Comments on: The Case of The Failed Loading of The User Profile http://blog.delphi-jedi.net/2009/07/20/the-case-of-the-failed-loading-of-the-user-profile/ Joint Endeavor of Delphi Innovators of Windows Programming Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:06:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Nicolas http://blog.delphi-jedi.net/2009/07/20/the-case-of-the-failed-loading-of-the-user-profile/comment-page-1/#comment-23418 Nicolas Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:54:19 +0000 http://blog.delphi-jedi.net/?p=370#comment-23418 PS : Copying all "C:\Documents and Settings" is overkill, you just need the contents (non recursive) of "C:\Documents and Settings" and the services' profiles. PS : Copying all “C:\Documents and Settings” is overkill, you just need the contents (non recursive) of “C:\Documents and Settings” and the services’ profiles.

]]> By: Nicolas http://blog.delphi-jedi.net/2009/07/20/the-case-of-the-failed-loading-of-the-user-profile/comment-page-1/#comment-23416 Nicolas Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:51:15 +0000 http://blog.delphi-jedi.net/?p=370#comment-23416 Hi, Another workaround is : - Create a temporary user (we'll call it foo), with Administrators membership (just create the user, don't create profile files). - Create a C:\fakeds folder (or whatever) - Get into HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList - Backup it - Set ProfilesDirectory at C:\fakeds - Set ProfileImagePath at C:\fakeds\*username* for foo, NetworkService and LocalService. - Log in as foo, to create his profile. - Copy the contents of "Documents and Settings" (or Users, depends of the version) into C:\fakeds, using xcopy or robocopy to keep ACL, ownership and permissions. - Reboot in "Safe mode" - Login as foo - Copy the contents of "Documents and Settings" on your partition, using xcopy or robocopy to keep ACL, ownership and permissions. - Delete all contents of "Documents and Settings", including system and hidden files. - Mount your partition on "C:\Documents and Settings", using the shell or compmgmt.msc\Disk Management. - Clean it up : Restore the backup of HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList, reboot, delete fakeds and user foo. Hi,

Another workaround is :
- Create a temporary user (we’ll call it foo), with Administrators membership (just create the user, don’t create profile files).
- Create a C:\fakeds folder (or whatever)
- Get into HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList
- Backup it
- Set ProfilesDirectory at C:\fakeds
- Set ProfileImagePath at C:\fakeds\*username* for foo, NetworkService and LocalService.
- Log in as foo, to create his profile.
- Copy the contents of “Documents and Settings” (or Users, depends of the version) into C:\fakeds, using xcopy or robocopy to keep ACL, ownership and permissions.
- Reboot in “Safe mode”
- Login as foo
- Copy the contents of “Documents and Settings” on your partition, using xcopy or robocopy to keep ACL, ownership and permissions.
- Delete all contents of “Documents and Settings”, including system and hidden files.
- Mount your partition on “C:\Documents and Settings”, using the shell or compmgmt.msc\Disk Management.
- Clean it up : Restore the backup of HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList, reboot, delete fakeds and user foo.

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