profile failure after advanced install


  1. Posts : 2
    win 7 pro x64
       #1

    profile failure after advanced install


    I installed Win7 pro 64x with advanced options and did a sysprep to put the users on another drive so that my SSD would just have the OS. Everything went perfect for a few days then I got this error
    "user profile service service failed the logon"
    now any user will not load. I did research and found that I could edit the registry to fix the problem.. Great!! I boot into safe mode but nothing works. no regedit, no Dos prompt, etc.
    I only get this error
    C:\\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\Desktop refers to a location that is unavailable.

    I understand it cant find it cause I have the users on another drive. My question is how do I fix my original problem of
    "user profile service service failed the logon"

    any help would be greatly appreciated
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  2. Posts : 72,973
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #2

    Hello Cosmo, and welcome to Seven Forums.

    You might see if you may be able to do a system restore at boot using a restore point (if available) dated before this started to hopefully fix it.

    Hope this helps, :)
    Shawn
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  3. Posts : 2
    win 7 pro x64
    Thread Starter
       #3

    thanks!! worked like a charm. So far so good.

    Just cause...what do you think caused it? My installing the profiles on another drive? Just wondering how to avoid this in the future

    thanks again
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  4. Posts : 72,973
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #4

    That's great news. :)

    I would say that it was probably something that went wrong when installing the profiles to a different drive. Personally, I find it best to leave the profiles on the default C, and just use libraries if you wanted files to be stored at a different location instead.
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