Help! I can't login to my own user profile!

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meghan wrote:
> Here is the problem. I have Windows XP Professional. Just today,
> when I tried to boot the program, it told me this:
> "Windows cannot load the locally stored profile. Possible causes of
> this error include insufficient security rights or a corrupt local
> profile. If this problem persists, contact your network administrator.
>
> DETAIL - An I/O operation initiated by the registry failed
> unrecoverably. The registry could not read in, or write out, or
> flush, one of the files that contain the system's image of the
> registry."
>
> Then, it said that it cannot find local profile and is logging me in
> with a temporary profile, which I am using right now, and which has
> none of my files or programs on it EXCEPT for the Google Toolbar and
> Google Earth.
> Can someone tell me what this means and how to fix it ASAP??
> Thank you!!

The few times I have seen this happen, it turned out to be bad hardware
(drive or RAM) involved.
Check your hardware. Backup your stuff.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/812339

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