Help! Vista not starting up!

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Vista Basic

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I didn't know what to put this in, but I have a serious problem with my laptop.
When I start my laptop up, just normally, I log in. I have that thing where I have to log in using a username and password, something that I downloaded and put into my registry. Anyway, all the time, when I log in, it takes forever to load up, it just stays as welcome and doesnt load. I left it for half an hour and it still hadnt loaded! So, I turned it off and on again, and it worked. But, a couple of times, I had to turn it off and on about 5 times ,and when it didnt load, I had to start it again in safe mode. THEN it worked. But, I hate safe mode!

So, does anybody have any idea that I can sort this out, I will be SO grateful! Thank you very much!

-Vista Basic
 

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you could try a system restore , back to before you installed that software , but im not sure if system restore affects the registry or just the DLL files
 

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I don't want to restore everything. I was thinking if I got rid of the username and password thing from the registry, that it would help ; would it?
 

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    I like Spore,Rabbits and I'm a Computer Freak.
What was the last thing your installed before it failed to boot. Try removing it in safe mode.
 

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Hmm.. I can't remember, as I have been downloading lots of stuff this past week, as I have created a new forum... And I have downloaded stuff for it, so I downloaded LOTS of stuff. But, it failed to boot before that.. It does boot sometimes, but otherwise, it doesn't load.
 

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Vista Basic,
This may be a Trojan problem. I recently fixed a computer that wouldnt load. It did have quite a few trojans since the person never had AV or a firewall.
But what type of AV are you using?
AV= Anti-virus
 

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Hey, please feel free to call me Tony.

I am using ESET NOD32 Antivirus. I do not think this is the cause of a trojan, as this AV is supposed to be very good.
 

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Yes thats true but no AV is ever perfect.
Tony, i know you are againest rolling back your system. I highly recommend that. Just back up all files you have edited before then just in case you lose them, and do a restore.
Ben
 

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If you have the Repair Disk, you can also try a Startup Repair from WinRE.
 

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FWIW - the log on with Username and PW - I have used it on a total of 23 machines so far - without any of them having the same symptoms you are describing. I can assure you that the little registry items in there are not going to cause a machine to hang on login, *especially* when you say a reboot usually makes it work. Something like this would not be intermittent - but Malware will be.
 

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Oh, okay thanks. I haven't decided what to do, but I shall do a full computer scan for virus and spyware and malware :)
 

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Good start - be sure to post back results.

Try Malwarebytes.org as well - awesome little program, making a name for itself worldwide.
 

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    Motherboard
    eVGA X58 Classified 3 (141-GT-E770-A1)
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    3 * Mushkin 998981 Redline Enhanced triple channel DDR3 4 GB CL7 DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3-12800)
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    eVGA GeForce GTX 970 SSC ACX 2.0 (04G-P4-3979-KB)
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    2 * Lenovo LT2323pwA Widescreeen
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    2 * 1920 x 1080
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    SanDisk Ultra SDSSDHII-960G-G25 960 GB SATA III SSD (System)
    Crucial MX100 CT256MX100SSD1 256GB SATA III SSD (User Tree)
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    Logitech G15 (gen 2)
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    AT&T Lightspeed Gigabit duplex
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    Conextant 20671 SmartAudio HD
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    Lenovo 15" Matte
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    INTEL Cherryvill 520 Series SSDSC2CW180A 180 GB SSD
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Right, I found no viruses or malware or spyware. Also, the problem is continuing. I don't want to use any disks as I don't want to risk buggering it up, so does anybody have a decent solution?
 

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Vista Basic said:
I don't think it is the password thing. It was something that I got off this exact site.
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/89812-logon-username-password.html
That's where I found out how to add it.
Do you think removing that thing from my registry would help? If it would, how could I remove it?
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Hi Vista Basic,

Have a look here,
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/89812-logon-username-password.html
And follow the guide to restore the default Logon

If you read through the Previous posts you will see that I have given you a link to use the system restore.
Like I thought then, I still think that this will help you, if you haven't left it to late to find a date before the problem.

If you have already tried this, then an answer is long overdue, so I wouldn't wonder if I was you as to why you are still having problems.

If this doesn't help let me know and I will try to find other answers

Pooch
 

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    Asus M3A32-MVP Deluxe
    Memory
    8 gig Samsung PC800 RAM
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVidia 9600gt
    Sound Card
    AD1988b
    Monitor(s) Displays
    22" TFT-MONITOR WIDESCREEN mit VGA/DVI 17" Video7 TFT
    Screen Resolution
    1680 : 1050 1280 : 1024
    Hard Drives
    Drive #1 - SAMSUNG HD252HJ (250 GB)
    Drive #2 - Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 (1000 GB)
    Drive #3 - SAMSUNG HD250HJ (250 GB)
    Drive #4 - SAMSUNG HD103UJ (1000 GB) External eSATA
    PSU
    Thermaltake Toughpower Cable Management 750W
    Case
    Enermax Chakra
    Cooling
    2x 120mm Front and Back 1x 250mm Side
    Keyboard
    Standard
    Mouse
    Easy Line Laser Mouse
    Internet Speed
    16000
    Other Info
    I have also used Fedora, Suse, Ubuntu Linux
    And all other Windows from 95 to date except ME
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