Re: Spyware Protect 2009

**A_tms** · **A_tms** on 21st January 2009, 3:57 pm

yes I am.

**Belahzur** · **Belahzur** on 21st January 2009, 4:01 pm

Awesome.
If it lets you do any commands, type this out.

expand X:\i386\userinit.ex_ C:\WINDOWS\system32\userinit.exe

****Note****

Replace "X" with whatever letter your CD drive is.
There is a space between the _ and C, make sure that space is there or this won't work.

**A_tms** · **A_tms** on 21st January 2009, 4:17 pm

It says "the system cannot find the file or directory specified".

**Belahzur** · **Belahzur** on 21st January 2009, 4:20 pm

Hmmm, maybe case sensitive.
I typed out the file path and only used a capital W in windows, when your HJT log displays WINDOWS in all capitals.

Try again with it in caps, I have edited my post to reflect this.

**A_tms** · **A_tms** on 21st January 2009, 4:23 pm

Actually, I put in d: as the cd drive, which is normally what it is, and it showed the usb key. So the drive letters seem changed. Could it be E:? There is an autorun and a setup on it

**Belahzur** · **Belahzur** on 21st January 2009, 4:25 pm

Yes, that's it.
That's how the CD works when you boot from it.
Windows finds the autorun, which launches the setup when formatting.

Try it with the letter E this time.

**A_tms** · **A_tms** on 21st January 2009, 4:26 pm

I tried E and it came up with the message "Unable to create file userinit.exe. 0 files expanded.

**Belahzur** · **Belahzur** on 21st January 2009, 4:33 pm

I wonder if that is because it's trying to overwrite it.
Lets see if this works and if not, we can try a repair install.

Type this command in:
sfc /scannow <== note the space between the c and /

Allow it to scan and it should get the userinit file from the CD automatically.
Reboot normally and try to login, see if that made any difference once the system file checker is done.