After reading this you will be able to sort an error with User Profile service in Windows 7 & Windows Vista. The error says “ The User Profile Service failed the logon, User Profile cannot be loaded”.
This error might occur when you are using a temporary user profile for logon. This error can also occur if you are switching users. Another cause of this error resides with a corruption in user profiles. Some malicious software programs can also cause this type of corruption with User profiles.
Follow the methods mentioned below to rectify these issues :
- System Restore
- Click Here for System Restore guide
- Repair / Fix your User Account Profile
- Step one is to backup your Windows Registry ; Click here for the guide
- Step Two:
- Click Start button –> type regedit in the Search box and then press Enter.
- In Registry Editor, locate and then click the following registry subkey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionProfileList
- In the navigation pane, locate the folder that begins with S-1-5 (SID key) followed by a long number.
- Click each S-1-5 folder, locate the ProfileImagePath entry in the details pane, and then double-click to make sure that this is the user account profile that has the error.
- If you have two folders starting with S-1-5 followed by some long numbers and one of them ended with .bak, you have to rename the .bakfolder. To do this, follow these steps:
- 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.
- If you have only one folder starting with S-1-5 that is followed by long numbers and ends with .bak, right-click the folder, and then click Rename. Remove .bak at the end of the folder name, and then press Enter.
- If you have two folders starting with S-1-5 followed by some long numbers and one of them ended with .bak, you have to rename the .bakfolder. To do this, follow these steps:
- 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.
- If you have only one folder starting with S-1-5 that is followed by long numbers and ends with .bak, right-click the folder, and then click Rename. Remove .bak at the end of the folder name, and then press Enter.
- Double-click the folder without .bak in the details pane, double-click RefCount, type 0, and then click OK.
- Click the folder without .bak in the details pane, double-click State, type 0, and then click OK.
- Close Registry Editor.
- Restart the computer.
- Log on again with your account.
- Method 3
Source of this article : Microsoft Support KB
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