XP died.....

I was just scaning a old pc of mine for viruses and it came up with one hit winlogon.exe. It would not delete so I tried to end the proces but it didnt work so I renamed it and deleted it now when I try to boot it reboots half way thru the bar loading thing. I got so caught up with trying to get rid of a "virus" that I killed a major system procces and I have no idea how to fix it. The pc is old so I dont have the reinstal disk and I dont have any other os's I can try other than vista but it would not run on this computer. i did not make any back ups so thats out to. I dont want to have to make this a linux rig. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Try loading the last known good configuration...

How to start your computer by using the Last Known Good Configuration feature in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307852

sweet i will try that when I get home thanks!

Download a LiveCD (DSL runs <100Mb and should work well) and copy it to a CD.

Boot from the CD.

You can download winlogon.exe here (I'm not hosting it i just found it, so someone check it for a virus - i'm at school and my house has no power right now, so i can't)

Then copy it to the original location which is:
c:\windows\system32

Logout of the LiveCD, eject it, and reboot.

It 'should' work, but i haven't had to do this myself.. yet.

redduc900 said:

Try loading the last known good configuration...

How to start your computer by using the Last Known Good Configuration feature in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307852

Click to expand...

It worked!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you so much.