Vista - Login Completely Blocked w/User Profile Service Failed the Login

My wife and I have been unable to Login & repeatedly get the above message.

I have looked on all the relevant threads noting the above and can't find a
solution because each solution requires 1) accessing "Start", 2) accessing
msconfig, 3) setting up a second administrator.

I can't fathom how to do any of the above solutions if I can't even logon to
go to them. Please help me get out of this loop and it will be much
appreciated.

This is getting to be quite a problem with many people now. Your going to
have to find a program you can burn to a disk from another computer(if you
have one). Otherwise, theyre are limited options.
Try googling "reset windows vista password"
There should be a iso somewhere.
when you do get it reset, you may want to enable the administrator account
and write down the password somewhere
OR
create a password reset disc

"THNKIT" <THNKIT@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:23AEEB5E-AECB-49E9-8833-E7A7756BA2CD@xxxxxx

Thanks for the idea. I can use a thumb drive if I know 1) what program to
download from my toshiba with windows & 2) how to get it onto my locked dell
if I can't get passed the Password prompt. I can't access start,
accessories, command prompt........nothing. Any ideas how/what to do from
here?

Thanks



"Smithsonian" wrote:

Hello THINKIT,
Try the link below. Use method 2 ( you knew 1 won't work.)
The User Profile Service failed the logon. User profile cannot be loaded.

-"_Use_System_Restore_to_fix_problems_and_undo_changes_to_Windows_".-
The answer is so simple. Why don't people get it? Isn't it obvious
that... If everything was working fine _at_the_time_ you logged off,
then something changed _while_ you were logged off." The only way that
can happen is via Windows "Automatic Updates".

Windows updated something that changed your registry and caused this
problem. One should not have to do anything to correct the problem.
Just go to System Restore, and let Windows restore your system to the
date when you last logged off. System Restore has certain restore
points for you to choose from, and it will show you what updated after
your last log-off.

It happened to me, so I know what I am talking about. Fortunately for
me, I had set-up more than one User Account, so I logged into another
User Account and went to System Restore. Once there, I set it to take
my system back one day, prior to an update that happened the day _after_
I last logged off! Once I did that, I logged out of that User Account,
and tried my main User Account again. System Restore had worked
perfectly. I was able to log-in as usual and everything was back to
normal!

It is amazing to me how much bad advice is being given to correct this
problem. If people take any of this bad advice they are likely to
royally mess up their system.

For those who might not know how to reach System Restore, just go to
your control panel, then System and Maintenance, then Backup Your
Computer, and there you will see a link that says:
-"_Use_System_Restore_to_fix_problems_and_undo_changes_to_Windows_".-

I hope this helps some people who are hurting for a fix; and even if it
doesn't, it surely won't waste your system.

-dontee@xxxxxx-


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Here is your advice below.
Now hero, tell the good people HOW to get to where YOU say to go when they
CAN NOT log in, and they are a single user account.!!!!!
Don't know, do you??????

"It is amazing to me how much bad advice is being given to correct this
problem. If people take any of this bad advice they are likely to
royally mess up their system.

For those who might not know how to reach System Restore, just go to
your control panel, then System and Maintenance, then Backup Your
Computer, and there you will see a link that says:
-"_Use_System_Restore_to_fix_problems_and_undo_changes_to_Windows_".-"


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Mick Murphy;3854202 Wrote:being offensive.-- Since I signed into TechArena, I assumed I was in
TechArena. Makes sense to me.


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That's YOUR problem; ANYTHING makes sense to you!!!
Loser!
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"Donald Teague Jr." wrote:

And you DON'T have the answer to my question of a single user account!!!!
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"Donald Teague Jr." wrote:

Following are two methods for arriving at _System_Restore_ (for those
who have a second User Account they can log onto, and who might not know
how to find it):

1. Click _Start_ then click on _Control_Panel_, click on
_System_and_Maintenance_, from there, click on _Backup_Your_Computer_,
and there you will see a link that says:
_Use_System_Restore_to_fix_problems_and_undo_changes_to_Windows_.

2. This method might be preferable because it allows you to pin
_System_Restore_ to the start menu. Click the _Start_ orb, click
"_All_Programs_ then click on _Accessories_ next click _System_Tools_,
there you will find _System_Restore_, right-click it and
_PIN_TO_THE_START_MENU_.


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