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Corrupt Profile after Power Failure
After a power failure my desktop computer ended up with a corrut profile. I
have searched endlessly on how to fix a corrupt profile, but I now know I will have to live with a new user profile and with old profile files copied to new profile. However.... I have noticed that after creating a new profile that all my profiles now have an extension. My profiles used to just be my username, but now any profile i create has the format of username.computername (i.e. Johnny.home) and not just username (i.e. Johnny). Is there anyway to fix this so my profile names are do not have a ..computername after them???? I am using Windows XP SP2, and this computer is not on a domain. This is just a single computer I have in my home. Thanks, AL |
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Corrupt Profile after Power Failure
DSI wrote:
After a power failure my desktop computer ended up with a corrut profile. I have searched endlessly on how to fix a corrupt profile, but I now know I will have to live with a new user profile and with old profile files copied to new profile. However.... I have noticed that after creating a new profile that all my profiles now have an extension. My profiles used to just be my username, but now any profile i create has the format of username.computername (i.e. Johnny.home) and not just username (i.e. Johnny). Is there anyway to fix this so my profile names are do not have a .computername after them???? I am using Windows XP SP2, and this computer is not on a domain. This is just a single computer I have in my home. My recommendation - don't be concerned over what the actually directory is. It doesn't matter that much. You should not have to type it in/see it ever. If you do need to get to it in a script or something - the better way is to use the environment variables... %USERPROFILE% would be the one for the currently logged on user. Start button -- RUN -- type in: cmd /k echo %USERPROFILE% -- click OK. cmd /k echo %USERPROFILE% -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html |
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After you save all your data somewhere else, you can delete all the profiles
on the machine and start over. You tried to make a new profile using the same name as one of the old ones. User Profile Hive Cleanup Service: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...YYBBF#filelist -- click the Ratings button. Voting helps the web interface. http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales...help_en-us.htm see ''rate a post'' Mark L. Ferguson "DSI" wrote in message ... After a power failure my desktop computer ended up with a corrut profile. I have searched endlessly on how to fix a corrupt profile, but I now know I will have to live with a new user profile and with old profile files copied to new profile. However.... I have noticed that after creating a new profile that all my profiles now have an extension. My profiles used to just be my username, but now any profile i create has the format of username.computername (i.e. Johnny.home) and not just username (i.e. Johnny). Is there anyway to fix this so my profile names are do not have a .computername after them???? I am using Windows XP SP2, and this computer is not on a domain. This is just a single computer I have in my home. Thanks, AL |
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As it turns out, I am also getting the dreaded BSOD. 0x00000077. I have
done my research, run some tests, and I'm pretty sure my drive has some back blocks and I will be replacing the drive today. :-( |
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BTW, Shenon....
I see my profile name all the time since it's in the path of my "my documents" folder. Besides, I run alot of command and scripts from a dos prompt and I now have to type it out with the .computername. This has screwed up some active scripts I perform. :-( Since I noted in my previous reply, I have to replace the drive thus reinstalling Wndows wich will cure my profile naming issue. "Shenan Stanley" wrote: DSI wrote: After a power failure my desktop computer ended up with a corrut profile. I have searched endlessly on how to fix a corrupt profile, but I now know I will have to live with a new user profile and with old profile files copied to new profile. However.... I have noticed that after creating a new profile that all my profiles now have an extension. My profiles used to just be my username, but now any profile i create has the format of username.computername (i.e. Johnny.home) and not just username (i.e. Johnny). Is there anyway to fix this so my profile names are do not have a .computername after them???? I am using Windows XP SP2, and this computer is not on a domain. This is just a single computer I have in my home. My recommendation - don't be concerned over what the actually directory is. It doesn't matter that much. You should not have to type it in/see it ever. If you do need to get to it in a script or something - the better way is to use the environment variables... %USERPROFILE% would be the one for the currently logged on user. Start button -- RUN -- type in: cmd /k echo %USERPROFILE% -- click OK. cmd /k echo %USERPROFILE% -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html |
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DSI wrote:
I see my profile name all the time since it's in the path of my "my documents" folder. Besides, I run alot of command and scripts from a dos prompt and I now have to type it out with the .computername. This has screwed up some active scripts I perform. :-( Again - if you are creating these scripts and not using the environment variables available to you - that is unwise. The environment variables are there and can be accessed in every programming/scripting language I can think of in one way or another and it makes the scripts you write more universal anyway. Since I noted in my previous reply, I have to replace the drive thus reinstalling Wndows wich will cure my profile naming issue. Replacing the hard disk drive does not mean reinstalling Windows... In fact - if the old drive is not dead - it shouldn't even come close to meaning that. ;-) -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html |
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