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

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%

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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
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"DSI" wrote in message
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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

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. :-(

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

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. ;-)

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MS-MVP
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