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Corrupt User Profile - Help!
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. |
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Corrupt User Profile - Help!
"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. |
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Corrupt User Profile - Help!
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/service...on/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. |
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