Re: "Temporary User Profile" always loads!

[John John - MVP]

katie88 wrote:
> Please please can someone help me with this??
>
> The problem started when I decided to do a reboot after installing some
> programs.
> Since then whenever I log on it takes ages displaying the "welcome"
> message, then comes up with the dreaded "preparing your desktop"
> message. It then loads a "temporary user profile" and says that any
> changes made while logged on to this profile will be lost afterwards,
> and to check the event log or contact the network administrator.
>
> I've read heaps about this problem happening to people with vista and
> windows 7 (I have vista home ed). It's supposed to be due to a
> corrupted profile, and so if you delete the profile in the "regedit"
> thing it's supposed to fix itself. Others have also suggested creating
> a new account and transferring everything.
>
> I have tried countless restarts, restoring the system, deleting the
> user profile (all my stuff is now fully backed up) and creating new
> accounts. None of it works - a temporary profile still loads from a
> newly created account, and even in safe mode and from the built in
> administrator account.
>
> I'm at a total loss as to what to do!!
> I use my computer every day for work so you can hopefully imagine how
> frustrating this is!
>
> I would be so grateful if someone had an answer!!

Verify the permissions on the profile directory.

John

[howard]

katie88 wrote on 04/15/2010 10:47 ET :
> Please please can someone help me with this??
>
> The problem started when I decided to do a reboot after installing som

> programs.
> Since then whenever I log on it takes ages displaying the "welcome
> message, then comes up with the dreaded "preparing your desktop
> message. It then loads a "temporary user profile" and says that an

> changes made while logged on to this profile will be lost afterwards

> and to check the event log or contact the network administrator.
>
> I've read heaps about this problem happening to people with vista an

> windows 7 (I have vista home ed). It's supposed to be due to

> corrupted profile, and so if you delete the profile in the "regedit

> thing it's supposed to fix itself. Others have also suggested creatin

> a new account and transferring everything.
>
> I have tried countless restarts, restoring the system, deleting th

> user profile (all my stuff is now fully backed up) and creating ne

> accounts. None of it works - a temporary profile still loads from

> newly created account, and even in safe mode and from the built i

> administrator account.
>
> I'm at a total loss as to what to do!!
> I use my computer every day for work so you can hopefully imagine ho

> frustrating this is!
>
> I would be so grateful if someone had an answer!!

> Thank
>
>
> katie88
>
I had the same, every time I logged into WINDOWS 7, it did a temporary profile
and reload fresh everytime. Turns out my DOMAIN LOGIN included:

The MS support tech got back to us after we provided the login monitor trace
info to him.

He shows that you are a member of a group named, “Domain Guests”.
The logs show that when a member of this group the profile gets purged after
logging out.

Removed the group "Domain Guests" from my login and now it
remembers
me.
Didn't happen on XP, just on Windows 7.