My User Profile was deleted by the system and replaces with
a Temp User Profile. Anyone can tell me how to restore my user
profile?
I tried Microsoft online "Help and support" and this what I
get:-
Error message when you use a migrated user account to log on to
a migrated computer that is running Windows Vista, Windows Server
2003, or Windows XP: "Windows cannot find the local profile and is
logging you on with a temporary profile"
CAUSE
This issue occurs because the NTUser.dat file is not released
successfully after the file is loaded under the
HKEY_USERS\<SID> registry key.
For example, when a Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)
query is run on the computer, all the cached NTUser.dat files are
loaded under the HKEY_USERS\<SID> registry key. After the
query has finished running, you expect the NTUser.dat files to be
released. However, some files remain loaded. This behavior occurs
because WMI is unable to resolve the SIDs of these NTUser.dat files
to the corresponding user names.
Method 1
Delete the source user account.
Method 2
Important This section, method, or task contains steps that tell
you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might
occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure
that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back
up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the
registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to
back up and restore the registry, click the following article
number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
322756 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322756/)
How to back up and restore the registry in Windows
Delete the SID entries for the source user account from the
following registry subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList
I tried method 2 and it still doesn't work, not sure if I should
try method 1. I am afraid that method 1 may cause my entire system
to collapse.
rdgs