Vista - User Profile Error - Logged on with a Temporary Profile

Hi..Brink..

I just joint the forum.. i have this problem now, can not believe it cause what i did was hook up my laptop with my tv, n have this logged on temp. profile ,the problem is i only have one account it is my administrator on my laptop...so just wonder if i able to delete my user administrator profile here..please advise.

thanks so much

Hello Melati, and welcome to Vista Forums.

You might see if you can first do a System Restore at boot using a restore point dated before you had this error to have it fixed.

If not, then start in the STEP ONE section to gain access to you computer to be able to do the STEP TWO section.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

thank brink,

tried restore not working, still have this temp. profile problem, i am going to try Step ONe n Step two on this article, question is i have to delete the administrator user right? that the user acc i have problem with. Then i will not have administrator user acc then?

thanks again
melati

Melati,

You would still have the built-in Administrator account that was enabled in STEP ONE to use afterwards to create a new default administrator account to use though. No worries.

Hi..again Brink

well i did all the tips, i able to create new administrator acc, and del the administrator acc the one i have problem , my next ? is why after log off n log in not get recreate the acc i delete? when the problem accur i could not find all the data, i am just wonder now am i lost all the data i had?will i able to restore the data? i did not do back up cause like i said , data was not there before i delete user acc, is there a way?

thanks
Melati

It may still be in the C:\Users\(user name) folders for the account you have deleted.

Hey Brink,

I had the problem once when I accidentally bumped my laptop on a ledge. I got the user profile error after, and so I used the admin account to change the reg values for that user B. I misread the steps somewhere and so after I logged off Admin and went on B, it said that the user profile service cannot be loaded or something like that. I fixed the problem, deleted the new B account, created a new B account, but I still get a blank desktop. I checked the user folder and the original data and everything is still there for the old B. Do you know how to restore those data?

Thanks.

Hello Deeto, and welcome to Vista Forums.

You should be able to copy the contents of the old account's C:\Users\(User name) folders into the corresponding new account's C:\Users\n(User ame) folders to do so.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Something that is not totally clear with this fix is, what happens to your Document, Pictures and Email when this fix is done. I know you say to back up the data, but does deleting the profile and then having Vista recreate it, not delete your personal files? I am helping my sister out with this issue, and will certainly make a backup, but from some of the things you say in this thread it sounds like the stuff will still be there after Vista creates the profile. Is that correct?

Hello Datagoround, and welcome to Vista Forums.

Yes, usually deleting a user account from within User Accounts (Control Panel) will not delete the C:\Users\(user name) folder that contains the data. However, it is best to take extra precautions and back this up just in case it does get deleted some how. Since there is already a problem with the user profile, you just never know for sure.