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[john marsden]

having been given a computer by a friend, i tried to install my win.x.p. but
get the message ( service profile damaged ) what is the service profile?
thank you
john marsden.

 

[Sharon F]

having been given a computer by a friend, i tried to install my win.x.p. but
get the message ( service profile damaged ) what is the service profile?

It's a leftover from the Win98 (?) that was previously installed and
related to MSN. See the topic in the top third of this page for more info:
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/archive/answers_10.htm