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Installed Litestep and can't log in now, nothing works ! Thread last updated on 2006-01-06 11:59:42

Posted by member 295335 on 2005-12-31 12:35:28

K, well I installed litestep yesterday, and i was playing around with it and stuff, and i started noticing everything was going incredibly slow, so i restarted the computer...

Ever since i restarted the computer, i cannot log in! I type in my user / pass and than it goes to load, and the screen tweaks up a little bit and it gets frozen there. I'm using the latest build of litestep on a windows XP if that helps. I'm typing this from my other computer obviously, and i have a lot of stuff on my other PC that i need quickly so and help would be appreciate.

Thanks, and yes I know I am a retard

Posted by member 1 on 2005-12-31 14:33:00 link

define "the screen tweaks up a little bit"

Posted by member 248213 on 2005-12-31 18:18:42 link

define: "latest build of litestep"

Posted by member 295335 on 2006-01-01 02:35:39 link

ok like once i hit log in, the like blue windows xp login screen freezes, and the bottom inch of the screen becomes black (like where the taskbar thing would be)

and by the latest build... well i was wrong anyway, it was just the basic one

Posted by member 212670 on 2006-01-01 02:51:49 link

You're actually not frozen. If you wait longer, you will log in. Update to the final build, and your problem will go away.

Posted by member 295335 on 2006-01-01 13:17:41 link

but i let it wait like 4 hours and it still hasn't signed on... like i can hit ctr alt delete to get to the task menu, but the screen is still all black! what can i do to just restore this to normal XP or get the litestep working?!?!

Posted by member 212670 on 2006-01-01 14:15:13 link

Hmm so you can bring up the tasks manager... Why don't you just click File, Run, Browse, and browse to the shortcut to set explorer as your shell.

Posted by member 5575 on 2006-01-01 14:16:16 link

Run explorer.exe from your task manager, then navigate to your desktop and click on the "set explorer as shell" shortcut there. If the shortcut isn't there, then you're not using the proper installer and/or the install did not finish properly. That'll require an alternative approach.

Posted by member 295335 on 2006-01-01 15:15:26 link

ok i'll update this when i try this out when i get home tonight, thanks

Posted by member 1316 on 2006-01-04 14:56:00 link

yeah, it sounds like you changed something in the theme settings which are preventing it from starting up correctly. delete the current theme folder, dl it again, re-install it, and try it again.

Posted by member 124072 on 2006-01-06 11:59:42 link

you could always sign in under the administrator account and try reinstalling it from there, and starting up in safe mode helps as well (hit f8 on bootup) and try to change to the explorer shell or reinstall ls.