Re: Stuck in logoff loop
From: Gregg Cattanach (gcattanach-SKIP-_at_prodigy.net)
Date: 06/07/04
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Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2004 03:20:22 GMT
"roger" <sergiorogerdon'tspam@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Hi
> On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 01:00:52 GMT, "Gregg Cattanach"
> <gcattanach-SKIP-@prodigy.net> wrote:
>
> >Where can I get this ERD Commander? I'm still stuck. The XP recovery
> >console doesn't seem to give me access to regedit.exe .
> >
> >Gregg C.
>
> From a recent post:
>
> "Blazefind changes the following registry-key:
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
> "Userinit" = "C:\WINNT\system32\userinit.exe,"
>
> in
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
> "Userinit" = "C:\WINNT\system32\wsaupdater.exe,"
>
>
>
> Used Lavasoft Adaware to get rid of the pest ----> removed blazefind
> and
> with it the wsaupdater.exe
>
> ==> next time i tried to logon my computer the system tries to run
> wsaupdater.exe which it couldn't find ! FAILED LOGON -> LOGOFF
>
> I first tried to find ways to change the registry from within the
> recovery console but i did not succeed (ERD commander will probably
> work, but since i wasn't sure that this was the problem i thought it a
> little bit too expensive)...
> Then i thought of this:
> just copy userinit.exe as wsaupdater.exe !! It's as simple as that....
>
> YES!! it works again... and blazefind is gone (it seems.... :-) )"
>
> Using the recovery console employ the command
>
> copy C:\Windows\System32\userinit.exe
> C:\Windows\System32\wsaupdater.exe
>
> (this is one line separated by a space, supposing the partition where
> windows is installed is C, and supposing blazefind caused this)
>
> Good luck
>
This worked excellently!! Much easier than all that complicated stuff about
booting into Linux. It was the blazefind spyware that goofed up the
registry, so that let me get booted up then I could fix the registry from
there.
Ad-aware deletes the wsaupdater.exe file, but DOESN'T correct the registry
change made, so it tries to boot up with a nonexistant exe file.
Gregg C.
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