Corrupt User Profile - Help!

[Shannon]

Hi there,

I am running WinXP Home Edition. I have my own profile (administrator) and
the default guest profile.

Last night I turned on my computer, and instead of loading as it normally
does, I got the following message:

"Windows cannot load your profile because it may be corrupted." This was
followed by a message stating that Windows could not find the local profile,
so it would load a temporary one. Any changes to the temporary profile
would be lost.

I proceeded with the temporary profile, and went into Windows Explorer. My
folder is still in Documents and Settings, and everything appears to still
be there (Favorites, My Documents, etc.). Does anyone know how I can
correct this corrupted profile? Any idea how it occurred? I guess I could
simply re-load XP, but I'd like to know what caused this.

Thanks,

Shannon

PS: If I do have to re-load XP, does anyone out there know how I can
preserve my email? I use OE and Outlook.

[rifleman]

In article >,
says...
> Hi there,
>
> I am running WinXP Home Edition. I have my own profile (administrator) and
> the default guest profile.
>
> Last night I turned on my computer, and instead of loading as it normally
> does, I got the following message:
>
> "Windows cannot load your profile because it may be corrupted." This was
> followed by a message stating that Windows could not find the local profile,
> so it would load a temporary one. Any changes to the temporary profile
> would be lost.
>
> I proceeded with the temporary profile, and went into Windows Explorer. My
> folder is still in Documents and Settings, and everything appears to still
> be there (Favorites, My Documents, etc.). Does anyone know how I can
> correct this corrupted profile? Any idea how it occurred? I guess I could
> simply re-load XP, but I'd like to know what caused this.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Shannon
>
> PS: If I do have to re-load XP, does anyone out there know how I can
> preserve my email? I use OE and Outlook.
>
>
>

Boot into Safe Mode and log-in as THE Administrator, What you are
logging in as is a User Account that you have called Administrator.
You will then be able to create a new user and copy all your email
documents, etc to this new user.

Good luck

--
(I may be wrong...I usually am....)
Google is your Friend
Email address deliberately false to avoid spam:
www.gbpcomputing.co.uk

[Ted]

"Shannon" > wrote in message =
...
> Hi there,
>=20
> I am running WinXP Home Edition. I have my own profile =
(administrator) and
> the default guest profile.
>=20
> Last night I turned on my computer, and instead of loading as it =
normally
> does, I got the following message:
>=20
> "Windows cannot load your profile because it may be corrupted." This =
was
> followed by a message stating that Windows could not find the local =
profile,
> so it would load a temporary one. Any changes to the temporary =
profile
> would be lost.
>=20
> I proceeded with the temporary profile, and went into Windows =
Explorer. My
> folder is still in Documents and Settings, and everything appears to =
still
> be there (Favorites, My Documents, etc.). Does anyone know how I can
> correct this corrupted profile? Any idea how it occurred? I guess I =
could
> simply re-load XP, but I'd like to know what caused this.
>=20
> Thanks,
>=20
> Shannon
>=20
> PS: If I do have to re-load XP, does anyone out there know how I can
> preserve my email? I use OE and Outlook.
>=20
>=20

Try using System Restore, to when you had the profile working properly. =
If you need to reload, you can back up your e-mails, and other items as =
well, if you have the capability to copy files to disk. E-mails are =
easily back-up to floppies.

[Walter Clayton]

Use system restore to get things back. It's going to be rather difficult to
post-mortem the why. Hardware fault, overclocking or 3rd party applications
can and have caused this kind of issue before.

--
Walter Clayton - MS MVP(WinXP)
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
http://www.dts-l.org
http://support.microsoft.com/servicedesks/fileversion/default.asp


"Shannon" > wrote in message
...
> Hi there,
>
> I am running WinXP Home Edition. I have my own profile (administrator)
and
> the default guest profile.
>
> Last night I turned on my computer, and instead of loading as it normally
> does, I got the following message:
>
> "Windows cannot load your profile because it may be corrupted." This was
> followed by a message stating that Windows could not find the local
profile,
> so it would load a temporary one. Any changes to the temporary profile
> would be lost.
>
> I proceeded with the temporary profile, and went into Windows Explorer.
My
> folder is still in Documents and Settings, and everything appears to still
> be there (Favorites, My Documents, etc.). Does anyone know how I can
> correct this corrupted profile? Any idea how it occurred? I guess I
could
> simply re-load XP, but I'd like to know what caused this.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Shannon
>
> PS: If I do have to re-load XP, does anyone out there know how I can
> preserve my email? I use OE and Outlook.
>
>