Hey all. so my 'My Documents' folder will not stop opening and taking the focus...meaning ill be talking online and would have to click back to the window to continue to type then it will steal focus again, making it incredibly frustrating. if i exit it out, it will open it back up in a couple mins. i have used almost every spyware and virus software and it isnt finding anything. if u have ANY suggestions lemme know PLEASE!! THANKS!!
j

You may have a corrupted registry entry.

Run regedit and navigate to:

HKLM/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows NT/CurrentVersion/Winlogon

In there there should be a value (on right hand side of screen) called Userinit.

The data for this value is probably something similar to:

C:\windows\system32\userinit.exe,C:\windows\system32\userinit.exe,

If you do see a duplicated string in there similar to the above - simply double click on the Userinit value and edit the data so as to delete everything to the right of the first comma (,). In the case above you would leave only:

C:\windows\system32\userinit.exe,

Exit registry edit and reboot.

hey. thanks for your response the prob is actually on a friends computer so ill try that right away. i got a question though, assuming thats the solution, why would it be the 'my documents' folder that wont stop popping up and not another folder? what exactly is the connection? just wodnering thanks

"what exactly is the connection?"
Don't know.

ya checked the registry and it only contained one line for the userinit.exe :/. any other ideas? thanks anyways :/

Jeff

Probably best to do a repair.

ReInstalling WindowsXP
http://www.onecomputerguy.com/windowsxp_tips.htm
If you need to reinstall WindowsXP and want to keep all your current installed applications and settings:
1. Start WindowsXP
2. Go to the location of your source files
3. Run WINNT32 /unattend
For example, D:\I386\winnt32 /unattend ( copy & paste this command into the RUN box, then press ENTER ) Your computer will do the rest.
Or,
Start > All Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt.
Copy & paste > D:\I386\winnt32 /unattend
Press Enter.
If you have i386 on your drive, you can replace D: ( if D: is your cd drive ) with the location of it.

Just realised what you said > "contained one line"

Below is all one 1 line, but is double the info.

C:\windows\system32\userinit.exe,C:\windows\system32\userinit.exe

ya thats what i meant, it only contained the "C:\windows\system32\userinit.exe," once. but anyways, so copy and pasting that command line in the prompt will just reinstall windows xp and not reformate? like i wouldnt have to reinstall drivers and all that right? im also assuming the windows xp cd is also needed for the process too? thanks a lot!! :D

jeff

"and not reformate?like i wouldnt have to reinstall drivers and all that right?"
That's right.

i386 is XP, if you have a very large i386 ( about 400mb or more ) on your hard drive you can use that, otherwise use your XP cd.