This is often the result of running AdAware:
Boot with the XP CD (assuming you have a retail version, and not an OEM =
"Recovery" CD). Begin Setup. You'll be given the option to Repair an =
existing installation. Select this option. This takes you into =
Recovery Console. You'll be prompted for the Administrator password. =
If there is a password on this account, you will need to remember it. =
This is not the password for any "administrator" level account, it is =
the password for THE Administrator account.
Once in the Recovery Console, enter the following commands:
CD System32
COPY USERINIT.EXE WSAUPDATER.EXE
Reboot the computer. You should now be able to log on. Once you have, =
click Start, run and enter REGEDIT Go to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Look in the right pane for the Userinit value. Double click the =
Userinit value and change it to C:\Windows\System32\userinit.exe, =
The comma on the end is intentional, and it must be there. Now, if =
desired, you can delete the WSAUPDATER.EXE copy that you created.
http://www.lavahelp.com/articles/v6/04/06/0901.html
Unable to Log On To Windows XP After Removing wsaupdater.exe
--=20
Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart Display
Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com
--------------------------------
Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm
--------------------------------
Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
Unsolicited e-mail is not answered.
=20
"Sonatine1997" <Sonatine1997@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message =
news:4A4CA4AE-47A7-4FEC-9FD4-4EF0FAC6420A@microsoft.com...
> I'm not sure whether my partner's PC has a some kind of trojan virus =
or that=20
> she has been deleting various user accounts but she now finds she =
can't log=20
> on to XP at all.
>=20
> What happens is that she enters her usual password and for a few =
seconds it=20
> looks as if XP is going to log her on. But then it goes back to the =
"Welcome"=20
> screen and automatically logs her off.=20
>=20
> We have tried the other accounts on her machine (one of which is =
admin) but=20
> the same happens with them.
>=20
> I've tried to get round this via Safe Mode, but again the same =
happens.=20
>=20
> I'm thinking that perhaps the only way round this is a complete =
reinstall of=20
> XP home. But how can I install it if I can't get into XP in the first =
place,=20
> or get a DOS prompt?
>=20
> Any help would be gratefully received
Cell Phones reviews
08-16-04, 07:12 PM
User Accounts
Linear Mode
