07-08-2008
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Re: Error ! User Profile Service service failed the logon.
Help! I keep getting the same message "The user profile service failed to
logon". I bought my Dell computer with Vista already installed on it. I don't
know a lot about computers so any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Thanks!
Diane
"gvagal" wrote: Quote:
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> ::*The Answer, so simple!* ::
> HELLO, 07-03-08 12:46 A.M. (CST)
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> HERE IS THE SOLUTION! I SENT THIS REPLY TO THE POST BY CENGELEN, AND I
> AM GOING TO SEND IT TO MANY OF THE PEOPLE HAVING THIS SAME PROBLEM;
> BECAUSE IT GAVE ME FITS UNTIL I FOUND THE SIMPLE FIX. IN MY CASE,
> WINDOWS HAD AUTOMATICALLY INSTALLED AN UPDATE TO SHOCKWAVE FLASH PLAYER
> OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I WENT TO THE WINDOWS \"RESTORE POINT\", AND IT
> RESTORED ME TO PRIOR TO THE UPDATE, AND I WAS BACK TO NORMAL. SO IT WAS
> THE NEW UPDATE THAT CAUSED MY PROBLEM. HOPE THIS HELPS
> EVERYONE!
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> *QUOTED from my Reply to Cengelen:
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> My name is Venita. This happened to me tonight for the first time. I
> have a relatively new computer which came installed with Windows Vista
> Home. After spending a couple hours reading the forums and trying
> things, but mostly just not believing all these complicated procedures
> were necessary; it dawned on me about the Windows Restore Point, which
> was a new feature with XP and naturally is on Vista.
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> Then viola! As I saw one person say on a very complicated procedure,
> which I did not believe. Here is how simple it was for me! Just go to
> Start Menu or wherever you go to find Windows Help and Support. For me,
> I just click on Start, there I see among all the other items, a link for
> "Help and Support". From there, click on the link for "Security and
> Maintenance". Inside there, you should see a link, (mine is on the
> right-hand side), for "Backup and Restore". Underneath Backup and
> Restore, you will click the link to "Backup Files". Then finally when
> you do this, you should see an option for "System Restore". This will
> allow you to restore your system to an earlier point (before the problem
> started).
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> In my case, there had been an update installed for one of those Shock
> Wave or Flash or something like that. System Restore just restored my
> computer to the time prior to the new update for that program, and I
> went right back to normal.
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> I think many of us, I know I do, forget how easy things can be with
> "System Restore", and so we spend all this time trying to fix our system
> by taking the advice of persons who really don't care about what is best
> for us. In the end, they probably want to mess us up, so we will have
> to buy something else.
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> But this fix is SO easy! If you do not know how to find System Restore
> on your computer, just type in System Restore in your search bar. I am
> confident there will be a link somewhere to get you there. And this is
> as easy as it gets... you won't have to do anything. Windows will
> simply restore your computer to the point before your problem started.
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> One last note: I had set up other User Accounts, so I was able to sign
> on and go to the internet or my Start Menu. I didn't notice if you have
> another account you can sign into or not. I surely hope you do. I was
> so thankful that I did. If I had not been able to correct this problem,
> I was going to lose all my business files and that would have been a
> catastrophy for me. It happened to me about a year ago. but for a
> different reason. I am not a computer technology whiz and have taught
> myself everything I know; but if I can help you, you may write to me at
> gladvn@xxxxxx
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> Hope it helps!*
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> gvagal
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