Cannot repair corrupted user profile
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From: Smirnoff on 26 Mar 2010 07:58 XP Pro, SP3 I am attempting to repair my (suspected) corrupted user profile using the advice given in: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555473 I create a new user (administrator) and log out of my old administrator account I then log into the new account, wait for settings to load and then log out again. As instructed, I then log back into my old account, right click My Computer>Properties>Advanced>User Profile (Settings). However, when I select my old/current user profile in an attempt to "Copy to" the new account, the button is greyed out (along with the Delete button). Advice please?
From: Don Phillipson on 26 Mar 2010 09:59 "Smirnoff" <someone(a)nospam.invalid> wrote in message news:%23puuduNzKHA.5040(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > XP Pro, SP3 > > I am attempting to repair my (suspected) corrupted user profile using the > advice given in: > > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555473 > . . . This URL points to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326688 which recommends System Restore. But a faster method is (1) creating a new Username from scratch, (2) copying to the new Username all configurations we want to reuse, (3) testing the new Username (i.e. logging out and logging in to the new Username) (4) deleting the old damaged user profile (or instead, to be ultra-prudent, Moving the damaged profile to a special folder / Discard, so its contents remain available for reuse or contemplation as we wish.) Under /Documents and Settings we find a subfolder for every named user, and usually at least three others more such as / All Users and (possibly) /Administrator. The simplest way to restore a damaged user configuration is to create a new user and copy into it good settings from other personalities, first those of /All Users (e.g. the contents of subfolders / Admin Tools, / Desktop and so on) and then the contents of the same subfolders from any other user whose configuration we want to replicate. EXPLORER.EXE (My Computer) enables this only if configured to display all files; non-MS tools like PowerDesk make the task a little easier becaus more visible, e.g. showing two or more subfolders simultaneously.) Then follow ## 3 and 4 above: -- but / System Restore is even faster (if it has been set on, and we know the date of a prior configuration that suits us perfectly.) -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada)
From: Smirnoff on 26 Mar 2010 09:23 "Don Phillipson" <e925(a)SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca> wrote in message news:esoYVUOzKHA.5036(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > "Smirnoff" <someone(a)nospam.invalid> wrote in message > news:%23puuduNzKHA.5040(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > >> XP Pro, SP3 >> >> I am attempting to repair my (suspected) corrupted user profile using the >> advice given in: >> >> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555473 >> . . . > > This URL points to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326688 > which recommends System Restore. But a faster method > is (1) creating a new Username from scratch, > (2) copying to the new Username all configurations we want > to reuse, > (3) testing the new Username (i.e. logging out and logging in > to the new Username) > (4) deleting the old damaged user profile (or instead, to be > ultra-prudent, Moving the damaged profile to a special > folder / Discard, so its contents remain available for > reuse or contemplation as we wish.) > > Under /Documents and Settings we find a subfolder for every > named user, and usually at least three others more such as > / All Users > and (possibly) > /Administrator. > > The simplest way to restore a damaged user configuration is to > create a new user and copy into it good settings from other > personalities, first those of > /All Users > (e.g. the contents of subfolders / Admin Tools, / Desktop and so on) > and then the contents of the same subfolders from any other user > whose configuration we want to replicate. EXPLORER.EXE (My > Computer) enables this only if configured to display all files; > non-MS tools like PowerDesk make the task a little easier becaus > more visible, e.g. showing two or more subfolders simultaneously.) > > Then follow ## 3 and 4 above: -- but / System Restore is even > faster (if it has been set on, and we know the date of a prior > configuration that suits us perfectly.) > > -- > Don Phillipson > Carlsbad Springs > (Ottawa, Canada) > > > > Thanks, I created another account and this enabled me to copy my user profile to the original new account. Apparently, you cannot copy a user profile when logged into that account (the MS article did not explain that).
From: John John - MVP on 26 Mar 2010 09:47 Smirnoff wrote: > XP Pro, SP3 > > I am attempting to repair my (suspected) corrupted user profile using > the advice given in: > > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555473 > > I create a new user (administrator) and log out of my old administrator > account > > I then log into the new account, wait for settings to load and then log > out again. > > As instructed, I then log back into my old account, right click My > Computer>Properties>Advanced>User Profile (Settings). > > However, when I select my old/current user profile in an attempt to > "Copy to" the new account, the button is greyed out (along with the > Delete button). > > Advice please? http://support.microsoft.com/kb/811151 How to copy data from a corrupted user profile to a new profile in Windows XP John
From: sanjacstudent14 on 3 Apr 2010 00:16
"Smirnoff" wrote: > XP Pro, SP3 > > I am attempting to repair my (suspected) corrupted user profile using the > advice given in: > > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555473 > > I create a new user (administrator) and log out of my old administrator > account > > I then log into the new account, wait for settings to load and then log out > again. > > As instructed, I then log back into my old account, right click My > Computer>Properties>Advanced>User Profile (Settings). > > However, when I select my old/current user profile in an attempt to "Copy > to" the new account, the button is greyed out (along with the Delete > button). > > Advice please? > > > . > You may need to login as the admin through safe mode. Create a New User Profile in Windows XP 1. Log in as admin or an account with admin permissions. 2. Select the windows START button and click CONTROL PANEL 3. Click USER ACCOUNTS 4. Select CREATE A NEW ACCOUNT. You may need to select pick a task first 5. Type in a new name for the account 6. Click create account and ensure it is an admin account. Copy Files to the New User Profile 1. Log on as a user other than the user whose profile you are copying files to or from. 2. In Windows Explorer, click Tools, click Folder Options, click the View tab, click Show hidden files and folders, click to clear the Hide protected operating system files check box, and then click OK. 3. Locate the C:\Documents and Settings\Old_Username folder, where C is the drive on which Windows XP is installed, and Old_Username is the name of the profile you want to copy user data from. 4. Press and hold down the CTRL key while you click each file and subfolder in this folder, except the following files: Ntuser.dat, Ntuser.dat.log, Ntuser.ini 5. On the Edit menu, click Copy. 6. Locate the C:\Documents and Settings\New_Username folder, where C is the drive on which Windows XP is installed, and New_Username is the name of the user profile that you created in the "Create a New User Profile" section. 7. On the Edit menu, click Paste. 8. Log off the computer, and then log on as the new user. |