userint.exe

[Jonathan]

every time i would log o to my screen name ab error
message labeled "userint.exe" came up sying there was no
cd in the drive and if i wanted to retry, abort or cancel.
this started to get annoying so i found the file and
deleted it. when i go log on the next time it starts to
log in and plays the music, then it justs logs back out
again. i cant get on to any screen name to try and fix it.
i've tried reistalling windows but that didnt work.
can anyone help me!
Thanks

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

USERINIT.EXE is an integral part of the Windows Logon process, and you basically screwed yourself.

Boot the computer with your XP CD (assuming you have a retail version) and let setup begin. You'll be offered the opportunity to Repair your installation. Select R at this point. You'll be prompted to enter the password for the Administrator account. This is not any "administrator" level user, it is THE Administrator account.

Once at the C:\Windows prompt, enter the following commands, following each one with the Enter key:

CD SYSTEM32

COPY C:\Windows\System32\dllcache\userinit.exe

Then reboot the computer.