Posted on 03/31/2011 5:32:02 PM PDT by tutstar
The machine is an asus laptop with windows 7 home premium: The error message when you attempt to log on is:
user profile service failed the log on
user profile can not be loaded
We are able to load in safe mode with networking. At first we thought changing the password would fix the issue but it didn't.
We can use it normally except for this log on problem.
As I said, I've never used it but I've heard only good things about it.
I've been intending to D/L it for.....well...a couple of years......
Just never got around to it.......
You know how that goes. lol.....
The reason I thought of it was just today a friend was talking to me and giving it a "rave" review......
Telling me how I really need to check it out......
In my case the wife hadn't backed up three years of kids pictures and got a nasty virus on the desktop she used. I was really nervous until I got that data off the computer with the Spotmau utility.
The rescue utility has it's own disc operating environment and you go through your files tell it which ones to copy. If you get the software before you have problems you can save all your settings and software licenses to a backup and run a complete restore when (not if) you get taken out by a virus.
Isn't ANY computer encrusted, er, entrusted to a Dork Squad member by DEFINITION an ID 10-T situation?
Please let us know which antivirus and firewall product you use....
This is your answer, this is the same website I use when this happens to me.
ON the PC I have that has this happen, it occurs when a Windows Update requires a reboot to finish installing and by coincidence Symantec AntiVirus also downloads an update before the reboot.
The easiest way to fix this is to restore to a prior restore point. Then manually download and install what ever critical Windows Updates you have available. Disable your antivirus before boot, reboot, then update your antivirus.
You need to start at step two...
2. To Boot into Safe Mode and Use the built-in Administrator account
NOTE: You may not need to enable the built-in Administrator account. If this was the only normal administrator account you had, then Safe Mode should automatically boot into the built-in Administrator account.
It’s not complicated, thankfully MS fixed most of the causes of this problem and you shouldn’t see it more than once or twice a year now.
To be more clear, use the link above,
In Step One: Log into Computer, press F8 to get to “Windows Advanced Options Menu”, select Safe Mode with Network Support, press enter to Boot.
THEN:
Go to Option ONE, step 2. And proceed from there.
I have Clam AV for Anti Virus but I use Trinity Rescue for any scans for malware or virus for a firewall I just use Iptables or Firehol. Here is a link to Trinity best little program I ever got hold of!
My Os I use everyday is Slackware 13.1 but I also run NST server which is Linux. I do have a copy of Win XP but no installed, thats why I love these types of threads it helps keep me up to date on Windows.
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