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On 2/17/2011 10:00 AM, Aldrich, Dak wrote: > Well, FWIW, too... here is an article I've found that, if the machine has not just started working again, has fixed all of my W7 machines, the first go round. > > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947215 > Yeah, that looks like the way the one we had on Win 7 was fixed (that was maybe Monday?). I hadn't found that article last time I had to fix a vista version, so don't know if it would have solved one of those that I had to rebuild the profile on. Gary > -dak > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gary Schrock [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 9:56 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] Windows profiles not loading... epidemic.... > > FWIW, I've seen several of these in the last couple months too. Still > no idea why. I don't believe I've seen it on any xp machines myself, > but on a couple of our vista machines (and we don't have many of those), > and on a few win 7 machines. Sometimes just logging off and back on > fixes it, but we've had to go in and mess with some of them. (The vista > machines I ended up creating a new profile for after removing the old > one, those were a pain.) It's been annoying, but not quite annoying > enough for me to spend a lot of time trying to figure out (just too much > else to do :) ). > > Gary > > On 2/17/2011 9:22 AM, Aldrich, Dak wrote: >> In the last week and a half, I have had 8 machines start having issues >> loading user profiles correctly. They are a combination of XP and >> Windows 7. Machines will just start saying something about not being >> able to load the user profile, a temporary one is being used, and any >> changes will be erased when you log out. >> >> No rhyme, no reason. All antivirus software is up to date. Full scans of >> the machines provide no hint of virus or malware. >> >> Sometimes after 3 or 4 tries, they get in just fine. Other times, I have >> to fiddle with registry entries for the profile in order to get them to >> load correctly. Once I get a profile to load correctly, it appears to be >> fixed. >> >> There HAS to be something going on out there, but I can't seem to locate >> the common denominator. I've seen this maybe 3 times in the last 5 years >> on campus. Now, 8 times in a week and a half? Anyone have any ideas, >> other than a general "bad update" that could be causing the problem? Or >> is anyone else seeing this? If it was a bad update, you'd think it'd be >> more than just me. >> >> Thanks! >> >> -dak >> >> *************************** >> >> * Dak Aldrich >> >> * Info Tech >> >> * College of Music, MSU >> >> * 517.432.5045 >> >> * [log in to unmask] >> >> * http://helpdesk.music.msu.edu >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> This message is only for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the >> named recipient you should not read, distribute or copy this email. Any >> views or opinions expressed in this email are those of the author and do >> not represent those of Michigan State University or the College of >> Music. Any information obtained from or contained in these emails is >> confidential. No information will be shared or given to any persons >> outside of the appropriate department(s). > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This message is only for the intended recipient(s). > If you are not the named recipient you should not read, > distribute or copy this email. Any views or opinions > expressed in this email are those of the author and do > not represent those of Michigan State University or the > College of Music. Any information obtained from or > contained in these emails is confidential. No > information will be shared or given to any persons > outside of the appropriate department(s). > >