Vista - Error ! User Profile Service service failed the logon.

I've seen several people with this issue, including myself, and have yet to
see any answer other than to delete the account and start over. This is not
a good solution for any user. What causes this issue? How can it be
prevented? How can it be fixed? Some type of acknowledgement would be
appreciated as it does seem to be be kind of a 'major' issue. Thank you for
your time.

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this happened to me directly after receiving updates from microsoft, as admin
I cannot access my account , vista is so secure the user can't use it!!!

"DavidinEdmond" wrote:

> I've seen several people with this issue, including myself, and have yet to
> see any answer other than to delete the account and start over. This is not
> a good solution for any user. What causes this issue? How can it be
> prevented? How can it be fixed? Some type of acknowledgement would be
> appreciated as it does seem to be be kind of a 'major' issue. Thank you for
> your time.
>
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> This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
> suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
> Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this
> link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
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> http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/com...unts_passwords

I had this same problem, for me no need to delete the account, if you have your start up disc you can just do a system restore, i did and i got my account back within 10 mins.
It happened a while ago, but if i remember correctly i put the disc in my drive/go to install vista screen/check the boxes etc...then when you get the options .,choose install method , i think it was bottom left on that screen that says 'repair' click that. then a list of options comes up.. back up system restore...repair etc etc. i tried repair, didnt work, system restore....bingo!!!! back in business. hope this helps someone...

I have quiet a few annoying problems with Vista. Has Microsoft come up with a
quick solution for this "User Profile Service service failed to logon"?

"DavidinEdmond" wrote:

I too have had this problem i first set up our computer with an Admin account
and three separate user accounts one for me and two for my parents i
encountered this problem with my account and so set up a second account and
tried to transfer the files from my old account to the new one unsuccessfully
when i decided to try again i found the problem had now spread to the Admin
account.

"sukig" wrote:

Is there any solution for this now. If I need to delete account and setup new
one how do I do that?

"sukig" wrote:

My wife had this problem on her Vista Home Basic system. Based on informantion I found from other forums I used the Vista Restore (hold down F8 at startup) and selected a restore point before she started having the problem. That process worked fine and no user data was lost.

Note that the Vista Repair option did not find any problems.

Every other user post that I saw said the Restore fixed the problem for them too, so I'm adding my concurrence for how to recover.

Hello.

We have an excellent tutorial that addresses this issue. Here's the link: The User Profile Service failed the logon. User profile cannot be loaded.

I hope this helps.

::*The Answer, so simple!* ::
HELLO, 07-03-08 12:46 A.M. (CST)



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!


*QUOTED from my Reply to Cengelen:

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.



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).



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.



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.



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.



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



Hope it helps!*


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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


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