-=PCTechTalk=- Re: 2nd Phase

  • From: "Sammi" <sammi@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:18:57 -0600

Alrighty then...I have downloaded your file onto the Host computer and saved
it on my hard drive in windows\system32.

I might save it another place also just to make sure it's safe.

Now shall I put my hard drive back into my system and boot up?

Sammi

Gman wrote:
> Good question!  But not necessarily with a simple answer.        lol
>
> The only copy of userinit.exe that I trust on your hard drive is the
> one
> dated back in 2004, but that one is from an earlier service pack and
> will
> probably cause more grief than relief.  You've already made copies of
> the
> two suspect files, so I'm inclined to agree with the idea of
> replacing at
> least one of them with a known good copy of the one specific to SP3.
> Since
> it doesn't appear that you have one of those, you'll need to download
> it
> from somewhere and then get it into the Host you're working on.  You
> can
> make it really easy to do just that by using that Host's browser to
> surf
> over to my server where the file in question will be awaiting your
> arrival.
> Be sure to delete the existing userinit.exe file from
> D:\windows\system32
> before downloading the replacement to that same location.
>
> http://74.47.244.157/DOWNLOADS/
>
> I need to reboot, so give me a couple of minutes before you connect
> to me.
>
> Peace,
> Gman
>
> "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask"
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sammi" <sammi@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 1:37 PM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: 2nd Phase
>
>
>> Howdy Gman,
>>
>> I will do this again and see how it goes. This was the second thing I
>> experimented with when I realized I had a problem. So I did try it
>> before I
>> wrote in the first time, but I still got the log in -- log off loop.
>> But, I
>> will try again.
>>
>> But before I do, my only question at this time, is that I wonder if I
>> should
>> replace the userinit.exe file that is dated the same date as the
>> SpyBot trouble day, with one of the older files from either
>> windows\system32 or windows\service pack files\i386.
>>
>> Sammi


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