Wininit.exe problem- wrongly posted as winnit.exe earlier

when my computer starts up I get a message stating that "wininit.exe
could not be loaded, press any button to continue" press any button and
computer loads as normal,I then get message saying "Windows cannot find
"/P", click ok and computer starts up
however when I try to use system restore I keep
getting a message that "computer needs to be restarted before restore can
be
used" so restart computer and same message again,

 

wininit.exe is a file from the WOLLF.16 virus. Sounds like you've
already gotten rid of the virus but whatever you used didn't clean up
after itself. If you're okay editing the registry look for any entries
referring to wininit.exe or bymer.scanner, should be in the
HKey_Local_Machine, Software, Microsoft, Windows, Current Version, Run
keys. Delete any reference to them. As always, make a backup to the
registry before editing.

 

It is used "To Move Files That Are Currently in Use"
How to use wininit.exe and wininit.ini
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;q140570
http://members.aol.com/axcel216/newtip16.htm

 

What would Microsoft know about it? Anyway, according to the cited MSKB
article, wininit.exe is only under the section about Windows 95. There's
plenty of references about wininit.exe regarding the virus on Google.
Maybe the OP will have some luck figuring out which is what.

 

Only Win95??
Quoted from the MSKB article: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=140570
APPLIES TO
Microsoft Win32 Application Programming Interface (API), when used with:
Microsoft Windows 95 Service Pack 1
Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition
Microsoft Windows 2000 Standard Edition
Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
the operating system: Microsoft Windows NT
Microsoft Windows XP Standard Edition

I only posted to show it was a valid MS file, and not exclusivaly a file from the WOLLF.16 virus
as you implied. It IS possible it was usurped for use by a virus.