Vista - Vista Home Premium - Single User Profile - "user profile cannot be loaded"

System restore is possible but I fixed a NIC driver problem and I don't know if the latest restore point includes my fix.. I think that upgrade from XP to Vista isn't a good idea. Clean install avoids IMHO trivial problems...

I hope that one of the repair methods will work for me, because with a clean install I loose my personal data...

Wouter

Well Wouter,

You could also try a repair (upgrade) install to see if it can salvage it for you. If nothing else, you should be able to retrieve and backup any data you want afterwards before doing a clean install.

Repair Install For Vista

I have done a restore today (afternoon), update the NIC drivers and fix the internet connection again. I have made an extra user account, restore point and (of course) a Vista update. Reboot and yes, I can login for the second time without the (stupid) User profile cannot be loaded problem. The main reason to upgrade from XP-SP3 to Vista (ultimate) is the expectation that the energy saving modes in Vista will be better work then in XP-SP3. Unfortunately also Vista starts up immediately again after hibernating. I think that there is a hardware/configure problem. Thx Shawn for the relevant and adequate advises, so far :-)

Wouter,

I'm happy to hear that you almost got it all sorted out. See if this tutorial can help you with the computer waking up from hibernation mode. I would look at the BIOS and Network device to make sure that the "Wake On..." options are disabled.

Power Options and Sleep Mode Problems

Hope this helps,
Shawn

First solve this (repeated) problem :-(

First I solved this problem, last week ;-)

Before I upgrade from XP-SP3 to Vista Ultimate I could enter the BIOS with F2. Now F2 enter the Windows Bootmanager

I don't think that I succeed to implement the power saving options (which I couldn't either with XP). F.i. in the advanced options of my NIC (3COM Gigabit LOM (3c940) there isn't an entry "Shutdown-Wake-on-LAN". I see only "Wake up Capabilities" (is now both) no option disable..

The only relevant option in the P4P800 Bios (Power menu) is the Power Management/APM (enable/disable) which is enabled default, but I couldn't now in the BIOS setup of my system to disable this feature. I don't see (in the user manual) the ACPI mode (S3 or S1 is enabled). However, the command "powercfg -a" results in:
C:\Users\wouter>powercfg -a
The following sleep states are available on this system: Standby ( S1 S3 ) Hiber
nate Hybrid Sleep
The following sleep states are not available on this system:
Standby (S2)
The system firmware does not support this standby state.

C:\Users\wouter>

Wouter

Wouter,

I must admit that I am not sure why your sleep mode is not functioning correctly. When you upgraded from XP SP3 to Vista, did you do so by a clean install or upgrade to Vista from within XP. If the later, then you may need to do a clean install of Vista instead to clear out any bad remnants of XP that may be causing problems.

Clean Install From Upgrade Vista