Windows 8.1 infinite loop at user logon screen

[rmfconsulting]

I boot laptop, it gets to login screen where it shows the user name. It shows the user account icon for a brief second, then screen goes black. 5-10 seconds later, it shows the user account logon icon again, then black. ad infinitum.

 

[Guest]

Repair it using startup repair.

 

[Samuel Edmund]

Repair it using startup repair.

How do you do that my dell insprion 15 7000 just went into a restart loop losing my data is fine as everything is backed up on the cloud.

 

[Guest]

Repair it using startup repair.

How do you do that my dell insprion 15 7000 just went into a restart loop losing my data is fine as everything is backed up on the cloud.

http://pcsupport.about.com/od/windows-8/a/open-advanced-startup-options-windows-8.htm