Thank you for the brain dump. That is lots of good stuff. I’m temped to re-post as a proper entry.

Mike

I am helping a friend with her lappy as it was FULL of many many viruses. I have removed all but the “winlog.exe problem”.

When I fix this, I’ll report back.

In the mean time here are some tips from my “room of knoweledge”

1. At home, I use Avast (www.avast.com) anti software. It is free for non-ommercial use. For those that don’t want to spend money and pay yearly license updates, THIS IS FOR YOU! It auto updates, and has many automatic features. You do need to perform manual scans periodically.

2. Go get the Hiron Boot CD (www.hirensbootcd.net/) from the WEB and this will boot your lappy and allow you to interact with your HARD DRIVE (view files, copy files to a USB thumb drive / USB stick (what ever we call it!!!)

For those that don’t know, a CD image on the web will most likely be ISO file (i.e. myCDImage.iso). You download it, then you “burn it to a blank CD”. Of course you need a Read / Write CD drive to do this. Most lappys now come with one, but you can buy an external USB one for $100 or so.

3. If you ever need to recover files from your Laptop hard drive, you can always do the following:
a) remove it from your lappy
b) insert it into an external hard drive external usb case
c) plug it into another Windows computer and you can browse the files and copy what you need.
NOTE: For $20 – $40 you can buy an EMPTY external HARD DRIVE box that has at least a USB plug.
NOTE2: Besure to look carefully at the labeling on the box and make sure the hard drive in your lappy will work. Because you may have one of the following types of hard drives in your lappy: ATA (aka PATA – it will a two row 40 pin connector), SATA / eSATA (it has a completely different port arrangement) Ask the sales clerk to help you.

to fix issue I had to install the OS back over it self then patch to the current level. You can see from the post it can take some time.

Sorry I don’t have an easier fix.

Mike

This winlogon.exe error popped up on my login screen after I patched my computer with this UXTHEME patcher or something, meant to allow my computer to use third-party themes and skins. The patch was successful, but upon reboot, I keep getting the same error. Clicking OK reboots my computer again, clicking Cancel to debug just hangs the PC. I can’t get past the login screen and I’m in a desperate situation. I’ve tried most of the solutions and am currently running the Recovery Console. I hope it works, if not, what do you suggest? Thanks.

Have you tried any of the suggests on this page?

Mike

winlogon.exe – Application Error : The instruction at “0×010109ae” referenced memory at “0×00000364″. The memory could not be “written”.

Then,

Log On to Windows: winlogon.exe – Application Error : The instruction at “0×010109ae” referenced memory at “0×00000364″. The memory could not be “written”.

Do you know how to find them? Running in Windows XP.