Bad user profile after SP3

Hello,

Before installing SP3 my machine ran perfectly. After SP3 it now gets an
error loading the user profile and goes to the default profile every other
time I boot. That is what's strange - literally every other time! Every
other time it works fine, every other time it's bad. Any ideas?

Thanks,
Ray

Ray Mitchell wrote:
> Before installing SP3 my machine ran perfectly. After SP3 it now
> gets an error loading the user profile and goes to the default
> profile every other time I boot. That is what's strange -
> literally every other time! Every other time it works fine, every
> other time it's bad. Any ideas?

Install the User Profile Hive Cleanup Service:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloadS/d...85hQ4rYg%3d%3d

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Ray Mitchell wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Before installing SP3 my machine ran perfectly. After SP3 it now gets an
> error loading the user profile and goes to the default profile every other
> time I boot. That is what's strange - literally every other time! Every
> other time it works fine, every other time it's bad. Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> Ray

"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

> Ray Mitchell wrote:
> > Before installing SP3 my machine ran perfectly. After SP3 it now
> > gets an error loading the user profile and goes to the default
> > profile every other time I boot. That is what's strange -
> > literally every other time! Every other time it works fine, every
> > other time it's bad. Any ideas?
>
> Install the User Profile Hive Cleanup Service:
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloadS/d...85hQ4rYg%3d%3d
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
>
>

Shenan,

....and yet again you helped me! That seems to have done the trick. Thanks
a lot.

Ray