Matteo1 said:
No matter what profile I try to log on to, I just get a blink of the desktop
before I'm logged out.
I've tried to repair windows thru the recovery disc, but it wont accept the
admin password. Soo, I'm stuck.
if it helps, I've managed to copy the complete hard drive, so I can get
acces to all files thru an other computer..
Hi there!
Looks like your "UserInit.exe" is damaged or the related registry path is corrupt.
First thing without booting from an LivePE or anything else is to copy a "functional" "userinit.exe"
from your running computer to the "old" hard disk. Browse to your (working) C:\Windows\System32\ , copy the
userinit.exe and paste it in the same folder on the "old" drive, confirm to overwrite existing data.
Now try to use drive again. If the problem still occurs you have to boot from a CD like UltimateBootCD etc.
to access the registry. Or if you're in luck you have a little network up and running. You can connect to
a remote computer through "regedit". For this scenario the user with admin rights on your damaged pc must
exist on both systems with equal passwords.
In both cases you have to browse to this reg key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Check the setting named "Userinit" on the right side. It should be C:\Windows\System32\userinit.exe
Greetz
