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Weird profile behaviour with my Dell Inspiron 1300

  • 29-06-2009 7:16pm
    #1
    Drugness
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 111 ✭✭


    Help anyone!
    I went to log into my laptop tonight and a message came up while it was loading during the blue screen. A small grey window saying 'Windows cannot find your profile so we are loading a local profile for you. This may be due to a security issue. Work done on this profile will not be saved' or words to this effect.
    The only option here is to click 'ok', nothing else.
    Then a second window opens saying 'Windows cannot find the local profile and is logging you on with a temporary profile'.
    I've been shutting down, restarting, and starting all evening in the hope of getting my own profile back up, since obviously i don't want to be looking at that cloudy wallpaper with only about 3 desktop icons for the rest of the week.

    Can anyone advise what i should do to repair this?
    I know my Inspiron 1300 isn't the youngest anymore but i at least want to recover my files from my own profile before resigning it for good
    Many thanks everyone
    DG


Comments

  • #2
    sparksfly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 552 ✭✭✭sparksfly


    My 1300 did something similar. Rang Dell support. I had to reset it to factory settings by holding down the control key and tapping the F11 key during powerup. I then followed the on-screen instructions. It meant that i lost all my files but I had most of them backed up. It cost me 35euro for the service. Its like a new laptop since, fast as hell.


  • #3
    Black_Knight
    Moderators Posts: 12,395 ✭✭✭✭Black_Knight


    Can you boot into your profile in safe mode?
    Can you do a system restore, as your profile, or as admin?

    No idea will they work, but its where id start.


  • #4
    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,157 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    Moved from Laptops.
    This problem happens the odd time to machines in work. Your profile has become corrupt. I usually make a copy of the user profile, and put it in the root of the C drive. Once i have it copied across i delete the original and let windows "recreate" a new profile when you reboot and log back in. Once that is done i copy all the important data back to the newly created profile, from the old one.
    The only issue i can see, is the new profile you are currently signed into may not have admin rights.


  • #5
    ethernet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,568 ✭✭✭ethernet


    Some people using Vista experiencing this problem claim that if you wait a few minutes before logging in, your profile is found.

    If this doesn't work, you do have a corrupt profile and you'll need to go on Alanstrainor's advice.


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