Command prompt

[cy]

Hi All,
Sorry if this is a silly question. I am trying to fix a problem
with my brother in laws laptop at the moment, the issue is that it logs him
and logs him out straight away. He runs xp.

I have had a look online and am trying to do the following:

Go to command prompt
at the command prompt go to

C:/windows/system32

4. next type:

copy userinit.exe wsaupdater.exe

5. exit and reboot normally. You should now be able to logon. But you're not
done yet!

6. run regedit

7. find the Userinit key in:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\

8. modify the entry:

C:\WINDOWS\System32\wsaupdater.exe

so that it reads:

C:\WINDOWS\System32\userinit.exe

I have managed to get comand prompt to show C:\> at the flashing cursor but
when i type widows or windows\system32 i get a message saying 'this is not
recognised as an internal or eternal command.

Can anyone help me with this? As far as i was aware i just had to type
windows, this would then show C:windows, then i would type system 32 and it
would show C:\windows\system32 but it wont.

Any help would be great, thank in advance.

Colin

 

[John John (MVP)]

Use the CD command to change directories.

We don't know how you got to the C:> prompt, did you get there via the
Recovery Console?

John

 

[G. Morgan]

cy wrote:

Can anyone help me with this? As far as i was aware i just had to type
windows, this would then show C:windows, then i would type system 32 and it
would show C:\windows\system32 but it wont.

cd \windows\system32
copy userinit.exe wsaupdater.exe
exit

 

[meerkat]

Hi All,
Sorry if this is a silly question. I am trying to fix a
problem
with my brother in laws laptop at the moment, the issue is that it
logs him
and logs him out straight away. He runs xp.

I have had a look online and am trying to do the following:

Go to command prompt
at the command prompt go to

C:/windows/system32

4. next type:

copy userinit.exe wsaupdater.exe

5. exit and reboot normally. You should now be able to logon. But
you're not
done yet!

6. run regedit

7. find the Userinit key in:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\

8. modify the entry:

C:\WINDOWS\System32\wsaupdater.exe

so that it reads:

C:\WINDOWS\System32\userinit.exe

I have managed to get comand prompt to show C:\> at the flashing
cursor but
when i type widows or windows\system32 i get a message saying 'this is
not
recognised as an internal or eternal command.

Can anyone help me with this? As far as i was aware i just had to
type
windows, this would then show C:windows, then i would type system 32
and it
would show C:\windows\system32 but it wont.

Any help would be great, thank in advance.

Hi Colin
When you get to the `C:\>
You type DIR
This will give you a directory of where you are
in the file structure.
Now you use CD command to move through directories.

So, CD windows
CD system32 etc.

 

[MowGreen [MVP]]

You cannot log on to Windows XP after you remove Wsaupdater.exe
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/892893

Follow the steps in the KB article.
Wsaupdater.exe is from BlazeFind; BlazeFind is a browser helper object
"for" Internet Explorer that redirects and changes the Internet Explorer
settings.

MowGreen [MVP 2003-2009]
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