Corrupt login profile

[vibhor_agarwalin]

Hi,

When a boot my system, occasionally it says your profile can't be read and is corrupt.
It logs with a temporary profile.

However, I can get it back by logging off a couple of times or by rebooting.

How can i fix this?

Thanks

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

I found this:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/811151

[vibhor_agarwalin]

That article says how to create a new user having a profile of an old user.

In my case my own profile gets damaged sometimes.
Backup shouldn't solve the purpose as the files will be the same in backup also.

Any ways to repair the profile.

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

Sorry, I read it too quickly. 

Can you possible try a System Restore to before the problem?

Any recent changes? (downloads, installs, hardware changes, ect...)

[vibhor_agarwalin]

Minor changes might have happened.
Therefore no idea of which date should i pick the system restore.

Also how do i verify that it has safely worked.
As the corrupt message doesn't come every time.

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

When did this whole problem start?

[Broni]

Carbon gave you very good idea.

Backup shouldn't solve the purpose as the files will be the same in backup also.

This is not true.
Every profile contains some system files, and your data files.
When a profile gets corrupt, that means its system files got corrupt, not your data files.
When you create new profile, it creates new system files, and then you can move old data files from old profile to a new profile.

[patio]

Carbon gave you very good idea.

Backup shouldn't solve the purpose as the files will be the same in backup also.

This is not true.
Every profile contains some system files, and your data files.
When a profile gets corrupt, that means its system files got corrupt, not your data files.
When you create new profile, it creates new system files, and then you can move old data files from old profile to a new profile.

Best explanation i've seen in awhile...

[Broni]

[vibhor_agarwalin]

It started a month back.

Ok, so you mean to say create a new profile and copy over the data to that one and then rename it to original name, right?

How do i find out, which files i have to leave?
i.e. the system files

If that's the reason, can't i copy over the system files from some other profile to here.

[JJ 3000]

Can you possible try a System Restore to before the problem?

It started a month back.

Click Start then All Programs now move to Accessories and then System Tools and select System Restore at the bottom.

Now pick a date before the problem started (say about six weeks ago) and restore your computer to that time.

[vibhor_agarwalin]

Don't want to use the system restore.

Many minor modifications have been done on the system during a month's time and I don't want to loose them.

That should be the last option if nothing works

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

When was your last restore point?

[vibhor_agarwalin]

Where is the restore option is Windows Server 2003 sp2?

Couldn't find it

[Broni]

vibhor_agarwalin

Ok, so you mean to say create a new profile and copy over the data to that one and then rename it to original name, right?

How do i find out, which files i have to leave?
i.e. the system files

If that's the reason, can't i copy over the system files from some other profile to here.

Why do you refuse to listen, and do as told?
If you go to the link, Carbon provided at the very beginning of this thread, and READ, it explains everything.
If you did right away, this thread would be only 3 posts long, not 13.

[vibhor_agarwalin]

A couple of reasons for not following that approach:

The steps will result in the creation of a new user, I want the same user back.
It applies to XP, mine is 2003 server and couldn't find similar thing on the same site for 2003 OS.