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 --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------