Mark wrote:

> Rick,
>
> I think you are dead-on-right. The password seems to be accepted, then
> the custom background is shown (mine is airplanes, my wife's is a pic
> of the kids), then we're summarily logged off.
>
> Note that I grabbed userinit.exe off the kid's PC (also XP Home SP2)
> and copied it to wsaupdater.exe on my wife's as you suggested. I noted
> that it's exactly the same size. In the end it didn't help.
>
> Ideas?
>


You have to edit the appropriate entry in the registry, not replace the
file. All the info on what to do is in that link.

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Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User