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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. |
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