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IS it possible to .old a corrupt profile in XP like in NT? Where do i find

the profiles in XP? Thanks


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"havenlad" <havenlad@discussions.microsoft.com>wrote in message

Start a Command Prompt and have a look at your

environment variables, using the "set" command.

It will answer all your questions!





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Hi,



The profiles are located under C:\Documents and Settings. If one is corrupt,

create a new one while logged on as administrator and use the procedure

below to copy the old one into it.



How to Copy User Data to a New User Profile

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=811151



Note that one step not listed in the article is that after creating the

destination profile you must log into it once first to create the necessary

file structure before you do the copy procedure.



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Best of Luck,



Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org



"havenlad" <havenlad@discussions.microsoft.com>wrote in message



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"havenlad" <havenlad@discussions.microsoft.com>wrote:



Follow these instructions:

"Windows cannot load your profile because it may be corrupted" error

message when you try to log on to Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=318011



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The problem is the account just disappeared. Was fine yesterday and today

even logging in to my account i cannot find the other account profile, yet

trying to create a new account and his account is still there in control

panel, accounts. I have tried adding a new account name but it says i can't

do that as it does not exist (course it doesn't exist, i haven't created it -

aaaaaaaggggggghhhhhhh)



"Detlev Dreyer" wrote:

I think you're mixing "account" and "profile folder". You can

have an account without a profile folder, or an profile folder

without an account! The usual situation is to have an account

AND and profile folder.



In your case I think you have an account without a profile

folder. Start a Command Prompt and type



net user



Is the missing account there?



Now check the user profiles folders (probably in c:\documents

and settings). Is the user's profile folder there?





"havenlad" <havenlad@discussions.microsoft.com>wrote in message



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"havenlad" <havenlad@discussions.microsoft.com>wrote:



See if this article applies:

"Cannot Add Local Users with the User Accounts Tool if Computer Is

a Domain Member" http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=309428



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havenlad wrote:



Yes, that's still a common recovery tactic.







C:\Documents and Settings\Username.....



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