Windows User Profile

bahamut_2006 · January 1st, 2005

Ok. So my bro comes up to visit me and he brings his comp with him. I give him LOTR Battle for Middle Earth since I've been wanting to test out the network skrimishes. It didnt work. Well anyway I had to restart his comp cause of the network error, and upon loading Windows, it says it cannot find a stored user profile. Never seen that error before. So it loads up with the default gay XP theme and some of his shortcuts. I have somewhat fixed the problem by putting all shortcuts under All Users/Desktop. So now he wont lose his shortcuts, but it will not keep his theme saved (wallpaper, taskbar, stuff like that). What could be causing this? I have checked for viruses and spyware and its not that. No malicious programs are running as far as I can tell, so any insight on a possible cause would be appreciated. The comp specs are 1.3 Ghz Duron, 256 MB ram, 20 GB WD HD, and a 64 MB Geforce 4 MX 420, running Windows XP SP1.

RF · January 1st, 2005

Right Click My Computer > Manage > Local Users and Groups > Users

Right click your brothers name and go to the properties. Select the profile tab and make sure it is set to local.

Thats all I can think of atm.

bahamut_2006 · January 2nd, 2005

Ok well we did that but it didnt work. So we fixed the problem by creating a new account. Thanks for the help though.

January 1st, 2005	#1 (permalink)
bahamut_2006 AMD Join Date: May 2002 Location: Iredell, Texas, USA Posts: 779	Windows User Profile Ok. So my bro comes up to visit me and he brings his comp with him. I give him LOTR Battle for Middle Earth since I've been wanting to test out the network skrimishes. It didnt work. Well anyway I had to restart his comp cause of the network error, and upon loading Windows, it says it cannot find a stored user profile. Never seen that error before. So it loads up with the default gay XP theme and some of his shortcuts. I have somewhat fixed the problem by putting all shortcuts under All Users/Desktop. So now he wont lose his shortcuts, but it will not keep his theme saved (wallpaper, taskbar, stuff like that). What could be causing this? I have checked for viruses and spyware and its not that. No malicious programs are running as far as I can tell, so any insight on a possible cause would be appreciated. The comp specs are 1.3 Ghz Duron, 256 MB ram, 20 GB WD HD, and a 64 MB Geforce 4 MX 420, running Windows XP SP1. __________________ Primary rig: AMD Athlon 64 3700 (2.2 Ghz) San Diego core\|2 GB Corsair DDR 400 ram\|ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe mobo\|512 MB eVGA GeForce 7950GT\|Primary HD: 300 GB Maxtor\| Secondary HD 200 GB Western Digital HD\|Aspire X-Dreamer II case w/550w Antec PSU\|Sony DVD-Rom\|Sony DVD-RW\|19" Sceptre LCD\|4.1 Surround Sound\|Runnin on Windows XP Pro SP2

January 1st, 2005	#2 (permalink)
RF Canadian Spaceman Join Date: May 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 8,594	Right Click My Computer > Manage > Local Users and Groups > Users Right click your brothers name and go to the properties. Select the profile tab and make sure it is set to local. Thats all I can think of atm. __________________

January 2nd, 2005	#3 (permalink)
bahamut_2006 AMD Join Date: May 2002 Location: Iredell, Texas, USA Posts: 779	Ok well we did that but it didnt work. So we fixed the problem by creating a new account. Thanks for the help though. __________________ Primary rig: AMD Athlon 64 3700 (2.2 Ghz) San Diego core\|2 GB Corsair DDR 400 ram\|ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe mobo\|512 MB eVGA GeForce 7950GT\|Primary HD: 300 GB Maxtor\| Secondary HD 200 GB Western Digital HD\|Aspire X-Dreamer II case w/550w Antec PSU\|Sony DVD-Rom\|Sony DVD-RW\|19" Sceptre LCD\|4.1 Surround Sound\|Runnin on Windows XP Pro SP2

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