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Windows 7 Logon - NO users - Flashing screen.
Os: Win7 Home Premium 64
Issue: System boots to logon screen. No users profiles shown (should be 5). Screen flashes periodicaly.

Fixes Attempted:
Startup repair from PC - no difference
Repair from DVD - no difference
Chkdsk - passed
Boot into safe mode - no difference
Copy winlogon from dvd to pc - no difference
Tried SFC /scannow from cmd prompt off of dvd's repair mode, message says there's pending repair, to reboot and let repair complete and try sfc again. I do this and the repair doesn't seem to complete. SFC /scannow can not run.

Solution needed:
I need to get this machine back to the point where users can click on their profile icon and logon, without reinstalling everything.

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Tried running a System Restore from the Repair options?

What are the system recovery options in Windows 7?
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/What-are-the-system-recovery-options-in-Windows-7

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Unfortunately no, there are no restore points on this system.

These problems can take forever to figure out, if you are in need of getting this back up and running sooner than later I would suggest wiping the system. Below is a link to a free tool that will help easy the pain of the moving user files and settings.
remeber you will need a network share or better and external drive to move these file to.
And if you can always image the drive in it's current state before wiping.

http://www.forensit.com/desktop-management.html

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@iridbase: That software is no use if I can't log into to system to install it. I appreciate your effort, but this is not the solution I was looking for.

Sorry I forgot to mention if you can add the drive as a secondary to a system that is operating correctly and you should be able to direct the app to the users directories on the slaved drive and pull from there or use a boot disk such as the Ultimate boot Cd and mout the windows system via the boot cd and migrate the users diretories that way,

Just curious have you tried doing an (inplace install/upgrade) to the operating system?
Cd download
http://www.ubcd4win.com/contents.htm

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and if you are able to access safe mode successfully, I would look at the UAC Settings, Startup services and also (not sure if the show in safemode) but mapped shares of network favorites; if they exist disconnect them or remove them.

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Avatar of Dale MayDale May🇺🇸

There are some other things to try first.  For example, run System File Checker.  The System File Checker present in Windows Vista has been modified from the Windows XP version, with some missing switches and some additional possible switches.  You run it from an elevated command prompt by clicking the Start orb, clicking All Programs on the Start Menu, clicking Accessories, and then right clicking Command Prompt and choosing Run as administrator.  Assuming User Account Control is active, you will need to reply to a prompt for the administrator password or for a confirmation.  There are procedures you can use to find whether there is an invalid system file found by the SFC tool and replacing it, as explained in this Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

http://support.microsoft.com/default .aspx?scid =kb;en- us; 929833
Some Windows Vista functions may not work, or Windows Vista may stop responding

The new syntax for SFC can be found by running the command "sfc /?" from an elevated command prompt.

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Thank you all for your suggestions. I seem to have failed to communicate that I cannot login at all. To safe mode or any other mode

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@irdbase. In Place upgrades aren't possible in win 7 unless you can log in. I cannot. Task manger does not respond. Gina doesn't respond

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Avatar of serverman2008serverman2008🇺🇸

at the login screen, have you tried pressing ctrl+alt+del and see if it prompts for anything such as a username or password, ive had issues before in xp as well where no users appear and hitting ctrl alt del prompted me for a local administrator password and was able to get in and change things

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Pull the Hard Drive and run diags to see if the drive is shot!
If the drive seems fine, Wipe and reinstall.
By the time you spend attempting to figure out the source of corruption, you'd have a fresh OS already and a nice clean system ready for rocking!

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This was among the solutions I used, but the system was too far gone for me to actually recover it. I ended up imaging the disk, re installing and copying over the user folders on the new HDD.

Thank you all for your attampts.

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