autoruns mistake

October 8, 2008

I made the mistake of trying microsoft autoruns utility this morning, withnot

so good results. Thinking (This is the problem (THINKING) that i knew what

was going on I unchecked a bunch of stuff. Now I can't get to the system

restore to undo the mess I made.

I'm running XP Pro SP3. I trun on the pc and it askes for a logon and

password, never done that before. I put in my username which is already

listed no password and click ok. It boots to the desktop, but before it can

load any icons it shuts down and again askes for my logon. I can do this till

doomesday comes.

Here is my question, How can I get past this logon issue and set my pc back

to an earleir time. Thanks of any help Larry

October 8, 2008

Re: autoruns mistake

It sounds like you disabled the Userinit entry at:

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

You need to access the registry and restore this value. Is your machine

a standalone or is it part of a network?

John

Larry wrote:

> I made the mistake of trying microsoft autoruns utility this morning, withnot

> so good results. Thinking (This is the problem (THINKING) that i knew what

> was going on I unchecked a bunch of stuff. Now I can't get to the system

> restore to undo the mess I made.

> I'm running XP Pro SP3. I trun on the pc and it askes for a logon and

> password, never done that before. I put in my username which is already

> listed no password and click ok. It boots to the desktop, but before it can

> load any icons it shuts down and again askes for my logon. I can do this till

> doomesday comes.

> Here is my question, How can I get past this logon issue and set my pc back

> to an earleir time. Thanks of any help Larry

October 8, 2008

Re: autoruns mistake

Did you try booting to the Last Known Good Configuration? Tap the F8

key just before Windows starts to boot to get to the boot options.

John

Larry wrote:

> I made the mistake of trying microsoft autoruns utility this morning, withnot

> so good results. Thinking (This is the problem (THINKING) that i knew what

> was going on I unchecked a bunch of stuff. Now I can't get to the system

> restore to undo the mess I made.

> I'm running XP Pro SP3. I trun on the pc and it askes for a logon and

> password, never done that before. I put in my username which is already

> listed no password and click ok. It boots to the desktop, but before it can

> load any icons it shuts down and again askes for my logon. I can do this till

> doomesday comes.

> Here is my question, How can I get past this logon issue and set my pc back

> to an earleir time. Thanks of any help Larry

October 8, 2008

Re: autoruns mistake

Larry wrote:

> I made the mistake of trying microsoft autoruns utility this morning,

> withnot so good results. Thinking (This is the problem (THINKING) that i

> knew what was going on I unchecked a bunch of stuff. Now I can't get to

> the system restore to undo the mess I made.

> I'm running XP Pro SP3. I trun on the pc and it askes for a logon and

> password, never done that before. I put in my username which is already

> listed no password and click ok. It boots to the desktop, but before it

> can load any icons it shuts down and again askes for my logon. I can do

> this till doomesday comes.

> Here is my question, How can I get past this logon issue and set my pc

> back

> to an earleir time. Thanks of any help Larry

Some things to try:

1. Try Last Known Good Configuration. Repeatedly tap F8 as the computer is

starting to get to that menu. Use your arrow key to select LKGC.

2. See if you can get into the built-in Administrator account. In the logon

box, enter Administrator and whatever password you originally assigned. If

you didn't assign a password, then leave it blank. If you can, run System

Restore.

3. If neither of those things works, try enabling some of the services you

disabled from the Recovery Console. Boot the computer with your XP install

disk and choose "R" to start the Recovery Console.

Using the Recovery Console - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307654/

The Recovery Console will want the password for the built-in Administrator

account.

4. Or you could try a Repair Install.

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm - Repair Install

How-To

In any case, if you have important data on the drive that you haven't backed

up, I'd pull the drive and either put it in an external USB enclosure or

slave it in a working machine and retrieve the data first.

Malke

--

MS-MVP

Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!

FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

October 8, 2008

Re: autoruns mistake

Larry wrote:

> I made the mistake of trying microsoft autoruns utility this morning,

> withnot so good results. Thinking (This is the problem (THINKING)

> that i knew what was going on I unchecked a bunch of stuff. Now I

> can't get to the system restore to undo the mess I made.

> I'm running XP Pro SP3. I trun on the pc and it askes for a logon and

> password, never done that before. I put in my username which is

> already listed no password and click ok. It boots to the desktop, but

> before it can load any icons it shuts down and again askes for my

> logon. I can do this till doomesday comes.

> Here is my question, How can I get past this logon issue and set my

> pc back to an earleir time. Thanks of any help Larry

http://forums.techarena.in/windows-xp-support/997822.htm

RESOLUTION

===========

Using the recovery console, copy userinit.exe to wsaupdater.exe to allow log

on

capability to be restored, and correct the registry data manually.

Insert the Windows XP startup disk into the floppy disk drive, or insert the

Windows XP CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive, and then restart the computer.

Click to select any options that are required to start the computer from the

CD-ROM

drive if you are prompted to do so. When the "Welcome to Setup" screen

appears, press R to start the Recovery Console.

If you have a dual-boot or multiple-boot computer, select the installation

that you

want to access from the Recovery Console. When you are prompted to do so,

type the Administrator password. If the administrator password is blank

(which is likely the case if Windows XP was preinstalled by your computer

manufacturer), just press ENTER. You should now be in the Windows

installation folder. Note this location, as it will be necessary for steps

later in this article.

At the Recovery Console command prompt, type the following lines, pressing

ENTER after you type each line:

cd system32

copy userinit.exe wsaupdater.exe

exit

For the detailed informaiton on how to install Recovery Console, you may

visit the

below article in Microsoft knowledge base:

307654 How to install and use the Recovery Console in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=307654

At this time, remove the startup floppy or CD-ROM from your system, and boot

into

Windows XP. Log on to the system using an account with administrator-level

privileges, and edit the registry using this information. It is recommeded

that a

registry backup be created prior to continuing. Information on how to do so

can be

found at

HOW TO: Back Up, Edit, and Restore the Registry in Windows XP and Windows

Server

2003

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=322756

Click start, then run. Enter

regedit

and click OK. Using RegEdit, expand

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

Software

Microsoft

Windows NT

CurrentVersion

Winlogon

Locate Userinit in the value column, right-click this item, and choose

modify.

Replace

"wsaupdater.exe" with "userinit.exe," (do not use quotes, and ensure the

trailing

comma is present as shown) and click OK. Exit RegEdit.

Restart your computer, and log on to the system using an account with

administrator-level privileges.

Go to My Computer, then to the System32 folder (usually C:, then Windows,

then

System32). If Explorer prompts that removing files from these areas is not

recommended, click to continue. Locate and remove wsaupdater.exe, and delete

this

file.

--

Mir Sajjad Mehdi

Microsoft XP Platform Support

October 8, 2008

Re: autoruns mistake

Hey John Yes my system is a stand alone desktop and yes I tried different

boots safemood, safemode with command prompt boot ot last known good

settings. If I had a boot disk maybe?????? I don't know a whole lot about

computers, enough to make messes. I tried to boot from xp setup disk as well

something about recover consoul. Don't know anything about dos commands. Any

how

"John John (MVP)" wrote:

> It sounds like you disabled the Userinit entry at:

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

>

> You need to access the registry and restore this value. Is your machine

> a standalone or is it part of a network?

>

> John

>

> Larry wrote:

>

> > I made the mistake of trying microsoft autoruns utility this morning, withnot

> > so good results. Thinking (This is the problem (THINKING) that i knew what

> > was going on I unchecked a bunch of stuff. Now I can't get to the system

> > restore to undo the mess I made.

> > I'm running XP Pro SP3. I trun on the pc and it askes for a logon and

> > password, never done that before. I put in my username which is already

> > listed no password and click ok. It boots to the desktop, but before it can

> > load any icons it shuts down and again askes for my logon. I can do this till

> > doomesday comes.

> > Here is my question, How can I get past this logon issue and set my pc back

> > to an earleir time. Thanks of any help Larry

>

October 8, 2008

Re: autoruns mistake

Thanks for getting back with me. I have tried to boot to last known good

config. would'nt do anything for me. I have not tried the admin account I'll

try that next. I also tried the recovery consoul but don't know anything

about dos commands

"Malke" wrote:

> Larry wrote:

>

> > I made the mistake of trying microsoft autoruns utility this morning,

> > withnot so good results. Thinking (This is the problem (THINKING) that i

> > knew what was going on I unchecked a bunch of stuff. Now I can't get to

> > the system restore to undo the mess I made.

> > I'm running XP Pro SP3. I trun on the pc and it askes for a logon and

> > password, never done that before. I put in my username which is already

> > listed no password and click ok. It boots to the desktop, but before it

> > can load any icons it shuts down and again askes for my logon. I can do

> > this till doomesday comes.

> > Here is my question, How can I get past this logon issue and set my pc

> > back

> > to an earleir time. Thanks of any help Larry

>

> Some things to try:

>

> 1. Try Last Known Good Configuration. Repeatedly tap F8 as the computer is

> starting to get to that menu. Use your arrow key to select LKGC.

>

> 2. See if you can get into the built-in Administrator account. In the logon

> box, enter Administrator and whatever password you originally assigned. If

> you didn't assign a password, then leave it blank. If you can, run System

> Restore.

>

> 3. If neither of those things works, try enabling some of the services you

> disabled from the Recovery Console. Boot the computer with your XP install

> disk and choose "R" to start the Recovery Console.

>

> Using the Recovery Console - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307654/

>

> The Recovery Console will want the password for the built-in Administrator

> account.

>

> 4. Or you could try a Repair Install.

> http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm - Repair Install

> How-To

>

> In any case, if you have important data on the drive that you haven't backed

> up, I'd pull the drive and either put it in an external USB enclosure or

> slave it in a working machine and retrieve the data first.

>

> Malke

> --

> MS-MVP

> Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!

> FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

>

October 8, 2008

Re: autoruns mistake

Clark... wrote:

> Larry wrote:

>

>>I made the mistake of trying microsoft autoruns utility this morning,

>>withnot so good results. Thinking (This is the problem (THINKING)

>>that i knew what was going on I unchecked a bunch of stuff. Now I

>>can't get to the system restore to undo the mess I made.

>>I'm running XP Pro SP3. I trun on the pc and it askes for a logon and

>>password, never done that before. I put in my username which is

>>already listed no password and click ok. It boots to the desktop, but

>>before it can load any icons it shuts down and again askes for my

>>logon. I can do this till doomesday comes.

>>Here is my question, How can I get past this logon issue and set my

>>pc back to an earleir time. Thanks of any help Larry

>

> http://forums.techarena.in/windows-xp-support/997822.htm

>

> RESOLUTION

> ===========

<snip>

That solution deals with the wsaupdater.exe problem, it is very unlikely

that the OP is dealing with wsaupdater.exe and the solution offered will

not likely to fix anything.

John

October 8, 2008

Re: autoruns mistake

Hi again well the administrator account would'nt work either Next tip

"Malke" wrote:

> Larry wrote:

>

> > I made the mistake of trying microsoft autoruns utility this morning,

> > withnot so good results. Thinking (This is the problem (THINKING) that i

> > knew what was going on I unchecked a bunch of stuff. Now I can't get to

> > the system restore to undo the mess I made.

> > I'm running XP Pro SP3. I trun on the pc and it askes for a logon and

> > password, never done that before. I put in my username which is already

> > listed no password and click ok. It boots to the desktop, but before it

> > can load any icons it shuts down and again askes for my logon. I can do

> > this till doomesday comes.

> > Here is my question, How can I get past this logon issue and set my pc

> > back

> > to an earleir time. Thanks of any help Larry

>

> Some things to try:

>

> 1. Try Last Known Good Configuration. Repeatedly tap F8 as the computer is

> starting to get to that menu. Use your arrow key to select LKGC.

>

> 2. See if you can get into the built-in Administrator account. In the logon

> box, enter Administrator and whatever password you originally assigned. If

> you didn't assign a password, then leave it blank. If you can, run System

> Restore.

>

> 3. If neither of those things works, try enabling some of the services you

> disabled from the Recovery Console. Boot the computer with your XP install

> disk and choose "R" to start the Recovery Console.

>

> Using the Recovery Console - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307654/

>

> The Recovery Console will want the password for the built-in Administrator

> account.

>

> 4. Or you could try a Repair Install.

> http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm - Repair Install

> How-To

>

> In any case, if you have important data on the drive that you haven't backed

> up, I'd pull the drive and either put it in an external USB enclosure or

> slave it in a working machine and retrieve the data first.

>

> Malke

> --

> MS-MVP

> Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!

> FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

>

October 9, 2008

Re: autoruns mistake

I don't think that you will be able to fix this from the Recovery

Console, you cannot edit the registry by way of the Recovery Console.

If you feel confident enough to mount the drive in another Windows XP

computer or in a USB enclosure then you can access the damaged registry

and try to fix things. If you cannot mount the disk in another XP

machine or USB enclosure then this will be a very difficult problem to

solve, you will need to use a special boot disk with an onboard registry

editor, building such a boot disk is not a trivial matter, it takes

several hours and it takes advanced computer skills.

Does your hard drive have more than one partition? Installing a second

"parallel" copy of Windows on the second partition is another method

that can be used to access the damaged registry on the broken

installation. Otherwise you can try a Repair Install, but that will

require that you "slipstream" SP3 to your Windows CD.

Fixing the damaged registry is not too hard to do, the hard part is

finding a way to access the registry. Tell us which methods are

available to you and we will see what we can suggest.

John

Larry wrote:

> Hey John Yes my system is a stand alone desktop and yes I tried different

> boots safemood, safemode with command prompt boot ot last known good

> settings. If I had a boot disk maybe?????? I don't know a whole lot about

> computers, enough to make messes. I tried to boot from xp setup disk as well

> something about recover consoul. Don't know anything about dos commands. Any

> how

>

> "John John (MVP)" wrote:

>

>>It sounds like you disabled the Userinit entry at:

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

>>

>>You need to access the registry and restore this value. Is your machine

>>a standalone or is it part of a network?

>>

>>John

>>

>>Larry wrote:

>>

>>>I made the mistake of trying microsoft autoruns utility this morning, withnot

>>>so good results. Thinking (This is the problem (THINKING) that i knew what

>>>was going on I unchecked a bunch of stuff. Now I can't get to the system

>>>restore to undo the mess I made.

>>>I'm running XP Pro SP3. I trun on the pc and it askes for a logon and

>>>password, never done that before. I put in my username which is already

>>>listed no password and click ok. It boots to the desktop, but before it can

>>>load any icons it shuts down and again askes for my logon. I can do this till

>>>doomesday comes.

>>>Here is my question, How can I get past this logon issue and set my pc back

>>>to an earleir time. Thanks of any help Larry

>>

October 9, 2008

Re: autoruns mistake

Thats good because i did not understand anything he said or typed. This is

way over my head. I tried the administrator account but that does the same

thing starts to the desktop then shutsdown, then startes again (if I click

ok) and shuts down. I don't understand how you can edit a registry entry,

if you can't even get to a command prompt Larry

"John John (MVP)" wrote:

> Clark... wrote:

>

> > Larry wrote:

> >

> >>I made the mistake of trying microsoft autoruns utility this morning,

> >>withnot so good results. Thinking (This is the problem (THINKING)

> >>that i knew what was going on I unchecked a bunch of stuff. Now I

> >>can't get to the system restore to undo the mess I made.

> >>I'm running XP Pro SP3. I trun on the pc and it askes for a logon and

> >>password, never done that before. I put in my username which is

> >>already listed no password and click ok. It boots to the desktop, but

> >>before it can load any icons it shuts down and again askes for my

> >>logon. I can do this till doomesday comes.

> >>Here is my question, How can I get past this logon issue and set my

> >>pc back to an earleir time. Thanks of any help Larry

> >

> > http://forums.techarena.in/windows-xp-support/997822.htm

> >

> > RESOLUTION

> > ===========

>

> <snip>

>

> That solution deals with the wsaupdater.exe problem, it is very unlikely

> that the OP is dealing with wsaupdater.exe and the solution offered will

> not likely to fix anything.

>

> John

>

October 9, 2008

Re: autoruns mistake

My HD has just one partition. and I don't understand what you mean by saying

what methods i have available to me. And I sure don't know what a

slipstream is. Maybe I will just bring it to the shop and let them have at

it."John John (MVP)" wrote:

> I don't think that you will be able to fix this from the Recovery

> Console, you cannot edit the registry by way of the Recovery Console.

> If you feel confident enough to mount the drive in another Windows XP

> computer or in a USB enclosure then you can access the damaged registry

> and try to fix things. If you cannot mount the disk in another XP

> machine or USB enclosure then this will be a very difficult problem to

> solve, you will need to use a special boot disk with an onboard registry

> editor, building such a boot disk is not a trivial matter, it takes

> several hours and it takes advanced computer skills.

>

> Does your hard drive have more than one partition? Installing a second

> "parallel" copy of Windows on the second partition is another method

> that can be used to access the damaged registry on the broken

> installation. Otherwise you can try a Repair Install, but that will

> require that you "slipstream" SP3 to your Windows CD.

>

> Fixing the damaged registry is not too hard to do, the hard part is

> finding a way to access the registry. Tell us which methods are

> available to you and we will see what we can suggest.

>

> John

>

> Larry wrote:

>

> > Hey John Yes my system is a stand alone desktop and yes I tried different

> > boots safemood, safemode with command prompt boot ot last known good

> > settings. If I had a boot disk maybe?????? I don't know a whole lot about

> > computers, enough to make messes. I tried to boot from xp setup disk as well

> > something about recover consoul. Don't know anything about dos commands. Any

> > how

> >

> > "John John (MVP)" wrote:

> >

> >>It sounds like you disabled the Userinit entry at:

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

> >>

> >>You need to access the registry and restore this value. Is your machine

> >>a standalone or is it part of a network?

> >>

> >>John

> >>

> >>Larry wrote:

> >>

> >>>I made the mistake of trying microsoft autoruns utility this morning, withnot

> >>>so good results. Thinking (This is the problem (THINKING) that i knew what

> >>>was going on I unchecked a bunch of stuff. Now I can't get to the system

> >>>restore to undo the mess I made.

> >>>I'm running XP Pro SP3. I trun on the pc and it askes for a logon and

> >>>password, never done that before. I put in my username which is already

> >>>listed no password and click ok. It boots to the desktop, but before it can

> >>>load any icons it shuts down and again askes for my logon. I can do this till

> >>>doomesday comes.

> >>>Here is my question, How can I get past this logon issue and set my pc back

> >>>to an earleir time. Thanks of any help Larry

> >>

>

October 9, 2008

Re: autoruns mistake

The other method would be to put the disk in another Windows XP machine

or in a USB enclosure and use Regedit and the Load Hive feature to

change the Winlogon Userinit value. If you have a knowledgeable friend

or other to help you they could put your hard disk in their XP machine

and use the method shown here: http://www.rwin.ch/xp-live/regedit.htm

to access the registry.

The value to check is:

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

Value Name: Userinit

Value Type: REG_SZ

Value data: C:\WINNT\system32\userinit.exe,

Note the required comma at the end.

If you bring the pc to a repair shop print these instructions and ask

them if they can check it for you, they should be able to do this quite

easily.

John

Larry wrote:

> My HD has just one partition. and I don't understand what you mean by saying

> what methods i have available to me. And I sure don't know what a

> slipstream is. Maybe I will just bring it to the shop and let them have at

> it."John John (MVP)" wrote:

>

>>I don't think that you will be able to fix this from the Recovery

>>Console, you cannot edit the registry by way of the Recovery Console.

>>If you feel confident enough to mount the drive in another Windows XP

>>computer or in a USB enclosure then you can access the damaged registry

>>and try to fix things. If you cannot mount the disk in another XP

>>machine or USB enclosure then this will be a very difficult problem to

>>solve, you will need to use a special boot disk with an onboard registry

>>editor, building such a boot disk is not a trivial matter, it takes

>>several hours and it takes advanced computer skills.

>>

>>Does your hard drive have more than one partition? Installing a second

>>"parallel" copy of Windows on the second partition is another method

>>that can be used to access the damaged registry on the broken

>>installation. Otherwise you can try a Repair Install, but that will

>>require that you "slipstream" SP3 to your Windows CD.

>>

>>Fixing the damaged registry is not too hard to do, the hard part is

>>finding a way to access the registry. Tell us which methods are

>>available to you and we will see what we can suggest.

>>

>>John

>>

>>Larry wrote:

>>

>>>Hey John Yes my system is a stand alone desktop and yes I tried different

>>>boots safemood, safemode with command prompt boot ot last known good

>>>settings. If I had a boot disk maybe?????? I don't know a whole lot about

>>>computers, enough to make messes. I tried to boot from xp setup disk as well

>>>something about recover consoul. Don't know anything about dos commands. Any

>>>how

>>>

>>>"John John (MVP)" wrote:

>>>

>>>>It sounds like you disabled the Userinit entry at:

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

>>>>

>>>>You need to access the registry and restore this value. Is your machine

>>>>a standalone or is it part of a network?

>>>>

>>>>John

>>>>

>>>>Larry wrote:

>>>>

>>>>>I made the mistake of trying microsoft autoruns utility this morning, withnot

>>>>>so good results. Thinking (This is the problem (THINKING) that i knew what

>>>>>was going on I unchecked a bunch of stuff. Now I can't get to the system

>>>>>restore to undo the mess I made.

>>>>>I'm running XP Pro SP3. I trun on the pc and it askes for a logon and

>>>>>password, never done that before. I put in my username which is already

>>>>>listed no password and click ok. It boots to the desktop, but before it can

>>>>>load any icons it shuts down and again askes for my logon. I can do this till

>>>>>doomesday comes.

>>>>>Here is my question, How can I get past this logon issue and set my pc back

>>>>>to an earleir time. Thanks of any help Larry

>>>>

October 9, 2008

Re: autoruns mistake

Hi John,

If someone is at SP3, is it a requirement to slipstream SP3 to a Windows

Installation CD -- let's say SP2 -- before doing a repair install?

If one does a repair install with a Windows SP2 installation CD, won't the

OS revert back to SP2?

Alan

"John John (MVP)" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message

news:uS9KHKaKJHA.5460@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>I don't think that you will be able to fix this from the Recovery Console,

>you cannot edit the registry by way of the Recovery Console. If you feel

>confident enough to mount the drive in another Windows XP computer or in a

>USB enclosure then you can access the damaged registry and try to fix

>things. If you cannot mount the disk in another XP machine or USB

>enclosure then this will be a very difficult problem to solve, you will

>need to use a special boot disk with an onboard registry editor, building

>such a boot disk is not a trivial matter, it takes several hours and it

>takes advanced computer skills.

>

> Does your hard drive have more than one partition? Installing a second

> "parallel" copy of Windows on the second partition is another method that

> can be used to access the damaged registry on the broken installation.

> Otherwise you can try a Repair Install, but that will require that you

> "slipstream" SP3 to your Windows CD.

>

> Fixing the damaged registry is not too hard to do, the hard part is

> finding a way to access the registry. Tell us which methods are available

> to you and we will see what we can suggest.

>

> John

>

> Larry wrote:

>

>> Hey John Yes my system is a stand alone desktop and yes I tried different

>> boots safemood, safemode with command prompt boot ot last known good

>> settings. If I had a boot disk maybe?????? I don't know a whole lot about

>> computers, enough to make messes. I tried to boot from xp setup disk as

>> well something about recover consoul. Don't know anything about dos

>> commands. Any how

>>

>> "John John (MVP)" wrote:

>>

>>>It sounds like you disabled the Userinit entry at:

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

>>>

>>>You need to access the registry and restore this value. Is your machine

>>>a standalone or is it part of a network?

>>>

>>>John

>>>

>>>Larry wrote:

>>>

>>>>I made the mistake of trying microsoft autoruns utility this morning,

>>>>withnot so good results. Thinking (This is the problem (THINKING) that i

>>>>knew what was going on I unchecked a bunch of stuff. Now I can't get to

>>>>the system restore to undo the mess I made.

>>>>I'm running XP Pro SP3. I trun on the pc and it askes for a logon and

>>>>password, never done that before. I put in my username which is already

>>>>listed no password and click ok. It boots to the desktop, but before it

>>>>can load any icons it shuts down and again askes for my logon. I can do

>>>>this till doomesday comes.

>>>>Here is my question, How can I get past this logon issue and set my pc

>>>>back to an earleir time. Thanks of any help Larry

>>>

October 9, 2008

Re: autoruns mistake

Hey Clark Thanks for your responce, but i think this problem is way over my

head. To be honest what you said in your post has my mind in a fog bank. I'm

in the process of doing a repair install, I don't know how much data i will

lose but maybe it will be ok. Any other simpler fixes are allways welcome.

Agani Thanks Larry

"Clark..." wrote:

> Larry wrote:

> > I made the mistake of trying microsoft autoruns utility this morning,

> > withnot so good results. Thinking (This is the problem (THINKING)

> > that i knew what was going on I unchecked a bunch of stuff. Now I

> > can't get to the system restore to undo the mess I made.

> > I'm running XP Pro SP3. I trun on the pc and it askes for a logon and

> > password, never done that before. I put in my username which is

> > already listed no password and click ok. It boots to the desktop, but

> > before it can load any icons it shuts down and again askes for my

> > logon. I can do this till doomesday comes.

> > Here is my question, How can I get past this logon issue and set my

> > pc back to an earleir time. Thanks of any help Larry

>

> http://forums.techarena.in/windows-xp-support/997822.htm

>

> RESOLUTION

> ===========

>

> Using the recovery console, copy userinit.exe to wsaupdater.exe to allow log

> on

> capability to be restored, and correct the registry data manually.

>

> Insert the Windows XP startup disk into the floppy disk drive, or insert the

> Windows XP CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive, and then restart the computer.

> Click to select any options that are required to start the computer from the

> CD-ROM

> drive if you are prompted to do so. When the "Welcome to Setup" screen

> appears, press R to start the Recovery Console.

>

> If you have a dual-boot or multiple-boot computer, select the installation

> that you

> want to access from the Recovery Console. When you are prompted to do so,

> type the Administrator password. If the administrator password is blank

> (which is likely the case if Windows XP was preinstalled by your computer

> manufacturer), just press ENTER. You should now be in the Windows

> installation folder. Note this location, as it will be necessary for steps

> later in this article.

> At the Recovery Console command prompt, type the following lines, pressing

> ENTER after you type each line:

> cd system32

> copy userinit.exe wsaupdater.exe

> exit

>

> For the detailed informaiton on how to install Recovery Console, you may

> visit the

> below article in Microsoft knowledge base:

>

> 307654 How to install and use the Recovery Console in Windows XP

> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=307654

>

> At this time, remove the startup floppy or CD-ROM from your system, and boot

> into

> Windows XP. Log on to the system using an account with administrator-level

> privileges, and edit the registry using this information. It is recommeded

> that a

> registry backup be created prior to continuing. Information on how to do so

> can be

> found at

>

> HOW TO: Back Up, Edit, and Restore the Registry in Windows XP and Windows

> Server

> 2003

> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=322756

>

> Click start, then run. Enter

> regedit

> and click OK. Using RegEdit, expand

> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

> Software

> Microsoft

> Windows NT

> CurrentVersion

> Winlogon

> Locate Userinit in the value column, right-click this item, and choose

> modify.

> Replace

> "wsaupdater.exe" with "userinit.exe," (do not use quotes, and ensure the

> trailing

> comma is present as shown) and click OK. Exit RegEdit.

>

> Restart your computer, and log on to the system using an account with

> administrator-level privileges.

>

> Go to My Computer, then to the System32 folder (usually C:, then Windows,

> then

> System32). If Explorer prompts that removing files from these areas is not

> recommended, click to continue. Locate and remove wsaupdater.exe, and delete

> this

> file.

>

> --

> Mir Sajjad Mehdi

> Microsoft XP Platform Support

>

October 9, 2008

Re: autoruns mistake

"Larry" <Larry@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> I don't understand how you can edit a registry entry,

> if you can't even get to a command prompt

Although this takes some legwork, the instructions are straightforward

enough.

"How To Edit Windows Registry Key Values without Booting in Windows":

http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/2008/07/02/how-to-edit-windows-registry-key-values-without-booting-in-windows/

"How to Build the Ultimate Boot CD for Windows®":

http://www.ubcd4win.com/howto.htm

Having one of these resuce disks is *very* helpful. But you might prefer

just to pay an experienced tech to fix this problem. If so, stay away

from the big chain stores.

October 9, 2008

Re: autoruns mistake

I'm not 100% sure on that, I think that you might be right.

John

Alan wrote:

> Hi John,

>

> If someone is at SP3, is it a requirement to slipstream SP3 to a Windows

> Installation CD -- let's say SP2 -- before doing a repair install?

>

> If one does a repair install with a Windows SP2 installation CD, won't the

> OS revert back to SP2?

>

> Alan

>

> "John John (MVP)" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message

> news:uS9KHKaKJHA.5460@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>

>>I don't think that you will be able to fix this from the Recovery Console,

>>you cannot edit the registry by way of the Recovery Console. If you feel

>>confident enough to mount the drive in another Windows XP computer or in a

>>USB enclosure then you can access the damaged registry and try to fix

>>things. If you cannot mount the disk in another XP machine or USB

>>enclosure then this will be a very difficult problem to solve, you will

>>need to use a special boot disk with an onboard registry editor, building

>>such a boot disk is not a trivial matter, it takes several hours and it

>>takes advanced computer skills.

>>

>>Does your hard drive have more than one partition? Installing a second

>>"parallel" copy of Windows on the second partition is another method that

>>can be used to access the damaged registry on the broken installation.

>>Otherwise you can try a Repair Install, but that will require that you

>>"slipstream" SP3 to your Windows CD.

>>

>>Fixing the damaged registry is not too hard to do, the hard part is

>>finding a way to access the registry. Tell us which methods are available

>>to you and we will see what we can suggest.

>>

>>John

>>

>>Larry wrote:

>>

>>>Hey John Yes my system is a stand alone desktop and yes I tried different

>>>boots safemood, safemode with command prompt boot ot last known good

>>>settings. If I had a boot disk maybe?????? I don't know a whole lot about

>>>computers, enough to make messes. I tried to boot from xp setup disk as

>>>well something about recover consoul. Don't know anything about dos

>>>commands. Any how

>>>

>>>"John John (MVP)" wrote:

>>>

>>>>It sounds like you disabled the Userinit entry at:

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

>>>>

>>>>You need to access the registry and restore this value. Is your machine

>>>>a standalone or is it part of a network?

>>>>

>>>>John

>>>>

>>>>Larry wrote:

>>>>

>>>>>I made the mistake of trying microsoft autoruns utility this morning,

>>>>>withnot so good results. Thinking (This is the problem (THINKING) that i

>>>>>knew what was going on I unchecked a bunch of stuff. Now I can't get to

>>>>>the system restore to undo the mess I made.

>>>>>I'm running XP Pro SP3. I trun on the pc and it askes for a logon and

>>>>>password, never done that before. I put in my username which is already

>>>>>listed no password and click ok. It boots to the desktop, but before it

>>>>>can load any icons it shuts down and again askes for my logon. I can do

>>>>>this till doomesday comes.

>>>>>Here is my question, How can I get past this logon issue and set my pc

>>>>>back to an earleir time. Thanks of any help Larry

>>>>

>

October 9, 2008

Re: autoruns mistake

John John (MVP) wrote:

> Clark... wrote:

>

>> Larry wrote:

>>

>>> I made the mistake of trying microsoft autoruns utility this

>>> morning, withnot so good results. Thinking (This is the problem

>>> (THINKING) that i knew what was going on I unchecked a bunch of

>>> stuff. Now I can't get to the system restore to undo the mess I

>>> made. I'm running XP Pro SP3. I trun on the pc and it askes for a logon

>>> and password, never done that before. I put in my username which is

>>> already listed no password and click ok. It boots to the desktop,

>>> but before it can load any icons it shuts down and again askes for

>>> my logon. I can do this till doomesday comes.

>>> Here is my question, How can I get past this logon issue and set my

>>> pc back to an earleir time. Thanks of any help Larry

>>

>> http://forums.techarena.in/windows-xp-support/997822.htm

>>

>> RESOLUTION

>> ===========

>

> <snip>

>

> That solution deals with the wsaupdater.exe problem, it is very

> unlikely that the OP is dealing with wsaupdater.exe and the solution

> offered will not likely to fix anything.

>

> John

Ya know I wish I wrote down what I had to do to fix that same exact problem

with a customers PC

the problem occured after ( I think )

a motherboard switch and a repair install, I spent hours on it, but did

finally fix it,

Clark...

October 9, 2008

Re: autoruns mistake

It will not let you do anything unless the CD matches what is on the system

now. So if you have SP3 then you need to slipstream to that to use the

repair install. Otherwise it will ask you to install the proper CD.

"Alan" <somewhere@nospam.not> wrote in message

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