Windows XP Pro station began running extremely slowly. Scan for viruses and adware, but issue persists. Schedule "Chkdsk /F" and reboot. System reboots itself after chkdsk. Login box comes up quickly, but after keying in password, "Applying Computer Settings..." sits on the screen for over 5 minutes. Break out and try "Administrator" but same thing happens. Boot to BartPE CD successfully. Attempt to open EventLog files, but receive an error that they are corrupt.

Move all *.evt files from System32/Config and system boots just fine.

 

 

( WinXP Professional )