;Issue this addresses: after selecting a user when logging into WinXP, you see the desktop (no icons) and it then immediately logs you off (with no error messages).

aka: the "logon-logoff loop"

;Date: Summer 2004
;Created by: SA Sherwood
;Contributed by: geeksquadfourms

;Updates:
;Mar 15, 2006 - Minor procedure updates - Agent Sherwood

1 - Boot with the MRI BDE and choose the "Boot WinXP Recovery Console" option to enter the Recovery Console.
2 - In the first screen when the Setup begins, read the instructions press "R" (in the first screen) enter the Recovery Console.
3 - Type in the Administrator password to enter the Console.
*if password is unknown or not working, boot from a Win2k CD or change the password with "Offline NT Password & Registry Editor"
4 - You'll see the prompt reading c:\windows (or c:\winnt)
5 - Type the following command and press Enter: "CD SYSTEM32" (if that does not work, try CHDIR SYSTEM32).
6 - Type the following command and press Enter: "COPY USERINIT.EXE WSAUPDATER.EXE"
7 - Quit Recovery Console by typing "EXIT" and restart Windows.

You'll be able to login successfully as you've created the wsaupdater.exe file (now, a copy of userinit.exe)

8 - Click Start, Run and type "regedit". Navigate to: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]

9 - In the right-pane, change the value of Userinit to "C:\WINDOWS\system32\userinit.exe,"
*type the above value exactly as given, including the comma - exclude the quotes.

10 - Close Registry Editor and restart Windows.