Unsure which fix solved the problem (corrupted recycle bin or permissions), I removed 'Everyone' from the permissions list from within Win7 and restarted. Bad idea in any other circumstances I know, but I was pretty desperate.Īnyway, I booted up the Win7 hard drive, and it worked. While I was on XP, I reset the permissions on the Win7 drive to grant everyone full access. I thought I'd investigate a bit further, and deleted the offending folder from the root of my 7 drive.

I went into my parallel winXP instillation, and while deleting a file it reported that the recycle bin on my Win7 hard drive was corrupted. Hey guys, I just thought I'd report back and let you know that I've finally got it sorted. If anyone could shed some light on the situation or suggest what the problem could be, I would be immensely grateful. I am able to boot into linux (off my removable HDD) and windows XP (from my secondary internal HDD), so I am led to believe it is a corrupted file or dodgy setting within Windows 7 rather than a hardware fault. I've tried booting in safe mode only to encounter exactly the same problem, and have no previous restore points (which I know is a big mistake).ĭue to it not starting in safe mode either, I tried to replace the winlogon.exe file from another Windows 7 instillation to no avail - I still get the same problem. I've tried all keyboard shortcuts and random clicks to no avail - it stays on that screen for hours with occasional HDD activity.

When I boot up my computer, it displays the animated windows7 logo as normal, but where it would normally display the login screen all I get is a blank screen with the mouse cursor.

Hi everyone, first time post here so bear with me

No logon screen windows 7