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Is there a way to repair a corrupt local profile on an XP system\

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Carl

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

Q318011 - Error Message Windows Cannot Load Your Profile Because It May Be
Corrupted: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q318011
811151 - How to Copy User Data to a New User Profile:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;811151
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[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Hi Carl,

Nothing much can be done about user profile corruption. You may have to copy the account data to a new user account.

How to copy data from a corrupted user profile to a new profile in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/811151

Per-user customizations are not carried forward to the new user profile.

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Is there a way to repair a corrupt local profile on an XP system\

Thanks

Carl

 

[Gerry]

Ramesh

What about a corrupt Default User Profile? Researching that yesterday
only found one complicated solution which I was hesitant to suggest.

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[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Hi Gerry,

Good question! Haven't faced that situation before, but if that happens (should be a rare thing to occur since the OS does not write to the Default User profile.) In case that happens, I would look into the %windir%\repair folder for a fresh NTUSER.DAT, created when installing Windows.

Interesting! Perhaps you can send it via PM if you don't want to post it here.

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Ramesh

What about a corrupt Default User Profile? Researching that yesterday
only found one complicated solution which I was hesitant to suggest.

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Regards.

Gerry
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Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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[Gerry]

Ramesh

It is not my problem. It cropped up yesterday in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain and there are few reports on
the problem. I just thought it is the type of problem you enjoy.

Post 6 in this thread seems to deal with your problem but it requires
some computing skills which might deter me from taking on the task:
http://www.msfn.org/board/Copy-Admin-profile-to-Default-user-t64605.html

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Gerry
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Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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Hi Gerry,

Good question! Haven't faced that situation before, but if that
happens (should be a rare thing to occur since the OS does not write
to the Default User profile.) In case that happens, I would look into
the %windir%\repair folder for a fresh NTUSER.DAT, created when
installing Windows.

Interesting! Perhaps you can send it via PM if you don't want to post
it here.

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
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Ramesh

What about a corrupt Default User Profile? Researching that yesterday
only found one complicated solution which I was hesitant to suggest.

Hi Carl,

Nothing much can be done about user profile corruption. You may have
to copy the account data to a new user account.

How to copy data from a corrupted user profile to a new profile in
Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/811151

Per-user customizations are not carried forward to the new user
profile.

 

[John John (MVP)]

You can simply copy the All Users and Default User profiles from any
other Windows XP installation to replace the corrupt ones on another
machine.

John

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Yes. That would work. Also make sure that the %systemdrive% and %windir% locations are same in the other XP system (where you're copying from) as well. However, I would first look at the %windir%\repair folder for a replacement copy.

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Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
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You can simply copy the All Users and Default User profiles from any
other Windows XP installation to replace the corrupt ones on another
machine.

John