Windows XP Automatically Logs Off After Login

A malware infected registry can cause this harmless but annoying problem where Windows immediately logs off straight after logging on.

I’ve heard of guys reinstalling their entire systems because of this auto logoff issue.  Bizarre stuff.

If Windows XP automatically logs you off after login you can try these two step by step solutions.

The solutions are similar but one is executed locally and the other remotely over the network.

There’s also a third possible solution which is to edit the registry via command prompt which can be very tricky.

If you’re really stuck, leave a comment.

Boot up Windows XP into Command Prompt (If you don’t how to get into Safe Mode, see this article).
Note:  If you can’t get into Safe Mode you can try this from another Windows computer on your network.  See below for more.When at the desktop, click Start > RunType regedit and click OKIn regedit, browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WinlogonIn the right pane, double click on ShellEnter the following: explorer.exeClick OKIn the right pane again, double click UserInitEnter the following (assuming your hard disk is c:): c:\windows\system32\userinit.exeClick OKExit RegeditRestart your computer and try logging in
Boot up a working Windows XP computer normally.When at the desktop, click Start > RunType regedit and click OKClick File > Connect Network Registry…Enter the hostname or IP address of the infected PC > Click OKIn regedit, browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WinlogonIn the right pane, double click on ShellEnter the following: explorer.exeClick OKIn the right pane again, double click UserInitEnter the following (assuming your hard disk is c:): c:\windows\system32\userinit.exeClick OKExit RegeditRestart your computer and try logging in
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Stop Windows Rebooting Automatically After Updates

In fact, it’s more than annoying.

Sometimes it’s downright infuriating – especially if you’ve been working on something in the evening, you get up from your computer and walk away without saving it and then come back in the morning to find the ‘Windows installed new updates‘ message happily grinning at you.

By default, Windows is set to install Windows Updates at about 3am and to automatically restart your computer when it’s finished.

It doesn’t really matter if you have 20 programs open or unsaved documents;  Windows simply restarts your computer – forcibly.

Here’s a few ways to prevent that from ever happening again:

Click Start > RunType gpedit.msc and click OK.Expand Local Computer Policy > Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows UpdateDouble-click either “No auto-restart for scheduled Automatic Updates installations” or “No auto-restart with logged in users for scheduled automatic updates installations” (depending on your Windows version)Select the Enabled radio button and click OKRestart Windows. Click Start > RunType regedit and click OK.Browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \Software\Policies \Microsoft\Windows \WindowsUpdate\AU Change the “NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers” DWord value to 0 (zero)Restart Windows.
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