Quick Launch wont stay "on" after reboot

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Hi Dan,

This is caused by a malware named BlazeFind. Open Registry Editor and navigate to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
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 - exclude the quotes. Change the Path for Windows folder if installed in a different drive/directory.

Close Registry Editor and restart Windows. The Quick Launch settings should be retained now.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

Windows 2000 Group Policy Registry Table:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows20 [...] /gpref.asp

"Dan" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:bf2601c479d7$25daead0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
Greetings,

Recently, Quick Launch dissapeared after reboot. I can
always make it show, but it dissapears again after
restart. Quite annoying . . .

Can anyone shed some light?

Thanks a lot!

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize (More info?)

You're welcome Dan. All the three are the best spyware removers:

Lavasoft Ad-Aware - www.lavasoftusa.com
SpyBot S&D - http://www.safer-networking.org/
CWShredder : http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn [...] redder.exe

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

Windows 2000 Group Policy Registry Table:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows20 [...] /gpref.asp

<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:043501c47a7d$6a47fd60$a601280a@phx.gbl...
Ramesh,

Thanks for the tip. It worked!! It's the second malware
I had to remove. First one was acting on my Outlook
Express - I couldn't see my emails.

The question is . . . do you know of a software that
detects malware? I'm running Norton Antivirus and . . .
it is obvious it doesn't find it!

Thanks a million again!

Dan


>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Dan,
>
>This is caused by a malware named BlazeFind. Open
Registry Editor and navigate to:
>
>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVe
rsion\Winlogon
>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 - exclude the quotes. Change the Path for Windows
folder if installed in a different drive/directory.
>
>Close Registry Editor and restart Windows. The Quick
Launch settings should be retained now.
>
>--
>Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
>Windows XP Shell/User
>http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k
>
>Windows 2000 Group Policy Registry Table:
>http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/en-
us/gp/gpref.asp
>
>"Dan" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:bf2601c479d7$25daead0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>Greetings,
>
>Recently, Quick Launch dissapeared after reboot. I can
>always make it show, but it dissapears again after
>restart. Quite annoying . . .
>
>Can anyone shed some light?
>
>Thanks a lot!
>.
>

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize (More info?)

Yes. The latest definitions of Ad-aware does not remove this particular file, nor reset the registry entry.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

Windows 2000 Group Policy Registry Table:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows20 [...] /gpref.asp

<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:0ead01c47b58$2f739920$a301280a@phx.gbl...
Ramesh,

Thanks for the adware software. I've been running SpyBot
1.3 and Spy Sweeper for a while, but it seems
that "malware" got through and was not detected . . . Or
was detected and removed, but results (like the quick
launch bar) remained??

Dan

>-----Original Message-----
>You're welcome Dan. All the three are the best spyware
removers:
>
>Lavasoft Ad-Aware - www.lavasoftusa.com
>SpyBot S&D - http://www.safer-networking.org/
>CWShredder :
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn [...] redder.exe
>
>--
>Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
>Windows XP Shell/User
>http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k
>
>Windows 2000 Group Policy Registry Table:
>http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/en-
us/gp/gpref.asp
>
><anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:043501c47a7d$6a47fd60$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>Ramesh,
>
>Thanks for the tip. It worked!! It's the second
malware
>I had to remove. First one was acting on my Outlook
>Express - I couldn't see my emails.
>
>The question is . . . do you know of a software that
>detects malware? I'm running Norton Antivirus
and . . .
>it is obvious it doesn't find it!
>
>Thanks a million again!
>
>Dan
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Hi Dan,
>>
>>This is caused by a malware named BlazeFind. Open
>Registry Editor and navigate to:
>>
>>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentV
e
>rsion\Winlogon
>>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 - exclude the quotes. Change the Path for Windows
>folder if installed in a different drive/directory.
>>
>>Close Registry Editor and restart Windows. The Quick
>Launch settings should be retained now.
>>
>>--
>>Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
>>Windows XP Shell/User
>>http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k
>>
>>Windows 2000 Group Policy Registry Table:
>>http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/en-
>us/gp/gpref.asp
>>
>>"Dan" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>message news:bf2601c479d7$25daead0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>>Greetings,
>>
>>Recently, Quick Launch dissapeared after reboot. I can
>>always make it show, but it dissapears again after
>>restart. Quite annoying . . .
>>
>>Can anyone shed some light?
>>
>>Thanks a lot!
>>.
>>
>.
>