Just a quick tutorial for resolving user profile issues that I have used with success. This is for domain joined computer but might work for non-domain joined computers as well.
If a user receives a message about unable to load profile or loading temp profile try the following.
1. Log in to the computer with another domain account. If you can’t login to the domain with multiple accounts it may be the computer account that is bad. Rejoin to the domain.
2. Log in with local admin account to run the following.
3. Run a disk check by right clicking on the C: Drive>>>Properties>>>Tools tab>>>Check now… button>>>Select both options>>>Start…Schedule Disk Check. It will run disk check on next restart, may take a while. Try to login.
4. Run system file checker. Start>>>All Programs>>>Accessories>>>Right click on Command Prompt>>>Run as Administrator. Then type sfc /scannow – Enter – this may take a while as well.
5. Perform Microsoft fix for Profile issues:
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1. Click Start, type regedit in the Search box, and then press ENTER.
2. In Registry Editor, locate and then click the following registry subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionProfileList
3. In the navigation pane, locate the folder that begins with S-1-5 (SID key) followed by a long number.
4. Click each S-1-5 folder, locate the ProfileImagePath entry in the details pane, and then double-click to make sure that this is the user account profile that has the error.
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o If you have two folders starting with S-1-5 followed by some long numbers and one of them ended with .bak, you have to rename the .bak folder. To do this, follow these steps:
a. Right-click the folder without .bak, and then click Rename. Type .ba, and then press ENTER.
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b. Right-click the folder that is named .bak, and then click Rename. Remove .bak at the end of the folder name, and then press ENTER.
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c. Right-click the folder that is named .ba, and then click Rename. Change the .ba to .bak at the end of the folder name, and then press ENTER.
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o If you have only one folder starting with S-1-5 that is followed by long numbers and ends with .bak. Right-click the folder, and then click Rename. Remove .bak at the end of the folder name, and then press ENTER.
5. Click the folder without .bak in the details pane, double-click RefCount, type 0, and then click OK.
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6. Click the folder without .bak, in the details pane, double-click State, type 0, and then click OK.
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7. Close Registry Editor.
8. Restart the computer.
Log on again with your account.
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6. If all of these fail backup the user profile and documents.
7. Follow these Microsoft instructions:
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1. Delete the profile by using the Computer Properties dialog box. To do this, follow these steps:
a. Click Start, right-click Computer, and then click Properties.
b. Click Change settings.
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c. In the System Properties dialog box, click the Advanced tab.
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d. In the User Profiles area, click Settings.
e. In the User Profiles dialog box, select the profile that you want to delete, click Delete, and then click OK.
2. Click Start, type regedit in the Search box, and then press ENTER.
3. Locate and then click the following registry subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionProfileList
4. Right-click the SID that you want to remove, and then click Delete.
2 Log on to the computer and create a new profile.
3. Copy user files and documents back from where you backed them up
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