{"id":104,"date":"2013-04-25T08:19:51","date_gmt":"2013-04-25T08:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bartons.org.uk\/?page_id=104"},"modified":"2013-04-25T08:19:51","modified_gmt":"2013-04-25T08:19:51","slug":"104-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bartons.org.uk\/?page_id=104","title":{"rendered":"Windows 7 \/ Server 2008 Profiles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Windows 7 \/ Server 2008 profile issues.<\/p>\n<p>Obtained from:<\/p>\n<p>h<a href=\"http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/kb\/947215\">ttp:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/kb\/947215<\/a><\/p>\n<p>says:<\/p>\n<p>Occasionally, Windows might not read your user profile correctly, such as if your antivirus software is scanning your computer while you try to log on. Before you follow the methods here, try restarting your computer and logging on with your user account again to resolve the issue. If you restart your computer and it does not resolve this issue, use the following methods to resolve this issue.<\/p>\n<p><b>Note<\/b>\u00a0You must be able to log on to an administrator account to fix your user profile or copy your data to a new account. Before you resolve the issue, log on to Windows by using another account that has administrative permissions, or restart in safe mode to log on with the built-in administrator account. For more information about how to start in safe mode, visit the following Microsoft website:<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/windows.microsoft.com\/en-US\/windows7\/Start-your-computer-in-safe-mode\">Start your computer in safe mode<\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"tocHeadRef\">Method 1: Fix the user account profile<\/h4>\n<div>To fix the user account profile, follow these steps:<b>Important<\/b>\u00a0This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/kb\/322756\">322756<\/a>\u00a0How to back up and restore the registry in Windows How to back up and restore the registry in Windows<\/div>\n<ol>\n<li>Click\u00a0<strong>Start<\/strong>, type\u00a0regedit\u00a0in the\u00a0<strong>Search<\/strong>\u00a0box, and then press ENTER.<\/li>\n<li>In\u00a0<strong>Registry Editor<\/strong>, locate and then click the following registry subkey:\n<div>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\ProfileList<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>In the navigation pane, locate the folder that begins with\u00a0<strong>S-1-5<\/strong>\u00a0(SID key) followed by a long number.<\/li>\n<li>Click each\u00a0<strong>S-1-5<\/strong>\u00a0folder, locate the\u00a0<strong>ProfileImagePath<\/strong>\u00a0entry in the details pane, and then double-click to make sure that this is the user account profile that has the error.\n<div translate=\"false\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/Library\/Images\/2705065.png\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>If you have two folders starting with\u00a0<strong>S-1-5<\/strong>\u00a0followed by some long numbers and one of them ended with\u00a0<strong>.bak<\/strong>, you have to rename the\u00a0<strong>.bak<\/strong>\u00a0folder. To do this, follow these steps:\n<ol>\n<li>Right-click the folder without\u00a0<strong>.bak<\/strong>, and then click\u00a0<strong>Rename<\/strong>. Type\u00a0.ba, and then press ENTER.\n<div translate=\"false\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/Library\/Images\/2493038.png\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Right-click the folder that is named\u00a0<strong>.bak<\/strong>, and then click\u00a0<strong>Rename<\/strong>. Remove\u00a0.bak\u00a0at the end of the folder name, and then press ENTER.\n<div translate=\"false\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/Library\/Images\/2493039.png\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Right-click the folder that is named\u00a0<strong>.ba<\/strong>, and then click\u00a0<strong>Rename<\/strong>. Change the\u00a0<strong>.ba\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0.bak\u00a0at the end of the folder name, and then press ENTER.\n<div translate=\"false\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/Library\/Images\/2493040.png\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>If you have only one folder starting with\u00a0<strong>S-1-5<\/strong>\u00a0that is followed by long numbers and ends with\u00a0<strong>.bak<\/strong>. Right-click the folder, and then click\u00a0<strong>Rename<\/strong>. Remove .bak at the end of the folder name, and then press ENTER.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>If you have two folders starting with\u00a0<strong>S-1-5<\/strong>\u00a0followed by some long numbers and one of them ended with\u00a0<strong>.bak<\/strong>, you have to rename the\u00a0<strong>.bak<\/strong>\u00a0folder. To do this, follow these steps:\n<ol>\n<li>Right-click the folder without\u00a0<strong>.bak<\/strong>, and then click\u00a0<strong>Rename<\/strong>. Type\u00a0.ba, and then press ENTER.\n<div translate=\"false\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/Library\/Images\/2493038.png\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Right-click the folder that is named\u00a0<strong>.bak<\/strong>, and then click\u00a0<strong>Rename<\/strong>. Remove\u00a0.bak\u00a0at the end of the folder name, and then press ENTER.\n<div translate=\"false\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/Library\/Images\/2493039.png\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Right-click the folder that is named\u00a0<strong>.ba<\/strong>, and then click\u00a0<strong>Rename<\/strong>. Change the\u00a0<strong>.ba\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0.bak\u00a0at the end of the folder name, and then press ENTER.\n<div translate=\"false\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/Library\/Images\/2493040.png\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>If you have only one folder starting with\u00a0<strong>S-1-5<\/strong>\u00a0that is followed by long numbers and ends with\u00a0<strong>.bak<\/strong>. Right-click the folder, and then click\u00a0<strong>Rename<\/strong>. Remove .bak at the end of the folder name, and then press ENTER.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Double-click the folder without\u00a0<strong>.bak<\/strong>\u00a0in the details pane, double-click\u00a0<strong>RefCount<\/strong>, type\u00a00, and then click\u00a0<strong>OK<\/strong>.\n<div translate=\"false\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/Library\/Images\/2493045.png\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Click the folder without\u00a0<strong>.bak<\/strong>, in the details pane, double-click\u00a0<strong>State<\/strong>, type\u00a00, and then click\u00a0<strong>OK<\/strong>.\n<div translate=\"false\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/Library\/Images\/2493046.png\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Close Registry Editor.<\/li>\n<li>Restart the computer.<\/li>\n<li>Log on again with your account.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<h4 id=\"tocHeadRef\">Method 2: Log on to Windows and copy your data to a new account<\/h4>\n<h4 id=\"tocHeadRef\">Method 3: Delete the error SID and create a new profile<\/h4>\n<div>To delete the error SID and create a new profile, follow these steps:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Delete the error SID.<br \/>\nTo have us fix this problem for you, go to the &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/kb\/947215#fixit4me\">Fix it for me<\/a>&#8221; section. If you would rather fix it yourself, go to the &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/kb\/947215#letmefixit\">Let me fix it myself<\/a>&#8221; section.<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"tocHeadRef\">Fix it for me<\/h4>\n<p>To fix this problem automatically, click the\u00a0<b>Fix this problem<\/b>\u00a0link. Then click\u00a0<b>Run<\/b>\u00a0in the\u00a0<b>File Download<\/b>\u00a0dialog box, and follow the steps in this wizard.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a title=\"Microsoft Fix it\" href=\"http:\/\/go.microsoft.com\/?linkid=9734641\">Fix this problem<\/a><br \/>\nMicrosoft Fix it 50446<\/div>\n<p><b>Notes<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This wizard may be in English only, but the automatic fix also works for other language versions of Windows.<\/li>\n<li>If you are not on the computer that has the problem, you can save the automatic fix to a flash drive or to a CD, and then you can run it on the computer that has the problem.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"tocHeadRef\">Let me fix it myself<\/h4>\n<p><b>Important<\/b>\u00a0This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/kb\/322756\">322756<\/a>\u00a0How to back up and restore the registry in Windows<\/div>\n<p>To resolve this problem yourself, follow these steps:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Delete the profile by using the Computer Properties dialog box. To do this, follow these steps:\n<ol>\n<li>Click\u00a0<strong>Start<\/strong>, right-click\u00a0<strong>Computer<\/strong>, and then click\u00a0<strong>Properties<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Click\u00a0<strong>Change settings<\/strong>.\n<div translate=\"false\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/Library\/Images\/2705066.png\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>In the\u00a0<strong>System Properties<\/strong>\u00a0dialog box, click the\u00a0<strong>Advanced<\/strong>\u00a0tab.\n<div translate=\"false\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/Library\/Images\/2705067.png\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>In the\u00a0<strong>User Profiles<\/strong>\u00a0area, click\u00a0<strong>Settings<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>In the\u00a0<strong>User Profiles<\/strong>\u00a0dialog box, select the profile that you want to delete, click\u00a0<strong>Delete<\/strong>, and then click<strong>OK<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Click\u00a0<strong>Start<\/strong>, type\u00a0regedit\u00a0in the\u00a0<strong>Search<\/strong>\u00a0box, and then press ENTER.<\/li>\n<li>Locate and then click the following registry subkey:\n<div><strong>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\ProfileList<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Right-click the SID that you want to remove, and then click\u00a0<strong>Delete<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Log on to the computer and create a new profile.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<div translate=\"false\"><a href=\"http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/kb\/947215#top\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/library\/images\/support\/en-us\/uparrow.gif\" \/>Back to the top<\/a><span>\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/kb\/947215#survey\">Give Feedback<\/a><\/div>\n<h2 id=\"tocHeadRef\" translate=\"false\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/library\/images\/support\/en-us\/20x20_grey_minus.png\" \/><a>Advanced information<\/a><\/h2>\n<div id=\"MT5\">This error may occur if the &#8220;Do not logon users with temporary profiles&#8221; Group Policy setting is configured.This error may also occur if the user profile folder was deleted manually. A profile folder that is manually deleted does not remove the Security Identifier (SID) from the profile list in the registry.<\/p>\n<div translate=\"false\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/Library\/Images\/2705068.png\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>WARNING:<\/b>\u00a0We strongly recommend AGAINST making this the standard way to remove user profiles from computers. The documented and supported approach is by using the Advanced System Settings in the system properties, &#8220;User Profiles&#8221; settings. For programs, this is available by using the &#8220;DeleteProfile&#8221; API.<\/p>\n<p>If the SID is present, Windows will try to load the profile by using the ProfileImagePath that points to a nonexistent path. Therefore, the profile cannot be loaded.<\/p>\n<h5 id=\"tocHeadRef\">Event log information<\/h5>\n<div translate=\"false\"><a href=\"http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/kb\/947215#top\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/library\/images\/support\/en-us\/uparrow.gif\" \/>Back to the top<\/a><span>\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/kb\/947215#survey\">Give Feedback<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"tocHeadRef\" translate=\"false\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/library\/images\/support\/en-us\/20x20_grey_minus.png\" \/><a id=\"mt_propertyHead\"><\/a>Properties<\/h2>\n<div translate=\"false\">\n<div>Article ID: 947215 &#8211; Last Review: October 23, 2012 &#8211; Revision: 14.0<\/div>\n<div><a id=\"appliesto\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h5>Applies to<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Windows Vista Enterprise 64-bit Edition<\/li>\n<li>Windows Vista Home Basic 64-bit Edition<\/li>\n<li>Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit Edition<\/li>\n<li>Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit Edition<\/li>\n<li>Windows Vista Business<\/li>\n<li>Windows Vista Business 64-bit Edition<\/li>\n<li>Windows Vista Enterprise<\/li>\n<li>Windows Vista Home Basic<\/li>\n<li>Windows Vista Home Premium<\/li>\n<li>Windows Vista Starter<\/li>\n<li>Windows Vista Ultimate<\/li>\n<li>Windows 7 Enterprise<\/li>\n<li>Windows 7 Home Basic<\/li>\n<li>Windows 7 Home Premium<\/li>\n<li>Windows 7 Professional<\/li>\n<li>Windows 7 Starter<\/li>\n<li>Windows 7 Ultimate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h5>Keywords:<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<td>kbtshoot kberrmsg kbexpertisebeginner kbprb kbfixme kbmsifixme kbcip kbsmbportal KB947215<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div translate=\"false\"><a href=\"http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/kb\/947215#top\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/library\/images\/support\/en-us\/uparrow.gif\" \/>Back to the top<\/a><span>\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/kb\/947215#survey\">Give Feedback<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Windows 7 \/ Server 2008 profile issues. Obtained from: http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/kb\/947215 says: Occasionally, Windows might not read your user profile correctly, such as if your antivirus software is scanning your computer while you try to log on. Before you follow the methods here, try restarting your computer and logging on with your user account again to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":70,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-104","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bartons.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bartons.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bartons.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bartons.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bartons.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bartons.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/104\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bartons.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bartons.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}