Re: Cannot login to Windows XP after repair

Mir Mehdi wrote:
CAUSE
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This file edits an area of the registry, and Ad-aware 6 Build 181 is unable to correct this registry change. The registry item changed is
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Value: Userinit
Data: %system32%\wsaupdater.exe
%system32% represents the path to the System32 folder. For example, if the path is C:\Windows\System32, then the data would be
C:\Windows\System32\wsaupdater.exe
Instead of wsaupdater.exe, the data should contain userinit.exe,. Using the example above, the data would be
C:\Windows\System32\userinit.exe,
Note the comma following the file path information.

RESOLUTION
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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

I have a problem with your copy of one file over the other as it leaves the offending file name containing the contents of the file you actually want. Instead of copying the file over the other one, just use

del wsaupdater.exe

No need to copy the other file anywhere as it already in the system32 folder.


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