My first error is that whenever i log on to my
Administrator user name, it sometimes comes up with a
error saying "Windows cannot load the user's profile and
will load with the default profile and that i have 30
seconds to comply" or something like that but the log on
name still loads. Also, now it takes like a minute for
the user to log on but if i use my other log on names
(administrators, power user or user) it loads like in a
sec and it doesnt come up with any errors. How can i fix
this? My second problem is that on my administrator's log
on name (the one with errors) i cant play anything in the
windows media player 8 because it comes up with errors
saying "! and, local, and WMP53" in the playlist area.
But when i log on to the other log on names, the player
works. How can i fix this? I am currently running Windows
XP Professional oem with service pack 1a with all the
security updates, and a 1800+ AMD cpu with 512 mb of ddr
266. I know this is a long topic but any help would be
appreciated.

I just checked the roaming problem you mentioned but the
administrator is under a local profile and i do use an
network (single computer) to connect to the dsl modem.
Thanks for the advice though.
>-----Original Message-----
>I'm not 100% sure... but it sounds like you are using a
>roaming profile. It's kind of involved, and would take a
>while to explain... but try researching roaming profiles
>on XP Professional. As for the media player... it all
>ties into the roaming profile thing. If your computer is
>a stand-alone, meaning you aren't on a home network or
>anything, then a roaming profile is useless... I don't
>know what different features XP Professional has that
>Home Edition doesn't, but don't use roaming profiles...
>even if you DO have a home network. This may or may not
>be the cause of this problem. I hope it helps.
>
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