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User Account Failed to Load
Vista Home Premium Service Pack 1 32 bit
This has happened twice with 2 admin accounts. They try to login, and once they enter their password, a message comes that says that the user profile failed to load. It then logs the user off. In order to salvage the accounts and files, I had to login as myself and copy and paste the files over to new accounts. No actual data is lost. Is this a common issue, and, how can I fix it? -- I am running on Office 2003, unless otherwise stated. |
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User Account Failed to Load
Flavius wrote:
look hehttp://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/13...y-profile.html I understand you can't log on any account -read this post:http://www.vistax64.com/1098524-post2.html Please learn how to post a URL so that it's easily clickable. |
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User Account Failed to Load
Flavius wrote:
look hehttp://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/13...y-profile.html I understand you can't log on any account -read this post:http://www.vistax64.com/1098524-post2.html Please learn how to post a URL so that it's easily clickable. |
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User Account Failed to Load
Orion Cochrane wrote:
Vista Home Premium Service Pack 1 32 bit This has happened twice with 2 admin accounts. They try to login, and once they enter their password, a message comes that says that the user profile failed to load. It then logs the user off. In order to salvage the accounts and files, I had to login as myself and copy and paste the files over to new accounts. No actual data is lost. Is this a common issue, and, how can I fix it? This could be because the memory resident portions of the user profiles are not being properly saved back to the hard drive as the user logs out or shuts down the computer. I'd suggest you ensure that the computer is always properly shut down (by clicking Start Shutdown, rather than simply powering off), test your RAM by using using MemTest86 http://www.memtest86.com/. It's free. Then it might also be a good idea for you to download and use the hard drive manufacturer's diagnostic utility to test the hard drive. If the hardware checks good, it could be that some one time event (such as an unexpected power outage) has irretrievably corrupted the user profiles. If so, it would be best to create new replacement accounts, copy over only the data files from the two problematic accounts (don't use Windows Easy Transfer to copy system/application settings, or you might inadvertently copy the source of the problem), and then delete the "bad" accounts. -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. ~ Denis Diderot |
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User Account Failed to Load
Orion Cochrane wrote: Vista Home Premium Service Pack 1 32 bit This has happened twice with 2 admin accounts. They try to login, and once they enter their password, a message comes that says that the user profile failed to load. It then logs the user off. In order to salvage the accounts and files, I had to login as myself and copy and paste the files over to new accounts. No actual data is lost. Is this a common issue, and, how can I fix it? This could be because the memory resident portions of the user profiles are not being properly saved back to the hard drive as the user logs out or shuts down the computer. I'd suggest you ensure that the computer is always properly shut down (by clicking Start Shutdown, rather than simply powering off), test your RAM by using using MemTest86 http://www.memtest86.com/. It's free. Then it might also be a good idea for you to download and use the hard drive manufacturer's diagnostic utility to test the hard drive. If the hardware checks good, it could be that some one time event (such as an unexpected power outage) has irretrievably corrupted the user profiles. If so, it would be best to create new replacement accounts, copy over only the data files from the two problematic accounts (don't use Windows Easy Transfer to copy system/application settings, or you might inadvertently copy the source of the problem), and then delete the "bad" accounts. -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. ~ Denis Diderot |
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User Account Failed to Load
Orion Cochrane;1107665 Wrote: Vista Home Premium Service Pack 1 32 bit This has happened twice with 2 admin accounts. They try to login, and once they enter their password, a message comes that says that the user profile failed to load. It then logs the user off. In order to salvage the accounts and files, I had to login as myself and copy and paste the files over to new accounts. No actual data is lost. Is this a common issue, and, how can I fix it? -- I am running on Office 2003, unless otherwise stated. http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/13...ot-loaded.html -- Flavius |
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User Account Failed to Load
Orion Cochrane;1107665 Wrote: Vista Home Premium Service Pack 1 32 bit This has happened twice with 2 admin accounts. They try to login, and once they enter their password, a message comes that says that the user profile failed to load. It then logs the user off. In order to salvage the accounts and files, I had to login as myself and copy and paste the files over to new accounts. No actual data is lost. Is this a common issue, and, how can I fix it? -- I am running on Office 2003, unless otherwise stated. http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/13...ot-loaded.html -- Flavius |
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User Account Failed to Load
Fix: System Restore (Quick & Easy) -- djesi ------------------------------------------------------------------------ djesi's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/75562.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/vista-adm...on/1224866.htm http://forums.techarena.in |