Windows Logon Process Terminated

Last night, my computer froze and I couldn't get out of it, so I had to turn off the computer manually. When I started the computer again, I logged into the Administrator account (this is the only account I can log into). Immediately after I clicked on "Log In," I got the blue screen with this message:

STOP: c000021a {Fatal System Error}
The Windows Logon Process system process terminated unexpectedly with a status of
0x000001e (0x00000000 0x00000000).

The error message just flashes on the screen and the computer immediately begins to restart. This same process happens over and over again and I can't get anywhere. Any ideas?

 

Have you installed any new software before your last restart?

Any new hardware recently?

Try rebooting, right before Windows starts to load press 'F8', on your keyboard, you should see several options. Try "Last Known Good Configuration" and see if that works. If not, reboot, press 'F8' again and try "Safe Mode".

 

See

http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=116231

Studio T

 

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545

I'd try this first. If its registry damage, and you do a repair, it will remove all hope of fixing this problem. Better safe than sorry.

 

I agree.

This is about the third or forth one lately, I'm beginning to wonder if it might be Malware related. VX2 or something similar.

Steve