When my computer has been on for awhile and I log on to
my profile I get a popup that says cannot load user
profile but will load default system.

Cassandra,

The user profile is damaged. See these KB articles to learn how to recover the user data and transfer it to a new user profile. Unfortunately, your customizations / desktop preferences will be lost.

"Windows cannot load your profile because it may be corrupted" error message when you try to log on to Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;318011

How to copy data from a corrupted user profile to a new profile:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=811151

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

The Antivirus Defense-in-Depth Guide
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=28734

"Cassandra" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:10c2101c440cb$0165bd00$(E-Mail Removed)...
When my computer has been on for awhile and I log on to
my profile I get a popup that says cannot load user
profile but will load default system.