Re: Error at Log In

From: Doug Knox MS-MVP (dknox_at_mvps.org)
Date: 12/23/03


Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 01:08:20 -0500

You're welcome, Dave, and registry corruption seems to be an issue with XP. And you never know whether it will be a user profile that can't be loaded, or a portion of the registry that concerns the core OS.

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"dave" <dorahood@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:046701c3c90c$3d2ee5a0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> Doug...
> 
> You were absolutely right. I had to build a new profile 
> and take ownership of the previous profile's files, 
> folders etc.
> 
> I was unable to edit the registry because Windows was 
> unable to load the hive...which probably means that it 
> was corrupt for that user profile...
> 
> Not sure how something like that can happen...I hope I 
> don't have a bad hard drive...
> 
> Anyhow...thanks for the help! You're a pro!
> 
>>-----Original Message-----
>>You can take ownership of the old profile's files and 
> folders and recover those.
>>
>>See Help and Support and search for "take ownership"
>>
>>HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
>>http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308421
>>
>>You may be able to salvage some registry settings.  See 
> www.dougknox.com, Win XP Tips, Advanced Registry Editing, 
> but if the profile is corrupt, probably not.
>>-- 
>>Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display
>>Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
>>http://www.dougknox.com
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>>"dave" <dave@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
> news:045201c3c903$751c9c40$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>>> Is there any way to restore the profile?
>>> 
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
>>> us;318011
>>>>Error Message: Windows Cannot Load Your Profile 
> Because 
>>> It May Be Corrupted
>>>>-- 
>>>>Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display
>>>>Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
>>>>http://www.dougknox.com
>>>>--------------------------------
>>>>Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP 
> Pro
>>>>http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm
>>>>--------------------------------
>>>>Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
>>>>Unsolicited e-mail is not answered.
>>>> 
>>>>"Dave" <dorahood@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
>>> news:03e601c3c900$bf500020$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>>>>> I'm trying to log in with the one and only user 
>>> profile 
>>>>> on my machine. It is the admin user account. This PC 
>>> is 
>>>>> standalone and not networked. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> The error is:
>>>>> 
>>>>> 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. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> DETAIL - An I/O operation initiated by the registry 
>>>>> failed unrecoverably. The registry could not read 
> in, 
>>> or 
>>>>> write out, or flush, one of the files that contain 
> the 
>>>>> system's image of the registry. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Can anyone assist?
>>>>.
>>>>
>>.
>>


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