Quick Launch Toolbar

[Nancy T.]

Some weird spyware programs accidentally got installed on
my computer. I think I have gotten rid of all of them but
I am still having a slight problem. Whenever my computer
restarts, my Quick Launch toolbar disappears. I have to
right click the taskbar and restart the toolbar everytime.
Not a major problem, just an annoyance. Does anyone know
what is causing this and/or how to fix it.

Thanks,
Nancy

 

[Nancy T]

Never mind. I realized I should search the newsgroup and
found I was not alone with the problem. I will take it
from here.

Nancy

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Hi Nancy,

It's caused by a malware named BlazeFind.

1. Open Registry Editor (Regedit.exe) and navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

2. Backup the selected branch by exporting it to a REG file

3. In the right-pane, change the value of Userinit to "C:\WINDOWS\system32\userinit.exe,"

Type the above value exactly as given, including the comma - exclude the quotes. Also, change the path to userinit.exe approriately, if Windows is installed in a different drive.

4. Close Registry Editor and restart Windows.


--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

Windows 2000 Group Policy Registry Table:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/en-us/gp/gpref.asp

Some weird spyware programs accidentally got installed on
my computer. I think I have gotten rid of all of them but
I am still having a slight problem. Whenever my computer
restarts, my Quick Launch toolbar disappears. I have to
right click the taskbar and restart the toolbar everytime.
Not a major problem, just an annoyance. Does anyone know
what is causing this and/or how to fix it.

Thanks,
Nancy

 

[Durango Jim]

Ramesh, I did what you described in the above message, now when I
start windows by clicking on the Username, it goes into the windows
screen, no icons show, it says saving user settings, and then it goes
back to the screen that shows all of the other users to logon. I
can't get into windows at all. Help!
Thanks!

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Durango,

It means that you've typed an incorrect value there. See my note which says:
" Type the above value exactly as given, including the comma - exclude the quotes. Also, change the path to userinit.exe approriately, if Windows is installed in a different drive "

The only option to revert the correct setting is to slave the drive to another system -or- from a parallel installation of Windows, using the Load Hive method. See below:

From a parallel installation of Windows, try the following:

Select the HKEY Users branch
On the Registry menu, click Load Hive.
Locate the "Software" file for the *subject* Windows directory and then double-click it.
(say, c:\windows\system32\config\software)
In the Key Name box, type a name, and then press ENTER.
Alter the Userinit value here:

HKEY USERS\<name you typed>\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Set Userinit to C:\WINDOWS\system32\userinit.exe,

Unload the Software Hive (important).


--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

Windows 2000 Group Policy Registry Table:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/en-us/gp/gpref.asp

Ramesh, I did what you described in the above message, now when I
start windows by clicking on the Username, it goes into the windows
screen, no icons show, it says saving user settings, and then it goes
back to the screen that shows all of the other users to logon. I
can't get into windows at all. Help!
Thanks!