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Temporary Profile - Registry
Hi, my computer randomly switched off yesterday and when I switched it on, I was lead to start-up repair.
I carried it out, and upon re-starting, it took me to 'preparing your desktop' and I was logged into a temporary profile. After being completely stressed that I had lost all my files and encountering this issue for the first time, I realised that they were actually still at C:\Users\Shafiq with a locked icon. I could still access these files going through them.
I'm more of a self-fixer, and fix most problems myself, however - this one I just can't seem to get my head around.
I've read around, and anyone familiar with this issue may understand the fixes I've tried which I'll refer to in short hand form. I'll also list a few more principles with my problem. Compared to all the countless threads and fixes i've tried/read on the issue, mine seems to be really different in a few ways.
- I ran a chkdsk of C:/ which took about 6 hours
- I ran a sfc /scannow before & after the chkdsk
- I tried changing the registry SID's of the profiles, removing .bak from one and adding .temp to the other.
- I tried a system restore on a couple of occasions
- I tried to go to the management console to view the event logs, which worked before the system restore, but now isn't working.
- I had 2 users before, one was for uni work and one was my main user. They were named WORK and SHAFIQ. C:\users\work and c:\users\shafiq respectively. In all problems I've read about, the .bak file has a profileimagepath to the user that is inaccessible, such as the above 2. However, mine is to C:\Users\Administrator
In the images at the end of the post there'll be quite a few irrelevant user profiles, some of which I creatted when trying to fix the problem myself, so it's just one big mess now with a bunch of profiles that don't even show up on the log on screen anyway.
Yes maybe I can just make a new user and transfer, but I don't think that will restore my computer to the way it was. Some things have changed in the sense that when I am on the log in screen. There is an "Administrator" account (which is the temp profile) and "Other Accounts". If I make a new account, I have to go to other accounts and manually type in the username and leave the password field blank to log in. Same with the administrator account - It asks me for a password, which I have to leave blank to log in. Why is it even asking me for a password?
Also, on control panel user/accounts section, my old accounts don't appear anywhere at all, where-as in the guides it says to delete your old account from there.
I managed to change the "ProfileImagePath" of a new admin account I created to one of my old accounts, and now when I log in it loads the old account. But I still have to click "Other Account" from the login screen and manually type in a username and password of the administrator account I made.
I honestly think my registry is messed up - and is there any way to fix the user profile keys or set them default. Will a windows 7 repair installation do this or does it not fix the registry keys.
Thanks ahead for any assistance, and also - I can provide any screenshots or whatever if needed, just ask.