Re: Missing USERINIT.EXE

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From: Bjorn Landemoo (mvp2.REMOVE_at_landemoo.com)
Date: 06/01/04 

Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2004 20:50:38 +0200

Dan

Perform a "Manual Repair" and select to "Verify Windows System Files", as
this MS Knowledge Base article explains:

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=238359

Best regards

Bjorn 

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Bjorn Landemoo - mvp2@landemoo.com - http://landemoo.com/
Microsoft MVP - Windows Server Networking
"Dan" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>While trying to remove a virus, I found an infected file, 
>USERINIT.EXE, in the system32 folder that was infected. 
>Without enough caution, I simply renamed this file and now 
>cannot login. After some additional searching, I found out 
>that this exe is necessary and I can not login to rename 
>it back.
>
>Any help would be greatly appreciated. I am "dead in the 
>water".
>
>Thanks
>Dan

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