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Most welcome, Ken. Hope all went well.
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All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP)
Troubleshooting Windows XP
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"Ken_Foster_ca" <KenFosterca@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Thank-you Kelly, I will.
>
> Ken
>
> "Kelly" wrote:
>
>> Error Message: Windows Cannot Load Your Profile Because It May Be
>> Corrupted
>>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q318011
>>
>> Create a New User or Restore the User Profile
>>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q318011
>>
>> 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
>>
>> --
>>
>> All the Best,
>> Kelly (MS-MVP)
>>
>> Troubleshooting Windows XP
>>
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com
>>
>>
>>
>> "Ken_Foster_ca" <KenFosterca@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:08C8CF98-4E12-4591-8DC2-61E0A0591E14@microsoft.com...
>> > Hey Rick,
>> >
>> > not really a useful thread. I have identifed two incidents in my known
>> > local area. Some virus are slow to replicate while other may not have
>> > downloaded a patch I have at this point. If you have any sugestions on
>> > why
>> > this may have happened, I would appreciate that meaningful feedback
>> > though.
>> >
>> > Thank-you.
>> >
>> > "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> If it was the result of a virus or patch, many more people would be
>> >> having
>> >> this problem than just you and your mother.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Best of Luck,
>> >>
>> >> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> >> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> >> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
>> >> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>> >> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>> >>
>> >> "Ken_Foster_ca" <Ken_Foster_ca@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> >> message
>> >> news:06DADDF0-F9C2-430B-A821-6203AF386FE5@microsoft.com...
>> >> >I am runing XP Pro in a standalone mode. I logged on this morning
>> >> >and
>> >> > received a message I didnt have permissions to my profile so a temp
>> >> > provile
>> >> > was being created. All local profiles has lost their individual
>> >> > users
>> >> > permissions (only built-in admin acct had permissions).
>> >> >
>> >> > I reapplied the permissions for the appropriate users to their
>> >> > profiles
>> >> > and
>> >> > it work properly again. Is this the result of a viral or errorant
>> >> > Patch.
>> >> > My
>> >> > mother-in-law called me a few days ago with the same issue I am dont
>> >> > think
>> >> > this is localized.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
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