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Windows XP Logs In Then Immediately Logs Off

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You are unable to login to windows. It appears to work and then logs straight back out. This is usually because of a virus or malware that has been removed but the registry entery has not.


  • Navigate to

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\
     
  • In the right pane, you might see something like

    C:\WINDOWS\System32\wsaupdater.exe
     
  • Change it so that it reads:

    C:\WINDOWS\System32\userinit.exe
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