This is just a side effect as you call it which depends on the type of payload a virus or other malicious files had while it was on your system. Now although the virus is removed still this problem persists. I probably know the nature of this problem but cannot test it as I am now using Linux instead of XP.
If you agree to test I can tell you where to look for the problem and it's solution. I'm not sure but I think I'm right. Please tell me if you would like to look a solution to this problem. The Linux Newbie, AmbrNewlearner. Why NOT???????? GA and post what you think.. Rgds HND. I think I know how it happened I bumped into one such method given by someone to delete userinit from reg and kept the backup of reg but don't know how to use it now without logging in Include Dos5.
But still I'll be giving it a try PS: I also like Linux but can't get proper volume I also generally don't use antivirus in Windows because when it gets infected by any Virus its fun to make it work again. Hello, Well, even I expect that this problem is due to deletion of an autostart entry corrsponding to userinit. Expand Select Wrap Line Numbers. Disabled "userinit. I used 2nd Repiar option to fixed my problem and today I realised that this was most probably because of disabled "userinit.
But I am left with other Sideeffects too.. My same XP is still talking and walking. But some problem is left behind.. Now Problem is: When I open "My Computer" and right click on any drive letter It initially searches for windows installer and then prompt for an msi file See the exact error screen shot here Another problem is I have a lots of.
JPG files which are photos taken by me in last few years, now after recovering the system from viruses, i am not able to open some JPG files in MS photo editor the one comes with MS office so many other small small things keeps coming up there is no way to confirm if it is because of that virus attack or some thing new.. Hello, When I open "My Computer" and right click on any drive letter. It initially searches for windows installer and then prompt for an msi file See the exact error screen shot here I have Vmware installed on PC it works fine, but this error when right click on drive letter.
I dont think this problem is due to some virus. Instead this may be due to messing up with your XP installation. Well, answer these questions: 1. You said that windows installer starts when you right click any drive. Is it just right clciking the drive that starts the Windows installer or do you right click first and select some other option such as [explore] or [open]?
Unhide all the hidden files and important OS files I hope you to know how to do this. Then post a screenshot of the files of drive on which Windows OS is installed. I found this Microsoft documentation which may help you. Although the documentation is associated with Access runtime application, still I think if you read the documentation with ACCESS replaced by VMware Workstation then you may end up with success. Also, I got link below on google Pro by VMware workstation and then read the article beware I have not tested this.
This may also crash your system. Another problem is I have a lots of. JPG files which are photos taken by me in last few years, now after recovering the system from viruses, i am not able to open some JPG files in MS photo editor the one comes with MS office Does that mean that you are unable to open. JPG files with any other photo editor too? Try opening with Paint and post back the results. Hello, Does that mean that you are unable to open.
That means I can open these files using Preview or any other picture viewer. Now answer to ur first questions 1. Have you seen link I posted in upper blog? I have pasted a screen shot over there. I open "My Computer" by double cliking an icon from desktop or by exploer, in both cases, I have list of all my drive letters in front of me.
So when I Right click any drive It gives me that error. RedSon 5, Expert 4TB. Using this CD to solve your own problems is not recommended.
Additionally, discussions about software that is illegal is not tolerated on this site. Please be aware of these facts before offering suggestions or mentioning software products that you use or have used to solve your problems. But registry tools included in that CD are not of that kind. Here we were discussing about how to modify windows XP registry without logging onto XP. It doesn't matter how many things are legal vs how many are not, so don't try to use that as justification.
No one is getting in any trouble here so don't worry about it. I mention it as a reminder to everyone else who reads this thread later. Continue on with the discussion as normal Well, Microsoft's softwares are weird And I cannot think of a solution to this problem now. And so better use other photo viewers till you find a solution to this problem. I had seen that. Also I had posted some links in my previous reply with solutions to similar type of problem.
Had you seen and tried them? If not then check them now in my previous reply. Hope this helps Yea, I seen those links, I am being asked for supplying some msi for VMware Installation, and this link discuss problems due to inter MS applications. Links is very much informative, but not particular for this problem.
I will see then if I can offer some help here or not :. Hello, Yeah Volume in drive C has no label. There, just to make sure nobody can accuse bytes.
I accept, that it wasn't intended for illegal purposes, but we have to be very careful about such issues. Join Us Close. Join Tek-Tips Forums! Join Us! By joining you are opting in to receive e-mail. Promoting, selling, recruiting, coursework and thesis posting is forbidden. Students Click Here. I'm having an issue where a Windows XP machine logs off immediately after logging in.
I've done some looking into it and the only solution I can find is the following: Here is the solution to the logon - logoff issue in Windows XP. In the first screen when the Setup begins, read the instructions press "R" in the first screen enter the Recovery Console. Type-in the built-in Administrator password to enter the Console. You'll be able to login successfully as you've created the wsaupdater.
I've tried that however after the restart, the same thing is still happening so I cannot get into the registry to edit the value. Any help is appreciated! This occurs only when Winlogon service tries to load the Windows default shell explorer. This service searches for Explorer. Method 1: Navigate to the following registry key and changes the value of Shell and Userinit as mentioned below. NOTE: These files may also be deleted by spywares.
You may need to extract them using Windows CD or from another computer. Edit these two values in the right pane as mentioned. Exit from Registry 7. Restart Infected computer. Try to boot the computer in safe mode with command prompt by pressing F8 during startup and selecting safe mode with command prompt. If it can be boot to safe mode with command prompt. Open Registry Editor and Change the value of the following two entries in Registry key.
When you scan the computer with Ad-Aware by Lavasost it removes the Wsaupdater. The registry subkey that is changed is. Use the Recovery Console to copy Userinit. To do this, follow these steps:. Replace wsaupdater. Restart your computer. Delete the Wsaupdater. Type exit to quit Recovery Console and restart. Find where you saved the software. Just name it test f. Look for the Userinit field h. This will work for sure!.
You computer will not log off immediately now. Method 4: If the Userinit value is correct and all the above steps does not help and you are still logged off immediately after log in then it could be an issue with the user profile or registry associated with user profile too.
Use the following steps to fix this issue. S-X-X-XX is the format of profile identifier or the security identifier of a user so Look through each Profile key under this reg key and view the ProfileImagePath value to find which key is related to which user. Logout and login as the original user who has login issue and it will create a new profile for him.
Try logging in again and it should work fine. This fixed my issue. I found an extra entry in the UserInit key. It had "skipmetrosuite" in there. I believe that was left over from Win8 and that ridiculous metro screen. I had some software installed that bypassed the Metro UI and went right to the desktop. Ever since I had upgraded to Win10, the user account couldn't log in unless it was in the Administrators group.
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