HELP! User profile service failed the login - profile cannot be loaded

Layback Bear said:

It's a lot simpler than that. Go to the top of this page to Tutorials. Type in admin accounts. You will see many good things on this subject. Warning tutorials will be addictive.

Great link, and great tutorials. Very clear, helpful and informative. You are correct - they are additive.... but it was one of those turorials that got me into my current little issue .. I'm not finding fixing it so 'simple'.

Layback Bear said:

I don't think another install will be necessary. Are we talking about Outlook that comes with Windows Office. If so, have you activated the program with Microsoft? Windows 7 does not have Outlook Express. Many of us use Windows Live Mail.

Yes Outl0ok 2003 from MS Ofice Professional 2003. Activated a few days back... snd working fine to date.

Layback Bear said:

Okay you are the administrator. I will think on it some more and ask for a little help from a few friends. Hang in there.

A million thanks

1) Heres another clue... On this forum, I sign in and click Rremember me. It of coruse lets me in. I close IE9, and open it again...and it asks me to sign in. So something is not going wehre it should.

2) I also renamed C:\Users to C:\Users_OLD to make sure nothing is still going to C:\Users. After a reboot, I can can the revised name in :
-a command window, and
-in a Windows, Properties, Sharing

.... but it still shows as Users in

-Windows explorer and
-Windows, Properties, General

See attached.

Behavior getting weird. Every time I try to download an exe, it changes for .exe to _exe

I think next step is to copies data files , delete my main profile, and create a new one.

The only flaw here is that I am not confident I have a good set of "default user" files.

Is there a way to easily create a default user set of files??? ?

Layback Bear said:

If things like exe. My thoughts are; when things change without my permission I get worried. I would run scan anti virus scans. Also scans with Malwarebytes Anti Malware and Super Anti Spyware updated.
What anti virus and firewall are you using?

Avast 6.0