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guys i have never experienced this when i logged on to my computer it told me
preparing your desktop and then i logged on i was shocked everything i had
before on my desktop is gone and i got this notification and it told me user
profile not loaded correctly does this mean this is the end for my computer i
need some help.

Hi Colin,

Logoff, reboot, logon. If it is not corrected and you see a similar
"preparing desktop" message, then it means that your original userprofile is
corrupted and a temporary one is being created for you. If this is the case,
then all you can do is create a new permanent one for yourself, then copy
the user data from the old one into it. This will probably require taking
ownership of the old userprofile folder.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"colin" <> wrote in message
news:772216C9-F614-48A4-86BC-...
> guys i have never experienced this when i logged on to my computer it told
> me
> preparing your desktop and then i logged on i was shocked everything i had
> before on my desktop is gone and i got this notification and it told me
> user
> profile not loaded correctly does this mean this is the end for my
> computer i
> need some help.

I have not seen that one in a while, but it happened to me on 2000, what I
did was unplug the computer before the count down ended.
--
Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
"Rick Rogers" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hi Colin,
>
> Logoff, reboot, logon. If it is not corrected and you see a similar
> "preparing desktop" message, then it means that your original userprofile
> is corrupted and a temporary one is being created for you. If this is the
> case, then all you can do is create a new permanent one for yourself, then
> copy the user data from the old one into it. This will probably require
> taking ownership of the old userprofile folder.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "colin" <> wrote in message
> news:772216C9-F614-48A4-86BC-...
>> guys i have never experienced this when i logged on to my computer it
>> told me
>> preparing your desktop and then i logged on i was shocked everything i
>> had
>> before on my desktop is gone and i got this notification and it told me
>> user
>> profile not loaded correctly does this mean this is the end for my
>> computer i
>> need some help.
>

i went into the event viewer and it told me when i log off all changes to the
user profile will be lost and i told me windows will try to use the backup i
performed

"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" wrote:

> I have not seen that one in a while, but it happened to me on 2000, what I
> did was unplug the computer before the count down ended.
> --
> Andre
> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
> "Rick Rogers" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> > Hi Colin,
> >
> > Logoff, reboot, logon. If it is not corrected and you see a similar
> > "preparing desktop" message, then it means that your original userprofile
> > is corrupted and a temporary one is being created for you. If this is the
> > case, then all you can do is create a new permanent one for yourself, then
> > copy the user data from the old one into it. This will probably require
> > taking ownership of the old userprofile folder.
> >
> > --
> > Best of Luck,
> >
> > Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> > http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> > Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> > My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
> >
> > "colin" <> wrote in message
> > news:772216C9-F614-48A4-86BC-...
> >> guys i have never experienced this when i logged on to my computer it
> >> told me
> >> preparing your desktop and then i logged on i was shocked everything i
> >> had
> >> before on my desktop is gone and i got this notification and it told me
> >> user
> >> profile not loaded correctly does this mean this is the end for my
> >> computer i
> >> need some help.
> >
>
>
>

"colin" <> wrote in message
news:772216C9-F614-48A4-86BC-...
> guys i have never experienced this when i logged on to my computer it told me
> preparing your desktop and then i logged on i was shocked everything i had
> before on my desktop is gone and i got this notification and it told me user
> profile not loaded correctly does this mean this is the end for my computer i
> need some help.

I've never seen this on Vista. But, I have experienced it once
on Windows Server 2003 and once on WHS... a reboot fixed both.


-Michael

Seen it on Vista once, and numerous times on XP and 2000. On XP it was
generally not recoverable, but on Vista I was able to recover. I think it
may have to do with the shadow copies, but I'm not 100% on that.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"MICHAEL" <> wrote in message
news:...
> "colin" <> wrote in message
> news:772216C9-F614-48A4-86BC-...
>> guys i have never experienced this when i logged on to my computer it
>> told me
>> preparing your desktop and then i logged on i was shocked everything i
>> had
>> before on my desktop is gone and i got this notification and it told me
>> user
>> profile not loaded correctly does this mean this is the end for my
>> computer i
>> need some help.
>
> I've never seen this on Vista. But, I have experienced it once
> on Windows Server 2003 and once on WHS... a reboot fixed both.
>
>
> -Michael

Its was prevalent on NT 4, numerous times on 2000, happened on XP when I was
connected to a Domain.
--
Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
"Rick Rogers" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Seen it on Vista once, and numerous times on XP and 2000. On XP it was
> generally not recoverable, but on Vista I was able to recover. I think it
> may have to do with the shadow copies, but I'm not 100% on that.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "MICHAEL" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> "colin" <> wrote in message
>> news:772216C9-F614-48A4-86BC-...
>>> guys i have never experienced this when i logged on to my computer it
>>> told me
>>> preparing your desktop and then i logged on i was shocked everything i
>>> had
>>> before on my desktop is gone and i got this notification and it told me
>>> user
>>> profile not loaded correctly does this mean this is the end for my
>>> computer i
>>> need some help.
>>
>> I've never seen this on Vista. But, I have experienced it once
>> on Windows Server 2003 and once on WHS... a reboot fixed both.
>>
>>
>> -Michael
>

It's a scary thing the first time it happens to you.


-Michael

"Rick Rogers" <> wrote in message news:...
> Seen it on Vista once, and numerous times on XP and 2000. On XP it was
> generally not recoverable, but on Vista I was able to recover. I think it
> may have to do with the shadow copies, but I'm not 100% on that.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "MICHAEL" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> "colin" <> wrote in message
>> news:772216C9-F614-48A4-86BC-...
>>> guys i have never experienced this when i logged on to my computer it
>>> told me
>>> preparing your desktop and then i logged on i was shocked everything i
>>> had
>>> before on my desktop is gone and i got this notification and it told me
>>> user
>>> profile not loaded correctly does this mean this is the end for my
>>> computer i
>>> need some help.
>>
>> I've never seen this on Vista. But, I have experienced it once
>> on Windows Server 2003 and once on WHS... a reboot fixed both.
>>
>>
>> -Michael
>

Uh-huh - Just happened to me on my work computer (an XP client on a very
large corporate domain) Thursday. Third time this year, less frequent than
it was with the NT4 machines we previously had. Never happened on our old
386's (but I don't miss them). I always laugh when I call it in to network
IT. Most of their users are in a panic about loss of personal data since
they just do a wipe and reload, I just give them my location ID and sit back
since I save all files to my office's server (3 blade raid running Win2K3)
where I have both a personal (that contains a settings backup) and a shared
data folder.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <> wrote in message
news:%23I8K%...
> Its was prevalent on NT 4, numerous times on 2000, happened on XP when I
> was connected to a Domain.
> --
> Andre
> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
> "Rick Rogers" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Seen it on Vista once, and numerous times on XP and 2000. On XP it was
>> generally not recoverable, but on Vista I was able to recover. I think it
>> may have to do with the shadow copies, but I'm not 100% on that.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>>
>> "MICHAEL" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> "colin" <> wrote in message
>>> news:772216C9-F614-48A4-86BC-...
>>>> guys i have never experienced this when i logged on to my computer it
>>>> told me
>>>> preparing your desktop and then i logged on i was shocked everything i
>>>> had
>>>> before on my desktop is gone and i got this notification and it told me
>>>> user
>>>> profile not loaded correctly does this mean this is the end for my
>>>> computer i
>>>> need some help.
>>>
>>> I've never seen this on Vista. But, I have experienced it once
>>> on Windows Server 2003 and once on WHS... a reboot fixed both.
>>>
>>>
>>> -Michael
>>
>
>

You always laugh , huh Rick ? Good for you.
As a matter of fact most people panic when their files are gone and they
are right to panic.
My fiancee is currently in south america and all her files and programs
have disappeared today. She cannot work , she cannot do anything.

So instead of telling users that you laugh, I would expect you to
- explain where this bug comes from, some say it is a Vista update
- explain what we can do to revert to a normal state

Thank you !!
John T


"Rick Rogers" wrote:

> Uh-huh - Just happened to me on my work computer (an XP client on a very
> large corporate domain) Thursday. Third time this year, less frequent than
> it was with the NT4 machines we previously had. Never happened on our old
> 386's (but I don't miss them). I always laugh when I call it in to network
> IT. Most of their users are in a panic about loss of personal data since
> they just do a wipe and reload, I just give them my location ID and sit back
> since I save all files to my office's server (3 blade raid running Win2K3)
> where I have both a personal (that contains a settings backup) and a shared
> data folder.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <> wrote in message
> news:%23I8K%...
> > Its was prevalent on NT 4, numerous times on 2000, happened on XP when I
> > was connected to a Domain.
> > --
> > Andre
> > Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
> > My Vista Quickstart Guide:
> > http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
> > "Rick Rogers" <> wrote in message
> > news:...
> >> Seen it on Vista once, and numerous times on XP and 2000. On XP it was
> >> generally not recoverable, but on Vista I was able to recover. I think it
> >> may have to do with the shadow copies, but I'm not 100% on that.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Best of Luck,
> >>
> >> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> >> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> >> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> >> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
> >>
> >> "MICHAEL" <> wrote in message
> >> news:...
> >>> "colin" <> wrote in message
> >>> news:772216C9-F614-48A4-86BC-...
> >>>> guys i have never experienced this when i logged on to my computer it
> >>>> told me
> >>>> preparing your desktop and then i logged on i was shocked everything i
> >>>> had
> >>>> before on my desktop is gone and i got this notification and it told me
> >>>> user
> >>>> profile not loaded correctly does this mean this is the end for my
> >>>> computer i
> >>>> need some help.
> >>>
> >>> I've never seen this on Vista. But, I have experienced it once
> >>> on Windows Server 2003 and once on WHS... a reboot fixed both.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> -Michael
> >>
> >
> >
>
>