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Windows 7 - User profile corrupted on standby/hibernate
I have a friend who uses Windows 7 for her home PC.
She has a RAID1 array that is using up-to-date Intel Matrix storage drivers, and the entire array is backed up to a separate internal SATA HDD via ...
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Removing a spare HDD from Windows XP causes User Profile to reset
I have 5 internal HDD's installed;
HDD 1 IDE partitioned into C (OS) [Pri], I [Logic]
HDD 2 IDE partitioned into F (Programs) Pri, G (Games) [Logic]
HDD 3 SATA partition H (Empty) [Pri]
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Windows XP SP3 user profile issue
I am fixing this for a co-worker:
The machine is Windows XP SP3, and according to them, the machine was reset (appears factory reset) after dealing with their ISP to upgrade their router. The ...
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After a repair/chkdsk, all NTFS junction points are gone
I've been repairing a Windows 7 64-bit installation. In the process, the Windows partition was subjected to several rounds of automatic repair, chkdsk, sfc, even a volume shrink. Long story. Anyway, ...
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Delete and replace folder within %username% structure
I'm trying to clean up our Office Templates directory as it's gotten a bit overcrowded and needs a bit of a trim. I've initially written a batch file to copy the Templates directory and its contents ...
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Windows XP having problems with Unicode symbols in user profile names
One person sent me a PC for some maintenance (physical and software cleaning etc.). I noticed one issue. It has Windows XP Pro with SP2
His name is Jānis (this Latvian name is the same as John in ...
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Disable Profile Creation on Firefox
Is it possible to disable new profile creation in Firefox? Or password protect new profile creation?
The problem is there is no point in installing say site blocking add-ons because anyone can create ...
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Can I change the icon used to identify profiles in Google Chrome web browser?
I'd like to make the profile icons more meaningful, e.g., a pic of the profile's user, my company's logo for my work profile.
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Losing file permissions after rebooting Windows 7
I have a User directory full of files that are not accessible permission wise for the user who's home directory it is. Said user can't run Explorer. For example, it provides an error complaining that ...
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How can I move the location of ntuser files
I am trying to use cygwin as the default terminal on Windows 7.
I have changed the home directory to my user directory.
ntuser files just fill up the prompt whenever I 'ls' with ntuser files.
Is it ...
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How do I restore a delete windows 7 cached profile?
I deleted the wrong profile in Windows 7 and now I need to recover it.
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Generating new Opera user profile
How can I create new user profile for Opera?
I like to keep lot of open tabs, but often when I work I need to look up things every now and then. So when I need to concentrate on something, e.g. some ...
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Change location of config files, Windows 7?
By default some programs save their configuration to the USERPROFILE folder.
Typically this is
C:\Users\Steven
I would like to change where these programs are saving these files, possibly
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Map Windows account/Profile to Domain Account
I am using windows 7 Ultimate with user name MyNameWinAc And Pass1 as password. It has visual studio, Office and various other soft-wares installed. They have their own history and configurations.
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Re-linking backup user profile folder back into C:\Users?
I used the mklink "trick" described here roughly a year ago to move my user folder from C:\Users\User to D:\Users\User and it everything worked like a charm.
I had to do a fresh Windows installation ...
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Administrator account is corrupted?
After successfully solving my previous problem i stumbled upon another shortly after. Once i logged into my administrator account i have noticed the following missing:
Quick launch which also cannot ...
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Win7 user folder is now desktop folder
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HI Everyone.
I installed a SSD drive recently and thought I would move all my user folders (eg Desktop, My Document, My Music etc) off to another drive.
To do this I right clicked on the ...
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User profile size and boot performance
This question appeared between two computer technicians that are friends of mine.
One was saying that the user profile's size (mainly regarding desktop content) would affect boot time and even ...
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How do I make installed software available to all users of a computer?
I installed Embarcadero Delphi software on Windows Vista. Later I had to delete the profile of the user account with which I installed Delphi. I created a new profile for myself, but now I cannot use ...
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Start Menu right-side items missing in Windows Vista
A Windows installation under my care has suddenly started behave rather erratically. One of the user profiles now has a Start Menu where all the right-side items are missing.
There's another user ...
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Winlogon delays start
I'm trying to determine, why my notebook running Windows 7 Prof x64 hangs for about 30 seconds on the welcome screen with no CPU or HDD usage (it's a member of a Windows domain). I analyzed the boot ...
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Users unable to logon to only one server in domain through RDP
Today one of my colleagues decided to try and free up some space by taking the entire users directory from our Windows Server 2008 R2 installation to another drive. This has caused the problem of ...
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How do I start Chrome using a specified “user profile”?
I use the new built-in "Users" feature of Chrome to switch between Home/Work accounts easily. However, Chrome remembers the "last" user profile you had selected when launching new windows. This is a ...
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Strange behaviour of Google Chrome when started for non-default profile
I have 3 profiles created in Google Chrome (added from Chrome's GUI, not manually). They work okay, if a new window is opened under different profile from GUI (using user icon in the upper left corner ...
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Desktop Infrastructure - My Windows 7 Loads the incorrect profile
I have Windows 7 Professional 64Bit installed, at start up when I enter my username and password it loads as per normal, but i could not see any of my programs installed or find any of my files, after ...
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Specific User/MAC-address QoS router
Not being a fan of WiFi passwords, I wish to have an open network; at least for Guests.
Unfortunately I haven't seen any ability within the current range of WiFi routers to enable QoS for specific ...
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The correct way to move /home to another partition on linux
I've moved /home to a separate partition, this involved creating and mounting the new partition, copying the old home directory over to the newly mounted one, editing fstab to mount the new partition ...
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how to check last add users in msn messenger?
How can I check the last users I've add to my msn messenger? I mean, you can enter someone else's profile and there you will find "XXX add YYY to messenger", but where can I check about MY msn?
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Repairing file associations for a user profile [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
How to repair a broken .EXE file association
A system that I'm working on got the Windows 7 Anti-Spyware 2012 virus. Before it was giving to me it had been running a ...
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How can I tell if somebody is logged in with Temp Profile?
I have a user that is logged on but i dont think that their profile has loaded properly. I click on the start menu and it shows the correct username, but im wondering is there a way (once im logged ...
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Windows 7 Domain users temporary profiles on netbooks
I have a bunch of users on a Windows 2008 Active Directory domain who are getting temporary profiles when logging on through netbook computers. When they log in to a desktop computer their profiles ...
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Prevent creation of Contacts folder in userprofile
How can I prevent windows 7 from creating the contacts folder in a new user profile. It's not in the default user profile.
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How do I migrate my son's Windows 7 profile to a new Windows 7 machine?
My son has a computer on our home network that he has all set up with his links, settings, etc.
His grandfather sent us a new computer.
How can I move his user profile from the older machine to the ...
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Possible to copy Windows 7 local user profile link with junction point to new Windows 7 machine?
I am using Windows 7 in my old machine. All my I user profiles store in another HDD and I use mklink/j to create a junction point to c:\users.
I bought a new machine with better performance and ...
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How to move the users profile entirely to another folder/partition?
Googling resulted in copying the users folder to my desired destination while being in safe mode, and then making a junction to there from the original users fodler.
Do you know another way? maybe ...
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Windows XP User Profile is corrupted, now files are missing
I booted my computer and it gave me an error saying my user profile was corrupted.
Once the computer booted all of my settings had been reset, all of them gone. The files were still there so I ...
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Virtual PC changing user
I have Windows Virtual PC running XP Mode.
On a current local user <Mark> I have put the PC on a domain <mydomain>.
Virtual PC works but I struggle to get the image I have working on the ...
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How can I reset a Windows 7 Guest account?
I managed to kill my computer's Guest acccount by deleting stuff from its %appdata% folder. I can't log in as Guest successfully.
How can I reset the whole profile to a clean state?
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How do I get Windows 7 to recognize a Junctioned User folder?
I'd like to junction or hard-link my C:\Users[me]\ folder to a folder on my D: drive for space reasons. This has worked for me in the past, but after a recent reformat/reinstall of Win7 x64, Windows ...
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Are junctions affected if the drive is formatted?
I was trying to relocate my user profiles, so that they are not affected by any problems occuring in the drive on which the operating system is stored. I've managed to move user profiles using ...
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How can I create a Windows 7 user profile without the user logging in?
I've created a new user in Windows 7.
I now want to FTP into the PC as that user but it fails because the user profile does not yet exist under c:\users\
If I log in as that user first, it creates ...
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InnoSetup - Install an application “just for me” so that other users cannot access the executable
I have set up the installer for my app to offer a choice between "all users" and "just for me". The app needs admin access to install.
If I install for all users a shortcut and start menu entry goes ...
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permanently move the c:\Users folder to another partition in windows 7 [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Moving users folder on Windows Vista/Seven to another partition
I have a small fast install of windows 7 on an SSD drive. I would like to move the c:\Users folder to ...
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How do you move google apps data folder?
I'm running out of disk space on my C: drive and I found that google application are taking up a lot of space. Picasa, Chrome, Google Desktop etc.
Surely there's some nicer solution than hacking in ...
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Should I be concerned with deleting a user account
Somehow a user account got corrupted so following advice, I created a new user account. I now want to delete the old user account but I am a little nervous. A few main points:
Both the new and old ...
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In windows XP how to get back my profile?
I have a windows XP machine with split drives:
C:\ - just OS
D:\ - my data
I ran out of disk space and when logging into my profile, it popped with some error stating that since it didn't have any ...
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Windows XP SP3 User profile restoration
I messed around by accident with the computer and I am a new IT intern.
I restored my system as I had lost everything stored in my profile.
A new profile 'mlinda" is created with a proper domain ...
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How can I figure out when an user has last logged out? The user folder?
In C:\Users, does the date last modified of the user's profile folder equate to the last day they logged out?
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Windows7 - User Profile Service service failed logon. User profile cannot be loaded
I remember I accidently deleted my user profile and since than, I am being shown User Profile Service service failed logon. User profile cannot be loaded. message whenever I try to login with my ...
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What is causing network user home directories to be displayed under Start->All Programs
Since this problem happens when I log into either an XP box or a Windows 7 box, I'm betting it is related to a corrupted roaming profile. I'm hoping it's as simple as navigating over to the profile ...
