Re: Cannot create new user profiles - Thanx

[Steve]

Xref: kermit microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers:76398

On Tue, 20 May 2003 04:47:54 -0500, "Kelly" > wrote:

>Hi Steve,
>
>Suggestions:
>
>Right click My Computer, Properties, Hardware, Device Manager. Locate the
>entries for your hard disks and double click each entry. On the Policies
>tab, uncheck Enable write caching.
>
>You will see a performance decrease because of this, but if the corrupt
>registry/user profiles problems cease, then you'll be certain of the cause.
>
>Logon to another account with admin privilege and run System Restore.
>Choose the most recent restore point and SR should restore the user
>hives.
>
>Or...
>
>Boot into safe mode and log in as Administrator. Copy ntuser.dat from
>%windir%\repair to "Documents and Settings\[your user id]". Now do a system
>restore to a point in time prior to when the corruption message began to
>appear.
>
>Or...
>
>Relocate NTUserdat
>
>Look in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
>NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList and find the profile you want to change
>and then change ProfileImagePath to the ntuser.dat folder that you want to
>use. You must manually copy or move the ntuser.dat file there.
>
>Corrupt Hive
>http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_sys32.htm
>
>How to Recover from a Corrupted Registry
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q307545
>
>Recovery Console Fix for XP SP1 (Line 58)
>http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Thanks.

I've managed to create a new profile. The write catching on the disk seemed to do the trick.

Steve

[Kelly]

You are welcome, Steve. Thanks for the feedback and glad all is well.

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"Steve" > wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 20 May 2003 04:47:54 -0500, "Kelly" > wrote:
>
> >Hi Steve,
> >
> >Suggestions:
> >
> >Right click My Computer, Properties, Hardware, Device Manager. Locate
the
> >entries for your hard disks and double click each entry. On the Policies
> >tab, uncheck Enable write caching.
> >
> >You will see a performance decrease because of this, but if the corrupt
> >registry/user profiles problems cease, then you'll be certain of the
cause.
> >
> >Logon to another account with admin privilege and run System Restore.
> >Choose the most recent restore point and SR should restore the user
> >hives.
> >
> >Or...
> >
> >Boot into safe mode and log in as Administrator. Copy ntuser.dat from
> >%windir%\repair to "Documents and Settings\[your user id]". Now do a
system
> >restore to a point in time prior to when the corruption message began to
> >appear.
> >
> >Or...
> >
> >Relocate NTUserdat
> >
> >Look in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
> >NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList and find the profile you want to change
> >and then change ProfileImagePath to the ntuser.dat folder that you want
to
> >use. You must manually copy or move the ntuser.dat file there.
> >
> >Corrupt Hive
> >http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_sys32.htm
> >
> >How to Recover from a Corrupted Registry
> >http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q307545
> >
> >Recovery Console Fix for XP SP1 (Line 58)
> >http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
>
> Thanks.
>
> I've managed to create a new profile. The write catching on the disk
seemed to do the trick.
>
> Steve