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Possible Virus Problem?

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TomDraco

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Yeah, my laptop with Windows XP has a problem. When I btry to login to my account, or anybody's account, it automaticaly logs out. I think this may be the work of a virus or something, but I thought I'd ask here first before doing anything. Thank you!
 
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Metamence

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It should be something about your Userinit key..
It could be that spyware changed it or something..
I'm not sure how you could change it though..
 
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Ice Dingo

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Does it pop up with anything about activation? If you refuse to let it activate windows, you get logged out immediately. If it doesn't, something is very wrong. Maybe a virus of some sort. See if you can log in using safe mode (F8 during startup) and try to run a virus scan.
 
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TomDraco

I'm a /tr/ainer.
Ice Dingo said:
Does it pop up with anything about activation? If you refuse to let it activate windows, you get logged out immediately. If it doesn't, something is very wrong. Maybe a virus of some sort. See if you can log in using safe mode (F8 during startup) and try to run a virus scan.
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It will get to the log-in screen, and it will let me log-in. But, it will log-out instantly. I've also tried safe mode, but it does the same thing.
 
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Metamence

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Go to this website if you have an Userinit problem, although there are many other variations to this error so it might not be the Userinit.
http://www.winxptutor.com/wsaremove.htm
Start at the header called "Enter the Recovery Console" then go to Phase II and so forth.
 
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TomDraco

I'm a /tr/ainer.
Metamence said:
Go to this website if you have an Userinit problem, although there are many other variations to this error so it might not be the Userinit.
http://www.winxptutor.com/wsaremove.htm
Start at the header called "Enter the Recovery Console" then go to Phase II and so forth.
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Unfortunately, I don't think I have the Windows XP Startup CD or Floppy Disk. So I'm a little stuck. Any other option besides using the Starup disks (which I doubt there is any).
 
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TomDraco

I'm a /tr/ainer.
Ok, F8 worked, and I got to that screen. The one tried before was I think was F4 or F5. So what do I do next?
 
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Metamence

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Maybe you should try to do a System Restore to an earlier configuration?
Although I have read about this online, I haven't been able to find a solution using Safe Mode..
Apologies..
If all fails with Safe Mode, I recommend you to this website http://www.logicnest.com/archives/90 or http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555648 and use one of the (different) solutions ( Maybe?-> that hasn't been discussed already.)
EDIT:Ah fudge, it talks about the XP disk, but the "Slightly Harder Fix" might do the trick.....
 
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TomDraco

I'm a /tr/ainer.
Metamence said:
Maybe you should try to do a System Restore to an earlier configuration?
Although I have read about this online, I haven't been able to find a solution using Safe Mode..
Apologies..
If all fails with Safe Mode, I recommend you to this website http://www.logicnest.com/archives/90 or http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555648 and use one of the (different) solutions ( Maybe?-> that hasn't been discussed already.)
EDIT:Ah fudge, it talks about the XP disk, but the "Slightly Harder Fix" might do the trick.....
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Yeah safe mode didn't do squat...

I read the "slightly harder fix" and it says I need a computer with XP on it. Will Vista work as well? (My parent's computer is the only other computer I have...)
 
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Metamence

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TomDraco said:
Yeah safe mode didn't do squat...

I read the "slightly harder fix" and it says I need a computer with XP on it. Will Vista work as well? (My parent's computer is the only other computer I have...)
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Not sure, where did you see that it needs XP on the "Slightly Harder Fix"..
Although the BartPE program shouldn't work with Vista to my knowledge.
But you should try WinPE on your parent's computer, and see if it could do the same as BartPE?
V Try this before doing the WinPE stuff..
Have you looked at the Microsoft website I gave you?(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555648) I've tried running Regedit.exe on my Vista computer and it worked, you should be able to try the next steps after the running it. (All this is on the resolution)
 
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Pokemon_Veteran

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Are you wanting to boot your computer in safe mode? I know how to do it in vista. Give me a few moments and I'll try to come up with the procedure on how to do so in XP. I think its something called system configuration in the control panel.
I'll be back with more precise details in hopefully less than an hour.
 
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