Re: autoruns mistake


Hey Clark Thanks for your responce, but i think this problem is way over my
head. To be honest what you said in your post has my mind in a fog bank. I'm
in the process of doing a repair install, I don't know how much data i will
lose but maybe it will be ok. Any other simpler fixes are allways welcome.
Agani Thanks Larry

"Clark..." wrote:

Larry wrote:
I made the mistake of trying microsoft autoruns utility this morning,
withnot so good results. Thinking (This is the problem (THINKING)
that i knew what was going on I unchecked a bunch of stuff. Now I
can't get to the system restore to undo the mess I made.
I'm running XP Pro SP3. I trun on the pc and it askes for a logon and
password, never done that before. I put in my username which is
already listed no password and click ok. It boots to the desktop, but
before it can load any icons it shuts down and again askes for my
logon. I can do this till doomesday comes.
Here is my question, How can I get past this logon issue and set my
pc back to an earleir time. Thanks of any help Larry

http://forums.techarena.in/windows-xp-support/997822.htm


RESOLUTION
===========

Using the recovery console, copy userinit.exe to wsaupdater.exe to allow log
on
capability to be restored, and correct the registry data manually.

Insert the Windows XP startup disk into the floppy disk drive, or insert the
Windows XP CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive, and then restart the computer.
Click to select any options that are required to start the computer from the
CD-ROM
drive if you are prompted to do so. When the "Welcome to Setup" screen
appears, press R to start the Recovery Console.

If you have a dual-boot or multiple-boot computer, select the installation
that you
want to access from the Recovery Console. When you are prompted to do so,
type the Administrator password. If the administrator password is blank
(which is likely the case if Windows XP was preinstalled by your computer
manufacturer), just press ENTER. You should now be in the Windows
installation folder. Note this location, as it will be necessary for steps
later in this article.
At the Recovery Console command prompt, type the following lines, pressing
ENTER after you type each line:
cd system32
copy userinit.exe wsaupdater.exe
exit

For the detailed informaiton on how to install Recovery Console, you may
visit the
below article in Microsoft knowledge base:

307654 How to install and use the Recovery Console in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=307654

At this time, remove the startup floppy or CD-ROM from your system, and boot
into
Windows XP. Log on to the system using an account with administrator-level
privileges, and edit the registry using this information. It is recommeded
that a
registry backup be created prior to continuing. Information on how to do so
can be
found at

HOW TO: Back Up, Edit, and Restore the Registry in Windows XP and Windows
Server
2003
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=322756

Click start, then run. Enter
regedit
and click OK. Using RegEdit, expand
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Software
Microsoft
Windows NT
CurrentVersion
Winlogon
Locate Userinit in the value column, right-click this item, and choose
modify.
Replace
"wsaupdater.exe" with "userinit.exe," (do not use quotes, and ensure the
trailing
comma is present as shown) and click OK. Exit RegEdit.

Restart your computer, and log on to the system using an account with
administrator-level privileges.

Go to My Computer, then to the System32 folder (usually C:, then Windows,
then
System32). If Explorer prompts that removing files from these areas is not
recommended, click to continue. Locate and remove wsaupdater.exe, and delete
this
file.

--
Mir Sajjad Mehdi
Microsoft XP Platform Support



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