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| | After upgrading to SP1 I can't log on my user account. I upgraded to SP1 yesterday, via Windows Update. Did my laptop first, everything worked fine, no errors and both user accounts can log in just fine. On my desktop computer I did the same, SP1 got installed without any problems at all. After the mandatory reboot I tried logging in to the only useraccount and got a message saying "Welcome", then it immediately switches to "Logging off..." then dumps me right back at the login screen. Tried Last Known Good Configuration, didn't work. Got in with Safe Mode and created another account. That account works fine and I can log in again. However, It's a hassle to move over all files, set everything up the way I like it and so I'd really like to get my primary login working again. Checked the settings in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList My old account has the same settings as the new one. Both are "active" (checked with net user <username>). Any ideas? |
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| Home premium 32 bit, SP1 | Re: After upgrading to SP1 I can't log on my user account. I upgraded to SP1 yesterday, via Windows Update. Did my laptop first, everything worked fine, no errors and both user accounts can log in just fine. On my desktop computer I did the same, SP1 got installed without any problems at all. After the mandatory reboot I tried logging in to the only useraccount and got a message saying "Welcome", then it immediately switches to "Logging off..." then dumps me right back at the login screen. Tried Last Known Good Configuration, didn't work. Got in with Safe Mode and created another account. That account works fine and I can log in again. However, It's a hassle to move over all files, set everything up the way I like it and so I'd really like to get my primary login working again. Checked the settings in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList My old account has the same settings as the new one. Both are "active" (checked with net user <username>). Any ideas? Just a crazy thought. Logon to an admin acct.,change your user acct in question to admin acct. Can you login now without getting "dumped" again ? |
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| | Re: After upgrading to SP1 I can't log on my user account. "t-4-2" wrote: Quote: > > Alpha;686330 Wrote: Quote: > > I upgraded to SP1 yesterday, via Windows Update. Did my laptop first, > > everything worked fine, no errors and both user accounts can log in > > just fine. > > > > On my desktop computer I did the same, SP1 got installed without any > > problems at all. After the mandatory reboot I tried logging in to the > > only > > useraccount and got a message saying "Welcome", then it immediately > > switches > > to "Logging off..." then dumps me right back at the login screen. > > > > Tried Last Known Good Configuration, didn't work. > > Got in with Safe Mode and created another account. That account works > > fine > > and I can log in again. However, It's a hassle to move over all files, > > set > > everything up the way I like it and so I'd really like to get my > > primary > > login working again. > > > > Checked the settings in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows > > NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList > > > > My old account has the same settings as the new one. Both are "active" > > (checked with net user <username>). > > > > Any ideas? > Hello Alpha, > Just a crazy thought. Logon to an admin acct.,change your user acct in > question to admin acct. Can you login now without getting "dumped" again > ? > > > -- > t-4-2 > My account had administrator rights already. Tried setting it to standard, same result, tried going back to administrator, still the same. |
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| | Re: After upgrading to SP1 I can't log on my user account. Hey there Alpha, Sounds like the profile may possibly be corrupted. What you can do is first backup the corrupted profile (you don't want to lose stuff like music and documents) and then delete it. Backup the corrupted profile: Log into safe mode and create a new Administrator account. Log out of the machine and then back in with the new Administrator account. Control Panel>System>Advanced System Settings. Click Settings button under the User Profiles section. Click and highlight the profile you want to copy. Click Copy to and type in or browse for the directory you want to copy it to. (I usually just create a folder called Backup) Click the Permitted to use button and add all user accounts that you want to give full control of the profile to (Including the account that you're having the problem with.) Click Ok. To delete the corrupted profile, just highlight it and click Delete in the User Settings window after you're done. Log back in to your original account, and then copy over all your desktop stuff, music, documents, blah blah blah. Let me know how it goes! Best Regards, Will "Alpha" wrote: Quote: > > > "t-4-2" wrote: > Quote: > > > > Alpha;686330 Wrote: Quote: > > > I upgraded to SP1 yesterday, via Windows Update. Did my laptop first, > > > everything worked fine, no errors and both user accounts can log in > > > just fine. > > > > > > On my desktop computer I did the same, SP1 got installed without any > > > problems at all. After the mandatory reboot I tried logging in to the > > > only > > > useraccount and got a message saying "Welcome", then it immediately > > > switches > > > to "Logging off..." then dumps me right back at the login screen. > > > > > > Tried Last Known Good Configuration, didn't work. > > > Got in with Safe Mode and created another account. That account works > > > fine > > > and I can log in again. However, It's a hassle to move over all files, > > > set > > > everything up the way I like it and so I'd really like to get my > > > primary > > > login working again. > > > > > > Checked the settings in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows > > > NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList > > > > > > My old account has the same settings as the new one. Both are "active" > > > (checked with net user <username>). > > > > > > Any ideas? > > Hello Alpha, > > Just a crazy thought. Logon to an admin acct.,change your user acct in > > question to admin acct. Can you login now without getting "dumped" again > > ? > > > > > > -- > > t-4-2 > > > > > My account had administrator rights already. Tried setting it to standard, > same result, tried going back to administrator, still the same. |
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| | Re: After upgrading to SP1 I can't log on my user account. I already tried other ways. First thought was to simply uninstall SP1 and see what happened. I did so using System Restore. All went fine in the first part of the process, but after the reboot I got a message saying that the system restore process failed and that SP1 was not uninstalled. Clicked ok and tried to login my account, and voilĂ*, it worked! Did a ver in cmd, and it said I have "Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6001]" so SP1 is still there. Still don't know what the hickup was, but glad it's gone. Too bad we didn't get to the bottom of it though. "William Anderson" wrote: Quote: > Hey there Alpha, > > Sounds like the profile may possibly be corrupted. > > What you can do is first backup the corrupted profile (you don't want to > lose stuff like music and documents) and then delete it. > > Backup the corrupted profile: > > Log into safe mode and create a new Administrator account. > Log out of the machine and then back in with the new Administrator account. > Control Panel>System>Advanced System Settings. > Click Settings button under the User Profiles section. > Click and highlight the profile you want to copy. > Click Copy to and type in or browse for the directory you want to copy it > to. (I usually just create a folder called Backup) > Click the Permitted to use button and add all user accounts that you want to > give > full control of the profile to (Including the account that you're having the > problem with.) > Click Ok. > > To delete the corrupted profile, just highlight it and click Delete in the > User Settings window after you're done. > > Log back in to your original account, and then copy over all your desktop > stuff, music, documents, blah blah blah. > > Let me know how it goes! > > Best Regards, > > Will > > "Alpha" wrote: > Quote: > > > > > > "t-4-2" wrote: > > Quote: > > > > > > Alpha;686330 Wrote: > > > > I upgraded to SP1 yesterday, via Windows Update. Did my laptop first, > > > > everything worked fine, no errors and both user accounts can log in > > > > just fine. > > > > > > > > On my desktop computer I did the same, SP1 got installed without any > > > > problems at all. After the mandatory reboot I tried logging in to the > > > > only > > > > useraccount and got a message saying "Welcome", then it immediately > > > > switches > > > > to "Logging off..." then dumps me right back at the login screen. > > > > > > > > Tried Last Known Good Configuration, didn't work. > > > > Got in with Safe Mode and created another account. That account works > > > > fine > > > > and I can log in again. However, It's a hassle to move over all files, > > > > set > > > > everything up the way I like it and so I'd really like to get my > > > > primary > > > > login working again. > > > > > > > > Checked the settings in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows > > > > NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList > > > > > > > > My old account has the same settings as the new one. Both are "active" > > > > (checked with net user <username>). > > > > > > > > Any ideas? > > > > > > Hello Alpha, > > > Just a crazy thought. Logon to an admin acct.,change your user acct in > > > question to admin acct. Can you login now without getting "dumped" again > > > ? > > > > > > > > > -- > > > t-4-2 > > > > > > > > > My account had administrator rights already. Tried setting it to standard, > > same result, tried going back to administrator, still the same. |
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