Re: XP unable to load "personal settings"

Hi Jany Doe,

If you can log into Safe mode (any user or just the administrator?), then
you're right in that it has to be a common file. The individual users are
loaded by ntuser.dat (found in each user's profile and is the reason why
this is one of the files you do not copy from the old to the new). Instead,
you need to look at what is loading in Normal mode that is not loading in
Safe mode. Msconfig is the easiest way to do this, try the steps here:

How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP [Q310560]
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310560

Desktop.ini, by the way, just contains view settings for the folder in which
it is found - it certainly wouldn't be the cause of your current problem.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Jany Doe" <JanyDoe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:6C418DFD-487C-47D8-A0C9-C08540BB4FBB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Thanks for the reply Rick. That is what I thought initially too but as I
> mentioned no profiles can be initiated. I did try copying my profile
> earlier
> today with no success. The only way I can log in is in safe mode. What
> initiates the "user settings"? Is there something like "desktop.ini" that
> is
> invoked for each user? It has to be a common file (a dll or an ini or
> something of that sort) that is corrupt since no personal settings can be
> applied to any user.
>
>
> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Sounds like your user profile was corrupted. If this is the case, there
>> is
>> little you can do to recover it. Instead, logon as administrator and
>> create
>> a new profile for yourself. Then copy the old profile's data into it
>> using
>> the procedure outlined here:
>>
>> How to Copy User Data to a New User Profile
>> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=811151
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
>> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>>
>> "Jany Doe" <JanyDoe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:C48952FD-5F67-4D7A-9443-0EE760395F90@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Friday night I got "frozen" out of the MSN gaming zone. My desktop was
>> > completely locked. No access to the task manager, unable to shut down.
>> > The
>> > boot literally paralyzed my system. Upon reboot the usual "bad
>> > shutdown
>> > previously" that I expected to so did not happen. The system went
>> > through
>> > the post quite happily. The "Welcome" screen came up. I logged in with
>> > my
>> > password and got the appropriate "please wait... loading personal
>> > settings"
>> > and there it sits forevermore. Somehow in that incident it seems the
>> > personal settings have lost their way. And I am unable to proceed from
>> > that
>> > "Please wait...">
>> > I have gone in in "safe mode" and tried restoring to last good
>> > configuration
>> > but that made no difference (probably because the OS boots quite
>> > happily).
>> > I then tried "system restore" to two days previously but same response.
>> > I
>> > remain "please wait...".
>> > Does anyone have any suggestions or understanding of how I can retrieve
>> > my
>> > personal settings and steer XP (Pro) in the right direction?
>> > I also tried logging in as one of the other users on my computer but
>> > same
>> > thing. It just hangs under "loading personal settings"...
>> > Interestingly I am not the only one with this type of problem after
>> > Friday.
>> > Spoke to one of the +'s. She can't boot up her system at all since
>> > being
>> > booted Friday.
>> > Thanks in advance for any advice.
>>
>>
>>


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