You're welcome Mike.

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Windows XP Shell/User
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

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"mike_echo" wrote in message =
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I followed your instructions and Voila! it worked. Oh the good old days =
when we just edited autoexec.bat--- your knowledge is impressive. Thank =
you.

"Ramesh [MVP]" wrote:

It's caused by a malware BlazeFind. Open Registry Editor and navigate =
to:
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HKEY LOCAL =
MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersio n\Winlogon
In the right-pane, change the value of Userinit to =
"C:\WINDOWS\system32\userinit.exe,"
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(Type the above value exactly as given, including the comma - exclude =
the quotes)
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Close Registry Editor and restart Windows. The Quick Launch settings =
should be retained now.
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Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k
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Windows 2000 Group Policy Registry Table:=20
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http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000...s/gp/gpref.asp
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"mike_echo" wrote in message =
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Every time I reboot, my quick launch icons are gone. I have to =
right-click the task bar and reselect Show Quick Launch and it is fine =
until next restart.
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Prior to this problem I had what looked like a "hijacked" task bar =
with shortcuts I did not put there. I tried to restore my system back to =
an earlier date (XP) but even though there were dates to pick from, a =
message came up saying it was not able to do the restore.
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I downloaded and ran Ad-aware and that eliminated the "extra" items on =
the task bar. However the Quick Launch icons were gone too. I was able =
to right-click and reselect Show Quick Launch but after every restart =
they are gone.
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Help?