How to fix winlogon.exe errors
What is winlogon.exe?
Most of us store reams of personal and private information on our computers, and woe betides anyone who loses their machine if this is the case!
Thus, most people will password-protect the logon procedure involved in accessing their computer, which is where the winlogon.exe application file comes into the picture.
Winlogon.exe is the process application file that drives the step-by-step processes involved in logging onto your machine. It effectively controls everything to do with the login and logout procedures on your system.
When you click on a user name after boot up, or enter a user name and password, that's winlogon.exe doing its job. It also handles logging off and a number of other things, but suffice to say that the name of this particular executable application file does a remarkably good job of telling you exactly what its primary function actually is.
Common winlogon.exe errors
Winlogon.exe is responsible for loading the user profile on logon, and sometimes locking the computer when a screen saver is running. The actual obtaining and verification of user credentials is left to other components within the initial boot-up and logon processes.
Whilst the process should always run in the background unseen by the user, nevertheless, winlogon.exe errors are generally easy to spot.
If, for example your PC asks for a password when such a password has never been used before, this might suggest a winlogon.exe error.
Similarly, if the normally smooth logon process freezes or crashes, this again would suggest a possible winlogon.exe error.
Winlogon.exe is always present on your machine and there may well be several copies in your Registry too.
Indeed, given the nature of the Windows Updater, there may be several copies of winlogon.exe that are all perfectly valid (and virus free), and possibly they will not even all be the same version.
Thus, there is a clear potential for conflict to arise between various different versions of the winlogon.exe files, all perhaps stored in and operating from different places within your Registry.
It also stands to reason that the more often the Windows Updater actually alters the files when making updates, the more potential there is for the winlogon.exe files that are being updated to become corrupted or damaged.
Finally, as a PC user there is absolutely nothing more frustrating than a machine that will not boot-up or allow you to logon. If you are anything like me, you will start pressing buttons all over the keyboard, pointing and clicking the mouse almost at random, in a somewhat desperate attempt to get your PC to work, when this happens.
All of this activity is not only a total waste of time, but unfortunately also more than likely to make any winlogon.exe errors many time worse than they already were!
Fix winlogon.exe errors
There are a number of best practices that you should follow to prevent malware attacks and to protect normal functioning of your computer. These include:
1. Registry Cleaning: Perform regular scanning and cleaning of your registry to remove failed & incomplete installations and un-installations, corrupt and obsolete drivers, and remnants remaining from Spyware. We recommend using RegCure Registry Cleaner since it has the highest detection rate and scanning speed in the industry.
2. Anti-spyware protection: install and periodically run anti-spyware software to detect and remove malicious and unwanted items. XoftSpySE AntiSpyware is highly recommended.
3. Firewall protection: you can prevent hackers from downloading malicious software content by setting up firewall protection. This will leave you less vulnerable to attacks and prevent you from some items that can re-infect your system.
4. System updates: make sure that you are running the latest service pack and additional patches from Microsoft.
5. Configure your security settings: you can adjust your Internet browsing settings to determine how much web content you are willing to accept when surfing the Internet.
6. Safe surfing: by downloading content from sites that you trust, you can prevent malware form being downloaded in the first place. Review license agreements, security warnings, and privacy statements before decided to download content.
