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Last answer on May 28, 2009 7:57:00 pm BST bjack2345, on Feb 25, 2009 7:28:37 pm GMT 
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Hello,
I got some virus surfing the net. I brief rundown of my problem. I have windows XP media center w/SP3. At first when I logged on I could not see my icons or task bar, just my desktop with nothing else. I tried alt-ctrl-delete and my task manager was disabled. I got that part fixed and ran Ad-ware through the task manager and it found a few viruses that I cleaned up and my task bar and icons came back. It asked me to reboot so I did. It must have deleted or changed something in my log in/off loop because when I logged back in it logs me off in the matter of seconds. I tried with the admin account and in safe mode with nothing working. Next I got on my dad's computer and searched some websites and I came across some suggestions to boot from my xp cd-enter recovery-go to my c:\windows\system32-copy userinit.exe wsaupdater.exe-(it said one file copied)-exit-reboot your computer and you should be able to log in-then got to phase II and regedit.

But my problem is after I copied the exe files listed and exited and restarted my computer, I logged in and it logged me right back out so something is still wrong. I have read other fixes that mention going through a network computer and edit the registry, but I dont have one so this is not an option.

So basically, I have done all I know how or have read, other than a hammer, and I still cant log in. Looking for some guidance please!

Thanks a million,
bjack2345

Configuration: Windows XP media 
Internet Explorer 7.0
SP3

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astucease, on Feb 26, 2009 12:40:40 pm GMT

Hi,
try to do a system restore, this should fix your problem.
>start
>all programs
>accessories
>system tools
>system restore

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beats, on Feb 26, 2009 1:36:43 pm GMT
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How can you make changes when in a shutdown loop if you can get past the greeting window regardless what mode you start in?

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bjack2345, on Feb 26, 2009 4:25:43 pm GMT
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Beats is correct and there lies my problem.

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 marko, on May 28, 2009 7:57:00 pm BST

Use a live boot disc program to either get to a restore point or do a virus scan. (I.e. ERD commander, UBD, etc..)

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