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Problem with USERINIT.EXE
G'day All!
Six days ago I loaded the new Yahoo Toolbar - with anti-spyware and anti-adware - anyway when I rebooted the system I got an error message associated with "userinit.exe" and it would not bring up the logon screen. I was able to access the system via Safe Mode with Networking and uninstalled the Yahoo Toolbar. I tried to reboot but was getting the same error (userinit.exe). Well, I ended up moving the file to the recycle bin and rebooted - after this point whenever I get to the signon screen it just says it's logging on, then logging off, saving my settings and then I'm stcuk at the signon screen. If I try to get in through Safe Mode it just does the same thing and knocks me back to the signon screen.
I used a bootdisk and am able to bring up a C: prompt, but I'm stuck now. I don't see any files named userinit.exe or wsaupdater.exe - CAN ANYONE HELP? I'm about ready to just reformat the hard drive. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated - I'm not that comptuer literate so whatever advice you have please dumb it down for me.
Thanks,
Pat
Six days ago I loaded the new Yahoo Toolbar - with anti-spyware and anti-adware - anyway when I rebooted the system I got an error message associated with "userinit.exe" and it would not bring up the logon screen. I was able to access the system via Safe Mode with Networking and uninstalled the Yahoo Toolbar. I tried to reboot but was getting the same error (userinit.exe). Well, I ended up moving the file to the recycle bin and rebooted - after this point whenever I get to the signon screen it just says it's logging on, then logging off, saving my settings and then I'm stcuk at the signon screen. If I try to get in through Safe Mode it just does the same thing and knocks me back to the signon screen.
I used a bootdisk and am able to bring up a C: prompt, but I'm stuck now. I don't see any files named userinit.exe or wsaupdater.exe - CAN ANYONE HELP? I'm about ready to just reformat the hard drive. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated - I'm not that comptuer literate so whatever advice you have please dumb it down for me.
Thanks,
Pat
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well, I guess I've got this thing solved.
I copied a userinit.exe file from another computer and copied into mine. After the computer booted I deleted the copy I just made and then restored the file that was in my recycle bin.
I've got my fingers crossed for the future. Thanks for the help.
I copied a userinit.exe file from another computer and copied into mine. After the computer booted I deleted the copy I just made and then restored the file that was in my recycle bin.
I've got my fingers crossed for the future. Thanks for the help.
ASKER
I followed your instructions and am stuck at the copy step. I changed directory to SYSTEM32 and then entered the copy command, but it says "The system cannot find the file specified" and then leaves me at a C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32> prompt.
As I said before, I moved the userinit.exe file to the recycle bin - I kind of gave in to MicroSoft's intructions when using help - they said to disable a file that was interferring with the startup.
Where can I get this userinit.exe file from?