NT4 Startup: USERINIT process not ending - sucks up CPU time!!! 1

[Dilyias]

Hi,

I've encountered a strange problem on one of our workstations. After starting up, USERINIT.exe does not self terminate, but instead stays resident and takes up 99% of the CPU, making everything run sluggish. As soon as I terminate the process everything runs fine. The userinit.exe file is the correct file, it is specified in the registry, and even if I run it again after startup it still stays in memory and sucks up cpu time.

Any ideas on what is causing this?

Thanks in advance,
Eric

 

[johncurtis]

Never heard of this happening. I guess the first thing to try would be to reapply or update your service pack.
John

 

[Dilyias]

Thanks! Re-applying the SP seemed to do the trick. Would have been nice to know what caused it but, Oh well, hopefully it's just one of those freak things that won't happen again.