Unable to logon to Win XP Pro - Log off immediately after log on

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From: David T (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/16/04 

Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 09:08:59 -0700

Jason: The EXACT same thing happened to me after using
AdAware earlier this week, except I can't even log on as
administrator in Safe Mode, so my computer is totally
useless now. Can anyone help us?

>-----Original Message-----
>Jason wrote:
>
>Hi,
>I used Adaware to clean up a lot of spyware off my
>daughter's computer running XP Pro. After reboot upon
>loging and showing the Desktop for a second or two, the
>system immediately logs me (an all users) off.
>
>I can log on the computer in the safe mode with an
>administrator password. I tried reinstalling XP, but
>during the installation I got a message that GETIUxxx
>(don't really remember exact name) is not on my computer
>and I need to install a .dll. So after the installation
>was complete, I still couldn't log on.
>
>I tried instructions provided by Lavasoft regarding the
>wsaupdater.exe without success.
>.
>

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