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Click here if you receive error User Profile Service Failed when you try to log into Windows Vista. |
These instructions will walk you through deleting a corrupted User Profile and recreating it:
1 Click  ,
, and then click  System.
2 Click
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Advanced system settings | on the left.
If the User Account Control window appears, click
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Continue |
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3 Click the
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Advanced |
 | tab, and then click the
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Settings... |
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4 Within the
window, click to highlight the profile you want to delete, and then click
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Delete |
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5 Click
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OK |
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6 Click , type regedit in the Start search  box, and then press <Enter>.
7 Click the  next to  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, then click the next to SOFTWARE, repeat for Microsoft, then repeat for Windows NT, finally click the next to CurrentVersion, and then click on ProfileList.
8 Right-click the corrupted SID or user profile within the ProfileList folder, and click Delete.
9 Restart the computer.
10 Once the computer has booted back into Windows, click ,
, and then click  Add or remove user accounts under  User Accounts and Family Safety. Windows Defender may ask for confirmation, if so, click Continue.
11 Click Create a new account.
12 Enter a name for the account and then select the account type.
13 Click Create Account.
14 You may now logoff of the current account and logon to the new User Account.
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Click here if you receive error User Profile could not be loaded when you try to log into Windows Vista. |
These instructions will walk you through deleting a corrupted User Profile and recreating it:
1 Click ,
, and then click System.
2 Click
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Advanced system settings | on the left.
If the User Account Control window appears, click
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Continue |
| .
3 Click the
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Advanced |
| tab, and then click the
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Settings... |
| button.
4 Within the
window, click to highlight the profile you want to delete, and then click
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Delete |
| .
5 Click
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OK |
| .
6 Click , type regedit in the Start search box, and then press <Enter>.
7 Click the next to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, then click the next to SOFTWARE, repeat for Microsoft, then repeat for Windows NT, finally click the next to CurrentVersion, and then click on ProfileList.
8 Right-click the corrupted SID or user profile within the ProfileList folder, and click Delete.
9 Restart the computer.
10 Once the computer has booted back into Windows, click ,
, and then click Add or remove user accounts under User Accounts and Family Safety. Windows Defender may ask for confirmation, if so, click Continue.
11 Click Create a new account.
12 Enter a name for the account and then select the account type.
13 Click Create Account.
14 You may now logoff of the current account and logon to the new User Account.
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Click here if you are unable to log into Windows Vista, but you are not getting either of the errors listed in the other selections. |
These instructions will walk you through running System Restore on your computer:
1 Insert the Windows Vista DVD, and then restart the computer.
2 Continually tap <F12> as the computer starts.
3 When the Press any key to boot from CD or DVD screen appears, immediately press any key to boot the computer from the DVD.
4 Select your preferences within the Language to install, Time and currency format, and Keyboard or input method screens, and then click Next.
5 Click Repair your computer, select the operating system that you want to repair (Vista), and then click Next.
6 Click System Restore, and then click Next.
7 Click to select a date before problems were observed with the computer, and then click Next.
8 Confirm the disks that you want to restore, and then click Next.
9 Click Finish, and then click Yes.
10 Click Restart when the restore procedure is complete.
If System Restore does not fix the problem with the user account:
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