Re: Can't get past the "Welcome" screen

From: TDickey (TDickey_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/20/04 

Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 17:35:03 -0700

Larry,
I agree, Rick's advice seems thorough...but I can't get past the "Welcome"
screen to make the changes.
I need to understand how to by-pass the "Welcome" screen so that I can get
to a DOS prompt. Nothing in the user-setup (F8) mode helps.
Any suggestions?
Thanks, Tom

"Larry Samuels" wrote:

> Sounds like you recently removed BlazeFind.
> Thanks go to Rick Rogers, MVP for the following instructions:
>
> Did you run a spyware removal program lately? The userinit value may have
> been corrupted by the removal of blazefind. It adds wsaupdater.exe to the
> logon value in the system registry, sometimes appending it, sometimes
> replacing it. Running Adaware or other cleaners detects and removes
> wsaupdater.exe, but doesn't correct the registry damage. If this is the
> case, then you may need to load the registry hive from another installation
> and change it. This is the key:
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
>
> Userinit string value should be:
>
> C:\WINDOWS\system32\userinit.exe,
>
> On the damaged installations it's one of these:
>
> C:\WINDOWS\system32\wsaupdater.exe,
> C:\WINDOWS\system32\userinit.exe,C:\WINDOWS\system32\wsaupdater.exe,
>
> Another "quickie" method of resolution is to load the Recovery Console (see
> below), copy userinit.exe as wsaupdater.exe from the command prompt, then
> restart normally. Once in, go and change the registry value back to what
> it's supposed to be and delete the copied file.
>
> HOW TO: Install and Use the Recovery Console in Windows XP [Q307654]
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307654
>
> This can also be done by using the 6 disk boot floppy set mentioned in the
> above article, as it loads enough of the Recovery Console so that you can
> copy the file. This is particularly useful if you have an OEM installation
> that includes only a Restore CD, or no disk at all.
>
>
>
> --
> Larry Samuels MS-MVP (Windows-Shell/User)
> Associate Expert
> Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Unofficial FAQ for Windows Server 2003 at
> http://pelos.us/SERVER.htm
>
>
>
> "TDickey" <TDickey@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:BD314982-7CE0-4ED2-9ED3-7DDC34E46B11@microsoft.com...
> >I can't get past the "Welcome" screen. None of the options (safe mode,
> >safe
> > mode with networking, etc) allow me to click on one of the users at the
> > Welcome screen and proceed. When I do select one of the users (including
> > Administrator) it immediately begins to "load preferences" and then moves
> > to
> > "saving preferences" and essentially remains at the "Welcome" screen.
> > I tried booting with the reinstall disk that Dell sent with the system,
> > but
> > nothing happens as I suppose that the bios has the C-drive as a higher
> > priority than either one of the other drives. Can't even change the
> > priority
> > until I get a DOS prompt...
> > I've seen the posting about having recently run "ad-blocker" software &
> > the
> > corruption that this can cause. Problem is that I can't restore if I
> > can't
> > get past the "Welcome" screen.
> > I'm open for any suggestions...
> > Thanks! Tom
> >
>
>
>

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