It could be worse .. it could have been me :)

>Upgrading in place from one Windows version to another is like playing Russian roulette. Sometimes you may survive it. Reformat HD and install Windows 7 fresh.
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>>A colleague upgraded Vista Business 32bit to Windows 7 32bit. The machine uses a PCMCIA 3G card for internet access which needs to be manually connected (via software instruction). So when Windows 7 install re-booted then obviously internet connectivity was lost.
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>>All went fine and he did log in once properly. After being in Windows 7 for about 10 minutes it re-booted by itself. The laptop rebooted to the login screen. When he now tries to login Windows 7 just says "welcome" and does nothing even after waiting over 3 hours.
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>>He can boot and login using safe mode. All content is there, all files, data, etc. But rebooting and trying to log in normally will not work (hangs on welcome screen after typing in password).
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>>He is not able to uninstall most apps in order to try and see if one of them is causing the problem since the necessary rights do not exist under safe mode (apparently?).
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>>He has tried to login using the Administrator account but the same problem occurs.
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>>Any suggestions?