winlogon application error

[briandobyns]

Everytime I turn on my computer as I get to the logon page, I get a
popup window that says; winlogon.exe application error, Instruction at
....ref mem at ... click ok to term program and cancel to debug.
clicking on either results in a reboot. If I don't touch either I can
still open windows and use everything so far. It does have me
concerned and I am not sure what to do.

 

[S.Sengupta]

Boot to Recovery Console:-
[How to install and use the Recovery Console in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307654]

type:
cd system32
ren winlogon.exe winlogon.old
ren msgina.dll msgina.old
ren shell32.dll shell32.old
ren shlwapi.dll shlwapi.old
After this you need to copy these files from your cd to your system32
folder.
cd.. [enter]
cd servicepackfiles\i386 [enter]
copy MSGINA.DLL c:\windows\system32
copy SHELL32.DLL c:\windows\system32
copy WINLOGON.EXE c:\windows\system32
copy shlwapi.dll c:\windows\system32


type Exit [enter]

If you find it difficult you may go for a repair install.
[How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm]


regards,
S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]