!@$^#^%!#@$!^#%$!^$%^!#!%@^$%#!$%ING WINDOWS XP!!

odin2 · Post by **odin2** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 2:42 pm

I logged on to my computer today to be told that 'Windows cannot load my profile.'
It logs me into a temporary account with nothing but firefox installed on it.
I go online ( My bookmarks and settings are gone) and find out that this is caused by a simple glitch...How can I resolve it you ask?.....Delete my profile and start all over!
My computer is now a blank slate, nothing on it at all!
And WHY?!?! Windows made a mistake!
10gigs of books and manga and 15gigs of games GONE GONE GONE!!
Not to mention all my firefox settings..........

I hate windows.....

JJ Burke · Post by **JJ Burke** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 2:58 pm

whoa.. are you sure you really lost all that stuff? maybe windows just corrupted your profile database or something, and all your collected media is still accessible on the hard disk.

i had a similar experience with mac os x (but it was operator error), and all i had to do was drag my files from one user account to the other.. but that's not windows xp then now there then.

sorry man

Rodr-Evil · Post by **Rodr-Evil** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 6:33 pm

Too bad, any of you have the new windows vista?

Enkil · Post by **Enkil** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 6:14 am

I have Vista on my MacBook

JJ Burke · Post by **JJ Burke** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 11:06 am

Post by **Aleister** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 9:43 pm

I agree - all the info should still be on the drive

decadence · Post by **decadence** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 3:17 am

I will never submit to Vista. Simply not going to occur.

odin2 · Post by **odin2** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 1:44 pm

Well, I have been able to restore some of my stuff..
But alot of it is still just gone...

Hodgson · Post by **Hodgson** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 11:41 am

odin2 wrote:Well, I have been able to restore some of my stuff..
But alot of it is still just gone...

Get on with the temporary account--or better yet, see if you can get on with the admin account. In any case, navigate to C:\Documents and Settings and find the folder with bearing the name of your usual account. Inside, you should find your documents, etc. which can be copied out to folders in C:\Documents and Settings\all users. Once you've copied out everything you want, delete the folder with your user name on it (your profile) and create a new profile. You can copy to your new profile from the all users folder you created.

These are the directories you'll want to copy from:

C:\Documents and Settings\%your user name%\Desktop
C:\Documents and Settings\%your user name%\Favorites
C:\Documents and Settings\%your user name%\My Documents

Unless I'm misunderstanding your problem, that should take care of it.

odin2 · Post by **odin2** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 3:13 pm

Hodgson wrote:
odin2 wrote:Well, I have been able to restore some of my stuff..
But alot of it is still just gone...
Get on with the temporary account--or better yet, see if you can get on with the admin account. In any case, navigate to C:\Documents and Settings and find the folder with bearing the name of your usual account. Inside, you should find your documents, etc. which can be copied out to folders in C:\Documents and Settings\all users. Once you've copied out everything you want, delete the folder with your user name on it (your profile) and create a new profile. You can copy to your new profile from the all users folder you created.

These are the directories you'll want to copy from:

C:\Documents and Settings\%your user name%\Desktop
C:\Documents and Settings\%your user name%\Favorites
C:\Documents and Settings\%your user name%\My Documents

Unless I'm misunderstanding your problem, that should take care of it.

THANK YOU!!!
It worked!

JJ Burke · Post by **JJ Burke** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 3:32 pm

oh, ye of little faith