cant copy data from corrupted user profile

[HarrySpider]

Hello. I posted to this group yesterday saying that Windows Explorer crashes
whenever the mouse hovers over an avi file.
I've found out that this MAY be because my user profile may be corrupted
(whatever that means). So I've tried to transfer the data from my old
'corrupted' account to a new account using the Knowledge Base article
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;811151
"
"Copy Files to the New User Profile
1.. Log on as a user other than the user whose profile you are copying
files to or from.
2.. In Windows Explorer, click Tools, click Folder Options, click the View
tab, click Show hidden files and folders, click to clear the Hide protected
operating system files check box, and then click OK.
3.. Locate the C:\Documents and Settings\Old_Username folder, where C is
the drive on which Windows XP is installed, and Old_Username is the name of
the profile you want to copy user data from.
4.. Press and hold down the CTRL key while you click each file and
subfolder in this folder, except the following files:
a.. Ntuser.dat
b.. Ntuser.dat.log
c.. Ntuser.ini
5.. On the Edit menu, click Copy.
6.. Locate the C:\Documents and Settings\New_Username folder, where C is
the drive on which Windows XP is installed, and New_Username is the name of
the user profile that you created in the "Create a New User Profile"
section.
7.. On the Edit menu, click Paste.
8.. Log off the computer, and then log on as the new user."

However I can't follow the procedure as whenever I try to paste the ntuser
files from the old to the new folder I keep getting a message that the file
is being used by another process ((
Could someone here please shed some light on this. My user account is not
password protected. I've created 2 other new administrator accounts and I've
followed the instructions in the KB article exactly. i.e. I'm logged on
under an administrator account other than the ones I want to transfer data
to and from.
Thanks.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Hello. I posted to this group yesterday saying that Windows Explorer
crashes whenever the mouse hovers over an avi file.
I've found out that this MAY be because my user profile may be
corrupted (whatever that means). So I've tried to transfer the data
from my old 'corrupted' account to a new account using the Knowledge
Base article
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;811151 "
"Copy Files to the New User Profile
1.. Log on as a user other than the user whose profile you are
copying files to or from.
2.. In Windows Explorer, click Tools, click Folder Options, click
the View tab, click Show hidden files and folders, click to clear the
Hide protected operating system files check box, and then click OK.
3.. Locate the C:\Documents and Settings\Old_Username folder, where
C is the drive on which Windows XP is installed, and Old_Username is
the name of the profile you want to copy user data from.
4.. Press and hold down the CTRL key while you click each file and
subfolder in this folder, except the following files:
a.. Ntuser.dat
b.. Ntuser.dat.log
c.. Ntuser.ini
5.. On the Edit menu, click Copy.
6.. Locate the C:\Documents and Settings\New_Username folder, where
C is the drive on which Windows XP is installed, and New_Username is
the name of the user profile that you created in the "Create a New
User Profile" section.
7.. On the Edit menu, click Paste.
8.. Log off the computer, and then log on as the new user."

However I can't follow the procedure as whenever I try to paste the
ntuser files from the old to the new folder I keep getting a message
that the file is being used by another process ((
Could someone here please shed some light on this. My user account is
not password protected. I've created 2 other new administrator
accounts and I've followed the instructions in the KB article
exactly. i.e. I'm logged on under an administrator account other than
the ones I want to transfer data to and from.
Thanks.

1) You cannot be logged in as the user whose data you are trying to copy.
2) Reboot and log in as a different user.

Don't copy NTUSER.DAT - if there is anything "corrupt", you don't need/want
this file. It contains the registry data for the user (screen layout,
personal application settings, etc) - but nothing that you cannot just
recreate on the fly in most cases. Just grab the important stuff to you -
favorites, my documents, etc.

 

[HarrySpider]

1) You cannot be logged in as the user whose data you are trying to copy.
2) Reboot and log in as a different user.

Don't copy NTUSER.DAT - if there is anything "corrupt", you don't
need/want
this file. It contains the registry data for the user (screen layout,
personal application settings, etc) - but nothing that you cannot just
recreate on the fly in most cases. Just grab the important stuff to you -
favorites, my documents, etc.

- Hello. Thanks for the reply. When I tried to copy over the ntuser.dat
files from the old profile to the new one I was not logged on as any of
those 2 users. I was logged on as a 3rd user as the KB article says. Anyway
I've since found that the original problem of Windows Explorer crashing when
holding the mouse over avi files has nothing to do with the user profile
being corrupt as it happens on other user accounts.
The original problem remains however. When the mouse moves over most avi
files in explorer or my computer explorer crashes with
The instruction at "0xxxxx3397" referenced memory at "0x00000000". The
memory could not be "written".
The first number always ends in 3397 and the second is always zeros.
Does anyone know why this should be so? Thanks.

 

[Just D.]

Just take a look

http://personal-computer-tutor.com/abc3/v31/vic31.htm


Just D.