repairing 31 (0x000000000000001f) components
2015-07-16 16:23:49, Info                  CSI    000004ad [SR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction
2015-07-16 16:23:49, Info                  CSI    000004af [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:24{12}]"utc.app.json" of Microsoft-Windows-Unified-Telemetry-Client, Version = 6.1.7601.18869, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_AMD64 (9), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch
2015-07-16 16:23:49, Info                  CSI    000004b1 [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:66{33}]"telemetry.ASM-WindowsDefault.json" of Microsoft-Windows-Unified-Telemetry-Client, Version = 6.1.7601.18869, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_AMD64 (9), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch
2015-07-16 16:23:50, Info                  CSI    000004b3 [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:66{33}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32\CompatTel"\[l:30{15}]"setupcompat.dll" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:50, Info                  CSI    000004b5 [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:102{51}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32\CompatTel\CompliancePlugins"\[l:42{21}]"DVDPlaybackCompat.dll" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:50, Info                  CSI    000004b7 [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:102{51}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32\CompatTel\CompliancePlugins"\[l:36{18}]"SBCompatPlugin.dll" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:50, Info                  CSI    000004b9 [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:102{51}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32\CompatTel\CompliancePlugins"\[l:30{15}]"TouchCompat.dll" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:50, Info                  CSI    000004bb [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:66{33}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32\CompatTel"\[l:20{10}]"DevInv.dll" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:50, Info                  CSI    000004bd [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:66{33}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32\CompatTel"\[l:22{11}]"sdbapiu.dll" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:50, Info                  CSI    000004bf [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:66{33}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32\CompatTel"\[l:24{12}]"cosquery.dll" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:50, Info                  CSI    000004c1 [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:102{51}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32\CompatTel\CompliancePlugins"\[l:42{21}]"MediaCenterCompat.dll" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:50, Info                  CSI    000004c3 [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:66{33}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32\CompatTel"\[l:32{16}]"compatplugin.dll" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:50, Info                  CSI    000004c5 [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:66{33}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32\CompatTel"\[l:28{14}]"compatctrl.dll" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:50, Info                  CSI    000004c7 [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:66{33}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32\CompatTel"\[l:22{11}]"wdscore.dll" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:50, Info                  CSI    000004c9 [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:46{23}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32"\[l:28{14}]"generaltel.dll" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:50, Info                  CSI    000004cb [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:66{33}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32\CompatTel"\[l:16{8}]"wica.dll" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:50, Info                  CSI    000004cd [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:102{51}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32\CompatTel\CompliancePlugins"\[l:40{20}]"GadgetCompliance.dll" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:50, Info                  CSI    000004cf [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:24{12}]"utc.app.json" of Microsoft-Windows-Unified-Telemetry-Client, Version = 6.1.7601.18869, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_AMD64 (9), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch
2015-07-16 16:23:50, Info                  CSI    000004d0 [SR] This component was referenced by [l:162{81}]"Package_250_for_KB3068708~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.1.1.0.3068708-814_neutral_GDR"
2015-07-16 16:23:50, Info                  CSI    000004d2 [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:66{33}]"telemetry.ASM-WindowsDefault.json" of Microsoft-Windows-Unified-Telemetry-Client, Version = 6.1.7601.18869, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_AMD64 (9), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch
2015-07-16 16:23:50, Info                  CSI    000004d3 [SR] This component was referenced by [l:162{81}]"Package_250_for_KB3068708~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.1.1.0.3068708-814_neutral_GDR"
2015-07-16 16:23:50, Info                  CSI    000004d6 [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:46{23}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32"\[l:24{12}]"wintrust.dll" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:50, Info                  CSI    000004d8 [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:60{30},l:58{29}]"\??\C:\Windows\SysWOW64\en-US"\[l:30{15}]"crypt32.dll.mui" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:50, Info                  CSI    000004da [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:66{33}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32\CompatTel"\[l:26{13}]"sysmain64.sdb" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:50, Info                  CSI    000004dc [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:66{33}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32\CompatTel"\[l:26{13}]"sysmain32.sdb" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:50, Info                  CSI    000004de [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:66{33}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32\CompatTel"\[l:40{20}]"sysmain32runtime.sdb" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:50, Info                  CSI    000004e0 [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:66{33}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32\CompatTel"\[l:26{13}]"drvmain64.sdb" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:50, Info                  CSI    000004e2 [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:66{33}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32\CompatTel"\[l:26{13}]"drvmain32.sdb" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:50, Info                  CSI    000004e4 [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:66{33}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32\CompatTel"\[l:40{20}]"sysmain64runtime.sdb" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:50, Info                  CSI    000004e6 [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:46{23}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32"\[l:24{12}]"invagent.dll" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:50, Info                  CSI    000004e8 [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:66{33}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32\CompatTel"\[l:30{15}]"vhdprovider.dll" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:50, Info                  CSI    000004ea [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:66{33}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32\CompatTel"\[l:30{15}]"logprovider.dll" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:50, Info                  CSI    000004ec [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:66{33}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32\appraiser"\[l:24{12}]"hwcompat.txt" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:50, Info                  CSI    000004ee [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:66{33}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32\CompatTel"\[l:28{14}]"dismcoreps.dll" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:50, Info                  CSI    000004f0 [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:66{33}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32\CompatTel"\[l:38{19}]"imagingprovider.dll" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:50, Info                  CSI    000004f2 [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:66{33}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32\CompatTel"\[l:22{11}]"dismapi.dll" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:50, Info                  CSI    000004f4 [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:46{23}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32"\[l:30{15}]"acmigration.dll" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:50, Info                  CSI    000004f6 [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:66{33}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32\CompatTel"\[l:24{12}]"dismprov.dll" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:50, Info                  CSI    000004f8 [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:66{33}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32\CompatTel"\[l:24{12}]"dismcore.dll" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:50, Info                  CSI    000004fa [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:46{23}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32"\[l:20{10}]"devinv.dll" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:50, Info                  CSI    000004fc [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:66{33}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32\CompatTel"\[l:30{15}]"wimprovider.dll" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:50, Info                  CSI    000004fe [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:66{33}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32\CompatTel"\[l:36{18}]"folderprovider.dll" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:50, Info                  CSI    00000500 [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:66{33}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32\CompatTel"\[l:30{15}]"ffuprovider.dll" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:50, Info                  CSI    00000502 [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:46{23}]"\??\C:\Windows\apppatch"\[l:22{11}]"frxmain.sdb" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:50, Info                  CSI    00000504 [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:58{29},l:56{28}]"\??\C:\Windows\system32\wbem"\[l:18{9}]"aeinv.mof" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:50, Info                  CSI    00000506 [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:66{33}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32\CompatTel"\[l:36{18}]"compatprovider.dll" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:50, Info                  CSI    00000508 [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:46{23}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32"\[l:26{13}]"appraiser.dll" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:50, Info                  CSI    0000050a [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:66{33}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32\appraiser"\[l:26{13}]"appraiser.sdb" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:50, Info                  CSI    0000050c [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:66{33}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32\CompatTel"\[l:26{13}]"diagtrack.dll" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:50, Info                  CSI    0000050f [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:46{23}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32"\[l:34{17}]"wu.upgrade.ps.dll" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:50, Info                  CSI    00000511 [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:58{29}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32\en-US"\[l:26{13}]"wuapi.dll.mui" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:50, Info                  CSI    00000513 [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:46{23}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32"\[l:18{9}]"wuapi.dll" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:50, Info                  CSI    00000515 [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:46{23}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32"\[l:16{8}]"wups.dll" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:50, Info                  CSI    00000517 [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:46{23}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32"\[l:24{12}]"wudriver.dll" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:51, Info                  CSI    00000519 [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:48{24},l:46{23}]"\??\C:\Windows\SysWOW64"\[l:24{12}]"wintrust.dll" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:51, Info                  CSI    0000051b [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:56{28}]"\??\C:\Windows\Migration\WTR"\[l:20{10}]"GWXMig.inf" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:51, Info                  CSI    0000051d [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:54{27}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32\GWX"\[l:18{9}]"GWXUX.exe" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:51, Info                  CSI    0000051f [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:54{27}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32\GWX"\[l:30{15}]"GWXUXWorker.exe" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:51, Info                  CSI    00000521 [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:54{27}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32\GWX"\[l:18{9}]"GWXUI.dll" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:51, Info                  CSI    00000523 [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:54{27}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32\GWX"\[l:40{20}]"GWXConfigManager.exe" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:51, Info                  CSI    00000525 [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:54{27}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32\GWX"\[l:14{7}]"GWX.exe" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:51, Info                  CSI    00000527 [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:60{30},l:58{29}]"\??\C:\Windows\SysWOW64\en-US"\[l:26{13}]"wuapi.dll.mui" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:51, Info                  CSI    00000529 [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:48{24},l:46{23}]"\??\C:\Windows\SysWOW64"\[l:18{9}]"wuapi.dll" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:51, Info                  CSI    0000052b [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:48{24},l:46{23}]"\??\C:\Windows\SysWOW64"\[l:16{8}]"wups.dll" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:51, Info                  CSI    0000052d [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:48{24},l:46{23}]"\??\C:\Windows\SysWOW64"\[l:24{12}]"wudriver.dll" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:51, Info                  CSI    0000052f [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:48{24},l:46{23}]"\??\C:\Windows\SysWOW64"\[l:22{11}]"crypt32.dll" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:51, Info                  CSI    00000531 [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:46{23}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32"\[l:22{11}]"crypt32.dll" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:51, Info                  CSI    00000533 [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:58{29}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32\en-US"\[l:30{15}]"wuaueng.dll.mui" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:51, Info                  CSI    00000535 [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:56{28},l:54{27}]"\??\C:\Windows\SysWOW64\GWX"\[l:14{7}]"GWX.exe" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:51, Info                  CSI    00000537 [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:46{23}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32"\[l:18{9}]"aeinv.dll" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:51, Info                  CSI    00000539 [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:46{23}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32"\[l:18{9}]"aepdu.dll" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:51, Info                  CSI    0000053a [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:54{27}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32\GWX"\[l:20{10}]"config.xml" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:51, Info                  CSI    0000053c [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:54{27}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32\GWX"\[l:20{10}]"config.cat" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:51, Info                  CSI    0000053e [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:58{29}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32\en-US"\[l:30{15}]"wucltux.dll.mui" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:51, Info                  CSI    00000540 [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:48{24},l:46{23}]"\??\C:\Windows\SysWOW64"\[l:24{12}]"cryptsvc.dll" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:51, Info                  CSI    00000542 [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:46{23}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32"\[l:24{12}]"cryptsvc.dll" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:51, Info                  CSI    00000544 [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:46{23}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32"\[l:22{11}]"wuaueng.dll" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:51, Info                  CSI    00000546 [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:46{23}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32"\[l:22{11}]"wuauclt.exe" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:51, Info                  CSI    00000548 [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:46{23}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32"\[l:18{9}]"wups2.dll" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:52, Info                  CSI    0000054a [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:46{23}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32"\[l:18{9}]"wuapp.exe" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:52, Info                  CSI    0000054c [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:46{23}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32"\[l:20{10}]"wuwebv.dll" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:52, Info                  CSI    0000054e [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:46{23}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32"\[l:28{14}]"WinSetupUI.dll" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:52, Info                  CSI    00000550 [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:46{23}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32"\[l:22{11}]"wucltux.dll" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:52, Info                  CSI    00000552 [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:48{24},l:46{23}]"\??\C:\Windows\SysWOW64"\[l:24{12}]"cryptnet.dll" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:52, Info                  CSI    00000554 [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:46{23}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32"\[l:24{12}]"cryptnet.dll" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:52, Info                  CSI    00000556 [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:58{29}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32\en-US"\[l:30{15}]"crypt32.dll.mui" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:52, Info                  CSI    00000558 [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:46{23}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32"\[l:50{25}]"mcupdate_GenuineIntel.dll" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:52, Info                  CSI    0000055a [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:48{24},l:46{23}]"\??\C:\Windows\SysWOW64"\[l:18{9}]"wuapp.exe" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:52, Info                  CSI    0000055c [SR] Repairing corrupted file [ml:48{24},l:46{23}]"\??\C:\Windows\SysWOW64"\[l:20{10}]"wuwebv.dll" from store
2015-07-16 16:23:52, Info                  CSI    0000055e [SR] Repair complete

I have to admit that I'm not really sure where to go next on this - it's almost unheard of for this type of thing to happen.
If you can stop the reversions, then SFC has done its job, since the remaining errors after the scan are only the standard ones from KB3068708 which can be ignored.

 

[steve1066]

Noel, thank you for your time and thoughtful consideration.

Long version of what happened.

All this started when I tired to create a dual boot system, Win 7 & 8.1 (The ultimate plan was to upgrade 8.1 to 10, having a new system to tinker with while keeping my trusty and reliable 7 in place.) I thought the simplest thing would be to put operating systems in two separate physical drives, and then use BIOS to select the appropriate boot drive.

The first time I tried this it worked pretty well. The second time 8.1 went through a series of updates, as it does because it was a new install. When that was all done, Windows 7 wouldn't boot up. I forget now exactly what it did, but what it didn't do was work.

I first tried using system repair from the Windows 7 installation disk. This did some good. Start up found some things to repair. The result was to put me where I am now; 7 goes to the Welcome screen and offers me my user profile icon. When I click on the icon, the screen briefly goes black, then comes back with the spinning Windows circle and the words "logging off." Then it goes back to the welcome screen.

Since then I've tried everything under the sun to try to fix it, including those things suggested by your Greg Rocker.

There is obviously something repeatedly causing the same corruption on your machine.
It could be either malware, a registry or system 'cleaner', or the system reverting back to a previous state for some reason.

This is useful insight. Malware is always a possibility. I have run Microsoft Security Essentials, Malwarebytes and Combofix. No help.

I can boot to Safe Mode. All I've been able to find about Safe Mode are sentences such as "Safe mode starts Windows with a limited set of files and drivers." What specifically is the difference between safe mode and normal mode? Is is logical to assume that my troubles lie somewhere in that difference?

The registry may another place to look.

One of the things I tried was this => https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/555648

when Microsoft says...

Edit these values and type the correct path of shell :

Shell = explorer.exe
Userinit= X:\windows\system32\userinit.exe,

...they don't literally mean "X:" do they? I changed it to "C:\windows\system32\userinit.exe," Since that time the registry value has changed to "userinit.exe,"

Also in the registry there are several references to "E:\userinit.exe" should these be changed and/or deleted?

Thanks again for your help; I come as a technological pilgrim, seeking enlightenment and redemption.