Date: 2010jan25 OS: Windows XP Q. A virus changed the user UserInit registry key for WinLogon. What's the normal setting? A. On Windows XP, the normal setting for UserInit is:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WinLogon UserInit = c:\Windows\system32\userinit.exe

Change it (carefully) with RegEdit.