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Corupt Windows Profile (kb947215)

Started by branx86, September 28, 2015, 08:52:12 AM

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  ;D   https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/947215  ;D

1st.  Log into the built-in Windows administrator account.

2nd. Registry Editor will launch and you need to navigate to the following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList

3rd.  Click each S-1-5 folder and double-click the ProfileImagePath entry to find out which user account that doesn't work.

4th.  Once you have located the folder for the corrupt profile (and it doesn't have a .bak ending), double-click RefCount and change the Value data to 0 and click Ok.
         Right-click the folder without .bak, and then click Rename. Type .ba, and then press ENTER.
         Right-click the folder that is named .bak, and then click Rename. Remove .bak at the end of the folder name, and then press ENTER.
         Right-click the folder that is named .ba, and then click Rename. Change the .ba to .bak at the end of the folder name, and then press ENTER.


5th.   Click the folder without .bak in the details pane, double-click RefCount, type 0, and then click OK.
6th.   Click the folder without .bak, in the details pane, double-click State, type 0, and then click OK.
7th.  Close Registry Editor, Restart the computer, Log on again with your account.