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by abccam

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after recently deleting a m3plugin.dll from my registry, upon restarting I can no longer log in... . As soon as I click on any account, it appears to go thru the usual process, displays the desktop ( no icons) then logs me off immediately...how can I resolve this ???

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by rob miners

Enter the Recovery Console

Boot the system using the Windows XP CD-ROM. In the first screen when the Setup begins, read the instructions press "R" (in the first screen) enter the Recovery Console.

1: C:\WINDOWS

Which Windows Installation would you like to log on to
(To cancel, press ENTER)?
After you enter the number for the appropriate Windows installation, Windows will then prompt you to enter the Administrator account password.

Note If you use an incorrect password three times, the Windows Recovery Console closes. Also, if the Security Accounts Manager (SAM) database is missing or damaged, you cannot use the Windows Recovery Console because you cannot have correct authentication. After you enter your password and the Windows Recovery Console starts, type exit to restart the computer.

Type the following command and press Enter.

CD SYSTEM32
(If that does not work, try CHDIR SYSTEM32)
At the prompt type in
COPY USERINIT.EXE WSAUPDATER.EXE

Quit Recovery Console by typing EXIT and restart Windows.

You'll be able to login successfully as you've created the wsaupdater.exe file (now, a copy of userinit.exe)

"WARNING MODIFYING REGISTRY INFORMATION IS DANGEROUS"
Backup the Key before making changes.

Now, change the USERINIT value in the registry
Click Start, Run and type Regedt32 and press Enter.

Navigate to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

In the right pane you will see that the value of the Userinit key is incorrectly set to "wsaupdater.exe,"

In the right-pane, change the value of Userinit to C:\WINDOWS\system32\userinit.exe,

Type the above value exactly as given, including the comma. Also, change the path to userinit.exe appropriately if Windows is installed in a different drive.

Close Registry Editor and restart Windows.

If you haven't access to an XP CD, here is an alternative.

The Windows Vista Recovery CD can be used to Boot to a Command Prompt where you can run these Commands.

Boot from the CD and on the first screen click Next, click Repair your computer, click Next and select Command Prompt.

It does'nt matter if the Default OS is XP it can still be used on XP PRO or Home.

Creating a Windows Vista Recovery CD

http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/window-on-windows/?p=622

Download from here:
http://coblitz.codeen.org/neosmart.net/downloads/guides/Vista_Repair/Vista_Recovery_Disc_x86.iso

Let us know how you get on.

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by rob miners

To start the System Restore tool from a Command Prompt.

Restart your computer, and then press F8 during the initial startup to start your computer in Safe Mode with a Command Prompt.

Log on to your computer with an administrator account or with an account that has administrator credentials.

Type the following command at a command prompt, and then press ENTER:

%systemroot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe

Follow the instructions that appear on the screen to restore your computer to an earlier state.

If you can't enter Safe Mode try this.

Boot the system using the Windows XP CD-ROM. In the first screen when the Setup begins, read the instructions press "R" (in the first screen) enter the Recovery Console.

1: C:\WINDOWS

Which Windows Installation would you like to log on to (To cancel, press ENTER)?

After you enter the number for the appropriate Windows installation, Windows will then prompt you to enter the Administrator account password.

Note If you use an incorrect password three times, the Windows Recovery Console closes. Also, if the Security Accounts Manager (SAM) database is missing or damaged, you cannot use the Windows Recovery Console because you cannot have correct authentication. After you enter your password and the Windows Recovery Console starts, type exit to restart the computer.

Type the following command and press Enter.

Type CD\ then Enter

Then type cd system~1\_resto~1 then Enter

Type dir then Enter

When you hit enter it will list all the restore points folders like rp1, rp2 ??.. If the restore points have more than one page then u have to keep on hitting the key to view the last restore point folder. You will have to choose the second to last option folder

Type cd rp {the second to the last restore point no. } (Note: Example: cd rp9, if rp9 is the second to the last restore point where the last restore point no. is 10

Then type cd snapshot

Now the command prompt will look like this c:\system~1\_resto~1\rp9\snapshot

Type: copy _registry_machine_system c:\windows\system32\config\system

Press enter

Then type: copy _registry_machine_software c:\windows\system32\config\software

Then type exit

TIP!.

If you get an access denied error when doing the above, then do the following at the recovery console:

Type CD\ then press Enter

Type cd windows\system32\config then press Enter

Type ren system system.bak then press Enter

Type exit and press Enter

Your PC will reboot, go back into the Recovery Console and then you have access

by debbiegourley

Hello

My name is Debbie and there are two solutions to your issue.

Firstly;

1. Go to Program Files > MyWebSearch > Bar
2. Explore each folder and look for M3PLUGIN.DLL file
3. Copy the file to xxx.bin folder or to the location specified in the error message.
4. Re-start the PC

Cheers!

If that doesn't work you can reinstall it from the following website.

http://www.dll-files.com/dllindex/dll-files.shtml?m3plugin

Hope this helps

Debbie

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