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I've gotten ahold of a Dell Inspiron 1100 that had a bunch of crap on it. I
wound up taking out the HD and connecting it to my desktop and cleaned it
w/Mcafee. It found about 30 or so issues that it cleaned. I reinstalled the
HD and booted it up, now right after it logs into the account it IMMEDIATELY
logs off. No time to even press a key. So my question is would anybody know
what needs to be done (if anything could be done) to get this thing to stay
logged on. I ran across a topic about the useinit file. I copied the one from
my desktop and replaced the one on the Inspiron HD but it did no good.
ANY assistance would be greatly appreciated. I really don't want to go
thru the trouble of wiping the thing clean and reinstalling if i dont have to.

THANX N ADVANCE!!!! Wayne B.

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CmosDriver wrote:
I've gotten ahold of a Dell Inspiron 1100 that had a bunch of crap
on it. I wound up taking out the HD and connecting it to my desktop
and cleaned it w/Mcafee. It found about 30 or so issues that it
cleaned. I reinstalled the HD and booted it up, now right after it
logs into the account it IMMEDIATELY logs off. No time to even
press a key. So my question is would anybody know what needs to be
done (if anything could be done) to get this thing to stay logged
on. I ran across a topic about the useinit file. I copied the one
from my desktop and replaced the one on the Inspiron HD but it
did no good. ANY assistance would be greatly appreciated. I really
don't want to go
thru the trouble of wiping the thing clean and reinstalling if i
dont have to.

THANX N ADVANCE!!!! Wayne B.

Disk Wipe (zero write) the hard disk drive.
Install Windows XP cleanly.
Get it patched with the latest Service Pack (3), firewall on and antivirus
installed before ever connecting it to the Internet.
Get the hardware drivers from the manufacturer(s) support web page(s).
Get the rest of the Microsoft Updates from the
http://windowsupdate.microsoft web page.
Install the additional applications/software.

It's the only way to be sure.

Beyond that - look into replacing the userinit.exe and/or fixing its
registry entry so you can logon.

Even after it is fixed - my opinion is the same - format/start clean. The
damage is done, you may still have a root kit and/or other things causing
damage. You may not *want* to - but you are doing a disservice to whomever
owns the machine if you do not.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

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CmosDriver wrote:
I've gotten ahold of a Dell Inspiron 1100 that had a bunch of crap
on it. I wound up taking out the HD and connecting it to my desktop
and cleaned it w/Mcafee. It found about 30 or so issues that it
cleaned. I reinstalled the HD and booted it up, now right after it
logs into the account it IMMEDIATELY logs off. No time to even
press a key. So my question is would anybody know what needs to be
done (if anything could be done) to get this thing to stay logged
on. I ran across a topic about the useinit file. I copied the one
from my desktop and replaced the one on the Inspiron HD but it
did no good. ANY assistance would be greatly appreciated. I really
don't want to go
thru the trouble of wiping the thing clean and reinstalling if i
dont have to.

THANX N ADVANCE!!!! Wayne B.

Disk Wipe (zero write) the hard disk drive.
Install Windows XP cleanly.
Get it patched with the latest Service Pack (3), firewall on and antivirus
installed before ever connecting it to the Internet.
Get the hardware drivers from the manufacturer(s) support web page(s).
Get the rest of the Microsoft Updates from the
http://windowsupdate.microsoft web page.
Install the additional applications/software.

It's the only way to be sure.

Beyond that - look into replacing the userinit.exe and/or fixing its
registry entry so you can logon.

Even after it is fixed - my opinion is the same - format/start clean. The
damage is done, you may still have a root kit and/or other things causing
damage. You may not *want* to - but you are doing a disservice to whomever
owns the machine if you do not.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

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Disk Wipe (zero write) the hard disk drive.
Install Windows XP cleanly.
Get it patched with the latest Service Pack (3), firewall on and antivirus
installed before ever connecting it to the Internet.
Get the hardware drivers from the manufacturer(s) support web page(s).
Get the rest of the Microsoft Updates from the
http://windowsupdate.microsoft web page.
Install the additional applications/software.

It's the only way to be sure.

Beyond that - look into replacing the userinit.exe and/or fixing its
registry entry so you can logon.

Even after it is fixed - my opinion is the same - format/start clean. The
damage is done, you may still have a root kit and/or other things causing
damage. You may not *want* to - but you are doing a disservice to whomever
owns the machine if you do not.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Appreciate the input Shenan!!!

And since accessing the registry w/o actually having the unit up and
running is something that's out of my league, I guess I will take your advice
and do a new install to play it safe like u advised. Thank U Much. Wayne B.

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Disk Wipe (zero write) the hard disk drive.
Install Windows XP cleanly.
Get it patched with the latest Service Pack (3), firewall on and antivirus
installed before ever connecting it to the Internet.
Get the hardware drivers from the manufacturer(s) support web page(s).
Get the rest of the Microsoft Updates from the
http://windowsupdate.microsoft web page.
Install the additional applications/software.

It's the only way to be sure.

Beyond that - look into replacing the userinit.exe and/or fixing its
registry entry so you can logon.

Even after it is fixed - my opinion is the same - format/start clean. The
damage is done, you may still have a root kit and/or other things causing
damage. You may not *want* to - but you are doing a disservice to whomever
owns the machine if you do not.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Appreciate the input Shenan!!!

And since accessing the registry w/o actually having the unit up and
running is something that's out of my league, I guess I will take your advice
and do a new install to play it safe like u advised. Thank U Much. Wayne B.