Windows XP Automatic Logout after Login

Hello all!

So, the problem I'm having is: whenever I login to windows after clicking on my user name, I see my desktop for about a half second, and then windows log's me off right away, the whole process takes about one second. I can get into the profile and the admin account in safe mode, does me no good, however. I ran through the registry to find anything out of place, nothing. I disabled all non-microsoft startup applications. I changed the RAM and PSU.
One interesting thing, when I opened the PC to change the RAM the connector for a PCI wifi card antenna was broken (open circuit). Coincidence? Any ideas?

Thanks for any help!!

Ian

 

okay, my girlfriend's cousin is having the same problem, and he claims he hasnt downloaded or installed anything lately... this makes me concerned because if he is speaking truth then it must be a hardware problem rather than a software problem... im going to open his comp and see if there is anything disconnected or fried, i will reply again with results.

 

okay, i opened it and there werent any problems... his computer was rather clean on the inside even.... so im rather perplexed by this...

im considering installing windows on a partition and seeing how that works... to know if it is hardware or software issues

 

Its a virus
Im getting the same thing on a system that got infected
Its related to 32DLL error.
also if it was a circuit, or something hardware related your system wouldnt boot.
try running system recovery or repair the registry that might get you logged on. once you log on see if you can access the internet..

 

Try swapping the ram sticks around. If you have a faulty ram stick [ or maybe it needs re-seating ] the memory just falls over

 

Enter the Recovery Console

Boot the system using the Windows XP CD-ROM. 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 see the prompt reading C:\Windows (Or any other drive-letter where you've installed XP)

Type the following command and press Enter.

CD SYSTEM32
(If that does not work, try CHDIR SYSTEM32)

COPY USERINIT.EXE WSAUPDATER.EXE

Quit Recovery Console by typing EXIT and restart Windows.

You'll be able to login successfully as you've created the wsaupdater.exe file (now, a copy of userinit.exe)

NOTE If you don't have a Windows XP CD-ROM, you need to use Windows XP Setup floppy disks to enter the Recovery Console.

---You should now boot into safe mode and turn off system recovery

Run Malwarebytes and a good virus scanner - try vundofix that is what mcafee found

your internet may not work either - download/run winsockxpfix that will fix that.

run a full virus scan

John

 

Hi Jmumme,

I have the same problem of looping logon/logoff on all accounts even in safe mode but your instructions do not work for me.

I get an error message saying;

The system cannot find the file specified.

My path is c:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32

Am I missing something? (apart from the file specified hehe)

 

After a few hours of fruitless results I discovered the cause and the solution to my problem.

When I tried the userinit to wsaupdate thing and it told me the file didnt exist I should have twigged right away. userinit.exe had been deleted, in this instance by an over zealous anti-virus program.

So booted to recovery console, typed in "copy D:\i386\userinit.ex_ c:\windows\system32\userinit.exe" hit Enter, then rebooted and all was well with the world.

 

Same problem, followed hankyknot's advice, works perfectly again, thanks hankyknot

 

Try again slick, because we're in recovery console and not just at a command prompt the copy command works fine. The post by necrebious proves that. If I was in windows at a command prompt I would use expand but in this instance copy works just fine. If you followed the instructions I gave and had a problem then say so but you wouldn't have so please don't advise people to use a different command when the one they have works just fine.