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Old 27-12-2014, 09:48 AM
Quackamoe (Terry)
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Win7 - "User profile cannot be loaded"

I got a Lenovo laptop running Windows 7 a while back. I set up two user accounts - Account A with admin rights and Account B without admin rights. Then I got lazy and did all my browsing and astronomy stuff on Account A. The laptop worked fine - hadn't downloaded anything lately - and then one day I closed the lid on Account A and the next day I opened the lid and selected Account A and entered the password. Then I got this:

The User Profile Service failed the logon
User profile cannot be loaded.

I can log into Account B with no problems but when I try to install software I'm prompted - as ever - for a password. But now entering the Account A password has no effect. Also, I have a lot of data in Account A that I can't even see.

I've found a couple of possible fixes but they all require the Account A password - which doesn't work. Hmph.

I'm hoping some spacey ice people might have some suggestions for me.

Terry Fowler
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Old 27-12-2014, 07:36 PM
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Hi Terry,

For a slightly geekish solution you could try a Linux bootdisk or Usb stick. A Linux bootdisk will usually enable you to access the files on a Windows partition. Linux doesn't recognize Windows permissions but does recognize the files and folders on a Windows Disk. You don't have to install Linux on your Hard disk, you just run Linux directly from a DVD, CD or Usb stick. For more information about this see this article http://www.pcworld.com/article/21470...-distress.html. In the linked article they show how to reset the Admin password on a Windows machine from a Ubuntu Live Usb drive. If that doesn't work then this article might help http://null-byte.wonderhowto.com/how...ifier-0154860/. Google is your friend. As always, backup your files and folders before attempting to hack Windows.
Good luck and may the Geek Gods be with you.

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Athol
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Old 29-12-2014, 09:58 PM
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Hi,
I used this just this week to reset the P/W on a friends WIN 7 PC.
> http://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/

Worked like a charm.

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Old 24-09-2016, 10:34 AM
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This program used to work on Windows 7 but failed on Windows 10. Anyone know the reason?

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Old 01-07-2019, 06:59 PM
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Check to see if the tools you use are compatible with both Windows 7 and Windows 10,on the market,some tools only support Windows 7,not Windows 10.
For user who use Windows 7 computer,please try it:https://www.winpwd.com/ to reset computer.

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