XP on my machine automatically logs off when I try to login

[Guest]

I have XP on my machine and once I start my machine
instead of booting and showing my desktop its showing the
login screen and when I try to click on the Owner icon to
login it automatically shoots the following messages in
sequence,
1. Shows the login in icon ( Admin & Owner)

2. Once I click on the icon its shows " Loading your
settings"
3. And after a few seconds "Saving your settings"

4."Logging off" ( taking me back to the same screen where
I started)

Can any of you whizkids bail me out of this mess.

Thanks
Shree

 

[Guest]

see if you can log into windows in Safe mode, once there,
you need to do a virus scan on your computer.

 

[Guest]

I tried doing it in the Safe Mode , but the OS is still
forwarding me to the same issue ( Steps 1- 4 )

 

[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)]

Please check the following Knowledge Base Article for help with this issue:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=313322

 

[Larry Samuels]

Thanks go to Rick Rogers, MVP for the following instructions:

Did you run a spyware removal program lately? The userinit value may have
been corrupted by the removal of blazefind. It adds wsaupdater.exe to the
logon value in the system registry, sometimes appending it, sometimes
replacing it. Running Adaware or other cleaners detects and removes
wsaupdater.exe, but doesn't correct the registry damage. If this is the
case, then you may need to load the registry hive from another installation
and change it. This is the key:

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

Userinit string value should be:

C:\WINDOWS\system32\userinit.exe,

On the damaged installations it's one of these:

C:\WINDOWS\system32\wsaupdater.exe,
C:\WINDOWS\system32\userinit.exe,C:\WINDOWS\system32\wsaupdater.exe,

Another "quickie" method of resolution is to load the Recovery Console (see
below), copy userinit.exe as wsaupdater.exe from the command prompt, then
restart normally. Once in, go and change the registry value back to what
it's supposed to be and delete the copied file.

HOW TO: Install and Use the Recovery Console in Windows XP [Q307654]
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307654

This can also be done by using the 6 disk boot floppy set mentioned in the
above article, as it loads enough of the Recovery Console so that you can
copy the file. This is particularly useful if you have an OEM installation
that includes only a Restore CD, or no disk at all.



--
Larry Samuels MS-MVP (Windows-Shell/User)
Associate Expert
Expert Zone -
Unofficial FAQ for Windows Server 2003 at
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