Can't create new user accounts "The user profile service failed..."


  1. Posts : 179
    Microsoft® Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
       #1

    Can't create new user accounts "The user profile service failed..."


    Hi

    I'm getting this error message.
    I did a google search and found this: You receive a "The User Profile Service failed the logon
    But did not help me. I also did a search here and found a few topics with this error message though they didn't solve my problem either, because mine problem seems to be different.

    I can login to existing accounts. But I can't login to new ones.
    So when I go to the registry editor there's no folder for the new accounts. They just don't exist at all. Only the existing ones.
    I create a new user account at the Users menu in Control panel and they show up at login screen. When I click them, it starts the waiting icon saying "Logging in" then after a few seconds, this error message pops up. I can click OK and then it says "logging off" and goes back to the login screen.


    I do have access to an administrator account and a standard account, I can log in to both

    I don't have any system restore points before this started happening. i'm using ESET Smart Security as my antivirus but I don't think it's causing the problem, I uninstalled it and it didn't work then either so I reinstalled it back.
    Please help me what could be wrong?
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  2. Posts : 397
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit SP1
       #2

    Can you yell us when the problem started and were you on the system when it is doing this if so what were you doing when it started.
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  3. Posts : 179
    Microsoft® Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    It started about a week ago and sorry I don't remember but I didn't do anything special.
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  4. Posts : 179
    Microsoft® Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
    Thread Starter
       #4

    BUMP! I can not create any new user accounts.

    Update
    Got some interesting details:
    Code:
    Windows can't copy \\?\C:\Users\Default\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\SQM\iesqmdata_setup0.sqm
    
    to here \\?\C:\Users\TEMP\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\SQM\iesqmdata_setup0.sqm 
    
    This error can be caused by network error or incorrect security permissions.
    
    DETAILS - access denied

    I found this in the event log


    Update2:

    It solved the problem. I looked up that file and changed its security permissions: added "Users" as read-only.

    I'm leaving this here for reference for others who have the same problem.
    Last edited by ish4d0w; 22 Feb 2015 at 10:49.
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  5. Posts : 1
    win 7
       #5

    Thanks for posting the fix (for your own issue). much appreciated.
    So many dead ends and false info on this issue, you nailed.
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  6. Posts : 11
    Windows 7 Enterprise 64Bit
       #6

    You can also copy the default folder in user location from other working machine and replace it here.
    it worked for me that way
    Ref link
    https://helgeklein.com/blog/2013/09/...-failed-logon/
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