Vista: Your User Profile Was Not Loaded Correctly!
See update below.
Your user profile was not loaded correctly! You have been logged on with a temporary profile. Changes you make to this profile will be lost when you log off. Please see the event log for details or contact your system administrator.This problem can be really annoying especially if you have to log on as quickly as possible, and it just seems very random. I don't know what conditions lead to this, but there's one thing that indicates that it's already happening before you even see the desktop. After signing in, "Preparing your desktop..." is displayed instead of the normal "Welcome" screen.
Have you encountered this problem? Has anyone figured out why this happens, and is there a solution?
Update (November 28, 2007): This has never happened again since I upgraded to Windows Vista SP1.
Tags: Issues, Microsoft, Profiles, SP1, Vista, Windows
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Actually, my problem can be resolved by logging off and logging back in. Your problem seems to be on the extreme side. I'm on a single-boot computer. Do you have a dual-boot setup?
Doug Habliston
Oct 18, 2007 1:27 PM
Oct 18, 2007 1:27 PM
Successfully restored a shadow copy of the user profile on the Vista machine. Needed to tinker with destination folder permissions, but after reboot, log on normally and no errors.
After a little bit more research and reading your comments, it seems like there are more than one way to trigger this. I'm still clueless about how it gets triggered.
Some Windows updates were released a few days ago. I hope it's been addressed somehow.
John
Nov 28, 2007 9:29 AM
Nov 28, 2007 9:29 AM
I may have found a solution for this! I was having the exact same issue and noticed disk errors in my event log. I ran a complete chkdsk (see below) and it found an error in my ntuser.dat file. After reboot, my profile loaded correctly!To run chkdsk:
- Open Windows Explorer
- right-click on C drive and select Properties
- on Tools tab, Check Now
- select Scan for and attempt recovery...
- it will prompt for reboot and scan upon reboot. Leave it alone - it will take about 30 minutes to complete.
Hope this helps!
John
I've actually haven't had the problem since. However, I'm sure I've run chkdsk at least once since then. I can't say whether that did the trick.
sandra
May 27, 2008 12:36 AM
May 27, 2008 12:36 AM
I have experienced this problem be4 a month i recovered my laptopbut the same pro. came back yesturday
i'v tried almost everything but nt is working
should i change my windows into XP??
Gene
Aug 25, 2009 2:08 PM
Aug 25, 2009 2:08 PM
I regularly have this problem. The solution is always to reboot the machine. I don't use this machine a lot, but I think it does NOT happen to the first user to log onto the machine (Vista Home with several users). But if someone doesn't log in until later, then that late-to-logon user may suffer the problem even though the other users are fine.
Jason
Nov 28, 2009 3:10 PM
Nov 28, 2009 3:10 PM
do you all have Symantec endpoint protection installed?
Jurkus
Jan 4, 2010 1:42 AM
Jan 4, 2010 1:42 AM
You're perfectly right, Gene! But IS THERE A WAY AROUND THIS? I mean, besides rebooting several times a day?
Leroy
Feb 3, 2010 5:48 PM
Feb 3, 2010 5:48 PM
Do you all have Symantec Endpoint Protection installed and running? Im hearing that this program is causing this problem, especialy if you have more than 1 user name, I have 4 user names, and this has been a major problem for me, so I uninstalled SEP 11.0.5002.333 and ever since then I have not had a problem logging in. Which in a way sucks because i really liked SEP 11, but not the "Preparing your desktop" message.
Lester
Mar 18, 2010 3:41 AM
Mar 18, 2010 3:41 AM
Hey Guys Im Having The Exact Same Problem With Vista Home Pre (64-Bit). Is There Any Fix For The Issue..... !! I have tried system restore but doesnt work.
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Oct 14, 2007 9:32 PM