Re: Accidentally deleted user profile
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Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2004 16:53:14 +0100
Rick "Nutcase" Rogers wrote:
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>Once deleted, the profile is gone. If you elected to save the user files at
>deletion, then they should still be on the system.
I have not tried this, but it is *just* possible that if all that was
done was delete the profile, in the form of the ntuser.dat part of the
registry, that System Restore might restore it, going back to the day
before it was done. Not I fear likely to be enough, but worth a try
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Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
Bournemouth, U.K. Alexn@mvps.D8E8L.org (remove the D8 bit)
Relevant Pages
- Re: Profile corrupted
... "Andy Baker" wrote in message ... You will see a performance decrease because of this, but if the corrupt registry/user profiles problems cease, then you'll be certain of the cause. ... Now do a system restore to a point in time prior to when the corruption message began to appear. ... every so often when booting up he gets an error message to the effect that windows is unable to load the default profile and is instead logging him on with a temporary profile. ...
(microsoft.public.windowsxp.general) - Re: Profile corrupted
... You will see a performance decrease because of this, but if the corrupt registry/user profiles problems cease, then you'll be certain of the cause. ... Now do a system restore to a point in time prior to when the corruption message began to appear. ... so often when booting up he gets an error message to the effect that windows is unable to load the default profile and is instead logging him on with a temporary profile. ... The error message also says a registry file it has tried to load is not in registry format. ...
(microsoft.public.windowsxp.general) - Re: Profile corrupted
... You will see a performance decrease because of this, but if the corrupt ... Logon to another account with admin privilege and run System Restore. ... windows is unable to load the default profile and is instead logging him ... The error message also says a registry file ...
(microsoft.public.windowsxp.general) - Re: OT: Comp help
... beerboy typed: ... I tried to do a System Restore, ... Have a look in C:Documents and settings ... profile which will contain much of your user data. ...
(rec.gambling.poker) - Re: User file locations
... replies. ... Create a System Restore point so that you can go back if necessary. ... Change its tail end to the name of the old profile folder and press ... "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote: ...
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