How do I repair a corrupt profile


  1. mft1
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    Windows 7 Professional 64x
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    How do I repair a corrupt profile


    I recently took my pc in for repair of the raid drive. The service center used a software which allowed them to change my password, so that they could access the pc. however I believe it damaged my profile because now, I can not change the password from password and outlook no longer remembers any of my email passwords, I must reenter them all each time I run outlook. I am trying to avoid creating a new profile. Any ideas?? Thanks
    I am running Windows 7 Professional 64x with a mirrored 2TB drive. Simple peer to peer workgroup
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  3. Dinesh
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    There are 2 options hopefully to fix this issue :

    1: System restore.
    2: Create a new user acccount.

    In other words, "you cannot repair a profile".
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  4. mft1
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    Windows 7 Professional 64x
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    Thanks


    I will try the scan option, attempted a system restore last night, and it failed. I was trying to avoid creating a new profile
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  6. pbcopter
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    Windows 10 Pro x64, Windows 8.1 Pro x64, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1,
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    Take a look at this Microsoft article.

    Fix a corrupted user profile
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  7. Dinesh
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    mft1 said:
    I was trying to avoid creating a new profile
    Why not? In Fact, its a good option. It will keep you out of problems.
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  8. Ztruker
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    pbcopter, the link you provided requires the user to create a new profile which he doesn't seem to want to do (yet). Good directions when a new profile is finally created though
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  10. mft1
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    Thanks everyone, however there appears to be more corruption, I am creating 2 backups, and will format and start over
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