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| Thread ID: 95281 | 2008-12-01 03:06:00 | Laptop XP user menu stops at desktop ! ? | Digby (677) | Press F1 |
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| 724574 | 2008-12-01 03:06:00 | Hi Guys My fiend has a laptop that boots up OK and gives you the Users Menu. When you click on a user it goes to their desktop but only shows their wallpaper - no icons. And you cannot get any further. Sometimes I see a message about "Userinit.exe - Failed to initialize properly" Any suggestions ? |
Digby (677) | ||
| 724575 | 2008-12-01 03:15:00 | Sometimes I see a message about "Userinit.exe - Failed to initialize properly" I had that problem recently. The error message was related to Norton's and all the malware on the PC. I can't remember exactly how I got all the icons back but I think I used CTRL+ALT+DEL to bring up the Task Manager and they all appeared. :stare: Either way it probably needs a good clean up. Can you boot into Safe Mode? |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 724576 | 2008-12-01 03:17:00 | Go into the task manager as Foxy said, then check in the processes list if explorer.exe is started. I doubt it is, if it isn't, in the task manager go to (File/new task/run) type in explorer.exe and press enter, do you get an error or does explorer start? It does sound like the PC is a bit messy, clean it out with all the stuff in Speedy's sig (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz) and then post a hijackthis log. :) |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 724577 | 2008-12-01 03:44:00 | Sounds like a PC I had in once - wouldn't load desktop etc - like wratterus said, run explorer.exe from Task Manager :) This worked for me - and then I cleaned the mountains of malware off it..... |
jwil1 (65) | ||
| 724578 | 2008-12-01 03:48:00 | Thanks Guys Yes I did a Ctrl Alt + Del and there was no Explorer, so I typed it and I got all the icons back. Yes it is a mess, but at least I can start work on it now. Thanks |
Digby (677) | ||
| 724579 | 2008-12-01 03:49:00 | It definitely sounds like something nasty has screwed things up | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 724580 | 2008-12-01 04:03:00 | Yes, sounds like a virus is mucking about. Before you clean it turn off system restore first |
Blam (54) | ||
| 724581 | 2008-12-01 04:06:00 | Its full of spyware Alright - one suggestion that wratterus posted a while back - also check out: Once on the desktop, click start/run type in regedit navigate to HKLM/Software/Microsoft/Windows NT/Current Version/Image File Execution Options/Explorer.exe Remove The “Debugger” registry key. - if its there. Then clean out the Spyware. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 724582 | 2008-12-01 04:07:00 | Its full of spyware Alright - one suggestion that wratterus posted a while back - also check out: Once on the desktop, click start/run type in regedit navigate to HKLM/Software/Microsoft/Windows NT/Current Version/Image File Execution Options/Explorer.exe Remove The “Debugger” registry key. - if its there. Then clean out the Spyware. Yep - thats happened a lot for me recently. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 724583 | 2008-12-01 18:00:00 | Thanks for all the help guys. I got explorer going and disabled a couple of entries in MsConfig. Now it starts up OK so I can start to work on all the spyware etc. I will check the registry ! |
Digby (677) | ||
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