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Re: Userinit.exe - Application Error Win XP

Subject: Re: Userinit.exe - Application Error Win XP
From: "Abo Yasmine"
Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:31:36 +0300
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support

"Lucas" <Lucas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
news:A0C1F1F0-FFF8-4A07-902D-025E3F9927F0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi All,
>
> I would appreciate any help you can offer. I am running a laptop with XP
> SP2. About a week ago I started noticing that occasionally my desktop 
> would
> clear out. That is no icons would be on the desktop, my start bar would
> disapear and even using keyboard shortcuts I could not access any 
> programs.
> However, if I had a program running I could switch to it using Alt+Tab, 
> etc.
> I would have to restart the laptop to get my icons back. No error message
> would present.
>
> Yesterday though, I had to restart the laptop like usual and now while the
> Windows load screens come up (I don't get to the log in screen) an error
> message presents and if I click OK I get no option to log in and I 
> obviously
> do not get any idcons, programs, etc. The only thing I can do is 
> ALT+CTRL+DEL
> and the task manager only shows a "user init applicaiton error" as running
> but no systme processes are running.
>
> The error message I receive is: Userinit.exe - Application error: The
> application failed to initialize proplerly (0xc0000005).
>
> I am looking for a way to fix this without having to wipe the hardrive (or
> at least let me get the info off the hardrive before reinstalling etc)
>
> Thanks for any help you can offer.
>
> Lucas

Hi

Problems started a week ago...did you install any software, added hardware, 
updated drivers...etc.

Assuming no malware related issues, check your startup items in msconfig and 
do some troubleshooting.

Good luck
Abo Yasmine 



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