[vannac]

Having a problem with Windows logging in and then logging off immediately. I read a thread about this elsewhere, but the problem in that thread ended up being due to malware. I know that my problem is not a result of malware.

Background:
I built my own PC. I have 4 harddrives:

1.) Main drive, which I boot my windows XP off of
2.) Data drive that only has data movies/games etc.
3.) Linux drive that has ubuntu installed on it for dual booting
4.) Backup drive which is an exact clone of my main win xp drive from a few months ago

I do have a backup of my system, however, I'd like to avoid the hassle of using a really old backup if possible.

What happened is this, I took apart my PC to clean it and then I put it all back together again. I unplugged the linux drive forgetting that I needed it plugged in so that grubloader could come up and I could select the OS I wanted to boot from (grubloader = OS boot selection menu). So when I booted up initially I got a grubloader error. No problem, plugged the linux drive back in.

Then my system booted to my backup clone drive! Its never done this! I didn't understand why it would do that. So I unplugged both the linux drive and the backup drive and I used "fixmbr" in recovery console to get rid of grubloader all together.

Now I am able to boot into my win xp partition, however when I try to log on, it just logs me off right in the middle of "loading your personal preferences".

Anyone have any non-malware related solutions?

I tried copying userinit.exe and wsaupdater.exe through recovery console, but I only found userinit.exe and this did not work.

Also, I am considering just wiping my log in accounts using a boot disk that I've got. Might this solve the problem? Or would it just complicate things to wipe the accounts?

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Thanks for all your help everyone I just decided to use my slightly older backup and eat the losses. I hate messing with my registry.

[vannac]

Thanks for all your help everyone I just decided to use my slightly older backup and eat the losses. I hate messing with my registry.

[rshaffer61]

Sorry that you had to do that but I am glad you got the issue resolved.

[devildogg1980]

Hello All! I am having some seious issues myself with this. I have followed all of the steps to fix the userinit file but the problem is that the file is there and the path is correct already. Yet, I still can not log on. I have tried the repair CD and that has not worked either. Spysweeper was running when this first happened. Any ideas on how I can get this issue fixed? Thanks!

[rshaffer61]

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