Re: Vista Home Premium: New user account failing to load user profile

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I put the folder name back before I ever got to trying making a new account so don't actually know how that would have worked out.

I would try putting UAC back on while you try to create the new user, you might get some usefully clues from what it natters about. I think AVG is just an antivirus, but I haven't used it for several upgrades so don't for sure about that either. Windows Defender will protect the system from changes and you might try disabling that. Would think that it could handle add a new user OK but stranger things have happened. (I lost my old tube monitor last night, just coincidence but if I didn't already know it was failing I sure would have been suspicious that my fooling around did it - like my mouse).

Michael

"Metajoe" <Metajoe.3a8ae0d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:Metajoe.3a8ae0d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I see that folder rename idea didn't work for you, so I doubt it'd work
for me.

I have UAC off and have Windows Defender and AVG running basically for
protection, so I don't know if they'd have anything to do with it.

Yeah, I looked around online first before registering an account here
without much of a lead anywhere.

And I'll try that Regedit thing either tonight or tomorrow morning.
It's almost 11pm here.

'Michael Walraven[_3_ Wrote:
;771460']I would rename to something like OldDefault

A point: Have you modified the security for the system? I.e. have you
turned
off UAC, changed permissions/ownership for system controlled area? ( It

helps others to understand your configuration).
Also do you have virus/malware protection programs that purport to
'protect'
your system from changes? Turning off or disabling these features may
help.

Looking out on web there seem to be others with similar problems but I
have
not seen solutions.

Here are a couple of more ideas, well worth their cost.

in regedit,
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList
open the various S-1-5-..... until you find the one that has
c:\users\your
new user as 'ProfileImagePath', delete this entry. (the entire
S-1-5-.....)

Make sure that there aren't any more profiles with this entry.

delete the c:\users\your new user folder entirely.

shutdown and restart

verify that there is no c:\users\your new user or entry in the registry
that
you deleted

now try to create the new user


Also if (whoops - when) you get your problem solved do post back what
you
did to solve it!!! The next person would be much appreciative.


"Metajoe" Metajoe.3a83d8e@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote in message
news:Metajoe.3a83d8e@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

What would cause the template to go haywire on me then? And what
about
that "Default" folder? What would I have to rename it to? I already
have a folder for the account I created.

No, no, it's ok, at least you've tried to help me. Of all the other
topics I've made for this, the only other person to reply offered an
encryption program for my account to use, which is a last resort for
me.

So thank you for throwing out an idea and replying to this thread. I
appreciate any help I can get. Vista doesn't seem to be an OS people
are willing to help others with, from what I'm seeing.

'Michael Walraven[_3_ Wrote:-
;770922']Sounds like the template that is used to create a new user
has
become hosed.
I THINK that is at c:\users\Default
(need to show system/hidden files). It might be that if you rename
that

folder it MIGHT recreate it with default settings. However you should
probably wait and get better advice from someone who knows more.
Sorry
that
I was a dead end for helping you.

Michael
(BTW, you are more likely to get assistance if you include problem
and

replies in each message. They can get pretty long but then someone
seeing
the conversation can step it and help. For instance from parts of the
thread
included here, no one would know what your problem is or what other
things
you have tried.)


"Metajoe" Metajoe.3a6ec10@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote in message
news:Metajoe.3a6ec10@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I deleted the account and folder and tried again. Same thing. Some
mail error message comes up and nothing happens afterwards. The only
processes that I saw running in the task manager were;

csrss.exe
dwm.exe
taskmgr.exe
winlogon.exe

That's it. Tried pulling up explorer.exe and that failed. No
errors,
but it wouldn't actually start up.




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