I got some virus surfing the net.  I brief rundown of my problem.  I have windows XP media center w/SP3.  At first when I logged on I could not see my icons or task bar, just my desktop with nothing else.  I tried alt-ctrl-delete and my task manager was disabled.  I got that part fixed and ran Ad-ware through the task manager and it found a few viruses that I cleaned up and my task bar and icons came back.  It asked me to reboot so I did.  It must have deleted or changed something in my log in/off loop because when I logged back in it LOGS me off in the matter of seconds.  I tried with the admin ACCOUNT and in safe mode with nothing working.  Next I got on my dad's computer and searched some websites and I came ACROSS some suggestions to boot from my xp cd-enter recovery-go to my c:\windows\system32-copy userinit.exe wsaupdater.exe-(it said one file copied)-exit-reboot your computer and you should be able to log in-then got to phase II and regedit.   

But my problem is after I copied the exe files listed and exited and restarted my computer, I logged in and it logged me right back out so something is still wrong.  I have read other fixes that mention going through a network computer and edit the registry, but I dont have one so this is not an option.

So basically, I have done all I know how or have read, other than a hammer, and I still cant log in.  Looking for some guidance please!

Thanks a million,
bjack2345We can't do MUCH for you if your computer won't boot. Editing the registry is likely a BAD idea.

You can try running a free Live CD to see if you can repair it that way.

Dr.Web LiveCD - http://www.freedrweb.com/livecd/
Avira AntiVir Rescue System - http://www.free-av.com/en/products/12/avira_antivir_rescue_system.html