Xp user log on problems, help needed asap
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Xp user log on problems, help needed asap
Hi peeps, I've got the Mrs in tears here, she's got over 2 years worth of school work saved on her laptop but can't access it due to some sort of error.
We keep getting the following message:
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.
She has not done anything unusual with her laptop, she said she had been listening to some music off a (genuine) cd and then it started repeating the track, it wouldn't stop, close, or enter task manager. After pulling the battery, the above message was shown after booting up and selecting her profile.
Any help to get around this is much appreciated.
We keep getting the following message:
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.
She has not done anything unusual with her laptop, she said she had been listening to some music off a (genuine) cd and then it started repeating the track, it wouldn't stop, close, or enter task manager. After pulling the battery, the above message was shown after booting up and selecting her profile.
Any help to get around this is much appreciated.
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See Error Message: "Windows Cannot Load the Locally Stored Profile"
and Windows cannot load the locally stored profile - Tech Support Forum
and How to copy data from a corrupted user profile to a new profile in Windows XP
and Windows Can Not Load The Locally Stored Profile
Hope one of them helps!
Dave
and Windows cannot load the locally stored profile - Tech Support Forum
and How to copy data from a corrupted user profile to a new profile in Windows XP
and Windows Can Not Load The Locally Stored Profile
Hope one of them helps!
Dave
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Take the hard drive out, Usually two screws to remove the panel, either underneath or on the side.
Put the drive into a desktop pc as a second drive and boot the pc. 9 / 10 times xp will mend all the broken strings and repair the boot.
At worse you will see the drive in My computer and be able to copy all your files over to your pc.
Hope this helps.
Dave.
Put the drive into a desktop pc as a second drive and boot the pc. 9 / 10 times xp will mend all the broken strings and repair the boot.
At worse you will see the drive in My computer and be able to copy all your files over to your pc.
Hope this helps.
Dave.
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Thanks so far, safe mode isn't being too helpful, still won't allow me to log into her account.
Not got a pc, so taking out the hard drive is not an option.
Tried to copy from her original account to a new one but it doesn't bring her original account up.
I thought Vista was meant to be crap, Xp is taking the biscuit!!!
Not got a pc, so taking out the hard drive is not an option.
Tried to copy from her original account to a new one but it doesn't bring her original account up.
I thought Vista was meant to be crap, Xp is taking the biscuit!!!
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So when you boot in Safe mode, what account and you able to log on to the PC as? Administrator?
What was the account your Mrs was logging in as?
If you go to c:\documents and settings, can you see a folder for her account? e.g c:\documents and settings\JoeBloggs
What was the account your Mrs was logging in as?
If you go to c:\documents and settings, can you see a folder for her account? e.g c:\documents and settings\JoeBloggs
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if the hard drive is on its way out then i would recommend you do the following buy yourself a usb hard drive caddy put the hard drive in it, download and burn Knoppix to a cd, boot knoppix on a computer plug on the usb caddy and copy all your files off.
If the files are valuable to you dont mess about!
If the files are valuable to you dont mess about!
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She had an administrators account but it seemed to have vanished. Nothing to be found under documents and settings
I've now gone in through a guest account and found most of the files through the search function in explorer.
I had already told her to back things up, maybe she'll take more notice now.
Thanks to you all.
I've now gone in through a guest account and found most of the files through the search function in explorer.
I had already told her to back things up, maybe she'll take more notice now.
Thanks to you all.
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is the computer part of a domain -- or standalone
does she logon with a domain profile or a local profile
as has been said you need to logon with an account that has full admin rights over the laptop
the use explorer to navigate to her profile -- it will under c:\documents and settings\username -- where username was her logon name
if you are not sure, sort by date -- to find the date it was last used
you then need to give the admin account full rights over the profile directory
then you can copy the files to another location
you may have to take ownership first and you may have to change the the option re how hidden files are displayed in my computer~tools~folder options~view
does she logon with a domain profile or a local profile
as has been said you need to logon with an account that has full admin rights over the laptop
the use explorer to navigate to her profile -- it will under c:\documents and settings\username -- where username was her logon name
if you are not sure, sort by date -- to find the date it was last used
you then need to give the admin account full rights over the profile directory
then you can copy the files to another location
you may have to take ownership first and you may have to change the the option re how hidden files are displayed in my computer~tools~folder options~view
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I dont think the issue is with the password as the profile error will occur once the user has logged on (with the correct password)
although it could be usefull if the admin password is not known
although it could be usefull if the admin password is not known
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Use something like ERD Commander which will boot into a Windows style GUI and allow full access to the file system, you can also load a USB stick and transfer files.
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