InstantForum.NET v4.1.4Windows Vista Forumhttp://www.vistaforums.com/Forum/Admin@VistaForums.comWed, 07 Jan 2009 14:43:30 GMT20http://www.vistaforums.com/Forum/Topic74364-44-1.aspx[quote][Interactive logon process initialization has failed. Please consult the event log for more details.<br><br>I have tried to just boot off the DVD, and re-load windows...but for some reason the Dell Dimensions 4400 does not have an option in the BIOS to boot off the DVD....which I thought was how I installed Vista Business in the first place, but for some reason it is not working now. I even tried to find if there was a way to create a Vista Book Disk (floppy)...that did not work either....<br><br>Can anyone help me out on this one !<br><br>Enovativ[/quote]<br><br>MS has the following article on this, but you need to be able to boot from the DVD:<br><br>[b][url] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940765 [/url][/b]<br><br>You either had to be able to boot from the DVD, or you could have done an in-place upgrade from inside XP (presuming that's what was previously on the Dell).<br><br>There is no such thing as a Vista boot floppy. There are ways to make boot CDs and boot USB sticks, but not floppies. In fact, many new machines don't even come with floppy drives -- and I don't mean just laptops.<br><br>Inability to boot from CD/DVD is going to prevent almost any kind of repair.Sat, 29 Mar 2008 20:00:55 GMTWAW8http://www.vistaforums.com/Forum/Topic74364-44-1.aspxI have a Del Dimensions 4400 that I up to one week ago, had Vista Business installed on it. As soon as I tried to apply the Service Pack 1 update on it, and re-boot the machine, I get a : </P><P>Logon Process Initialization Failure error that says : </P><P>Interactive logon process initialization has failed. Please consult the event log for more dtails.</P><P>The problem is that no matter how I tried to get it....(i.e. safe mode for example) I get the same error, and can not get past this error.</P><P>I have tried to just boot off the DVD, and re-load windows...but for some reason the Dell Dimensions 4400 does not have an option in the BIOS to boot off the DVD....which I thought was how I installed Vista Business in the first place, but for some reason it is not working now. I even tried to find if there was a way to create a Vista Book Disk (floppy)...that did not work either....</P><P>Can anyone help me out on this one !</P><P>EnovativSat, 29 Mar 2008 05:45:56 GMTenovativ