LOGIN LOOP W2K(SERVICE PACK 2 INVOLVED)

[x2]

Specs:
DUAL BOOT WIN98 & W2K
INTEL PIII 500MHZ
FAMILT 6 MODEL 7 SEPPING ID 2
SLOT 1 (SC242 CONNECTOR)
DFI M/B: P2XBL REV. D1 (UPDATED BIOS)
FLASH BIOS: AWARD MODULAR BIOS V4.51PG
ID: 05/30/2000-I440BX-FD-2A69KD4FC-00
CHIP SET: INTEL 440BX/ZX REV 3 (UPDATED CODE)
(DMI VERSION 2.2/LATEST 2.3)
NOT SURE HOW TO UPDATE THIS
HDD: WD400BBRTL
WESTERN DIGITAL 40GIG ATA100
PARTITION 1 C:WIN98/FAT32--2GIG,
2 D:W2K/NTFS--8GIG, 3 E:STORAGE/NTFS
ATI RAGE 128 AMR V2.0

WIN98 WORKS FINE
PROBLEM:
W2K LOADS TO THE USER LOGIN SCREEN. WHEN I PUT IN MY PASSWORD IT CYCLES FROM
LOGIN TO LOADING SETTINGS, SAVING
SETTINGS, INPUT USER SCREEN AGAIN.THE RESULTS ARE THE SAME ALL USERS. ALL LOADING MODES SAFE MODE,DEBUG, ADMIN... NEVER LOADS PASSED THIS LOOP.

THIS ISSUE SPAWNED FROM DOWN LOADING THE W2K SERVICE PACK 2. AFTER DOWN LOADING I GOT STOP ERROR 0X7B. ( 0X0000007B (0XED41B84C, 0XC0000034, 0X00000000, 0X00000000)) TURNED OUT TO BE PIN ISSUE ON HDD.
AT THIS TIME I UPDATED BIOS, CHIP SET ETC... FIXMBR......TRIED TO MAKE A BOOT FLOPPY TO BYPASS. CHANGED THE ERROR CODE
GOT MISSING OR CORRUPT NTOSKRNL.EXE FILE. I REPLACED THIS FILE THRU RECOVERY CONSOLE. WITH FILE FROM W2K CD. I THINK THE SP2 UPDATED THIS FILE.... ISSUE?...I REPLACE WITH OLD FILE.
FYI **AS A NOTE WITH 0X7B ISSUE: THE RECOVERY CONSOLE WORKS BUT THE W2K SETUP CAN NOT FIND VALID W2K TO REAIR OR REPLACE. HDD DRIVER UPDATED BY SP2. MAXTOR AND WESTERN DIGITAL DRIVES THAT ARE INSTALLED USING THE ALTERNATE PIN SETTINGS MUST BE RESET TO STANDARD PIN SETTINGS AFTER INSTALLING SP2. TO WORK.
ALTHOUGH WIN98 WORKS FINE WITH BOTH SETTINGS

THANKS FOR LOOKING, ANY INFO, LINKS, I CAN’T SEEM TO FIND ANY THING.
X2

[x2]

ALSO,
THE HDD IS USING ITS OWN W/D EZ-BIOS TO OPERATE. THE SYSTEM BIOS DOES NOT CORRECTLY SEE OR OPERATE THE DRIVE. JUST TO NOTE THAT I DON'T HAVE A ERD FOR THE OLD SETTINGS. YOU CAN BE SURE THAT ITS THE FIRST ON MY LIST.WHEN I GET THE OS UP AND RUNNIG.

[Theoran]

I wish I had an answer other than removing the service pack.