XP pro SP2 upgrade...

when i upgraded my pc with sp1 pro to sp2, my computer had repeated user
profile read errors, and would not log in; it alternated messages per
restart, originally telling me that lsass was having fatal errors, then that
it could not read the license, then the aforementioned user profile read
errors;
i urgently needed several documents from my pc as quickly as possible, and
since i had no available method that i could quickly think of to roll back
sp2, i went and did an install repair via my xp+sp1 disk; it now refuses to
use my old user files, even though it now allows me to log in as that same
user; it has created a second user profile for the same user, and the
corresponding files are stored in "documents and settings/temp"
do i simply need to reassociate my login with the old files, which still
exist, or is this issue not that simple?

Take Ownership, #9 on this link:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/adsecurity.htm

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http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
http://www.dts-l.org


"kc" <> wrote in message
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> when i upgraded my pc with sp1 pro to sp2, my computer had repeated user
> profile read errors, and would not log in; it alternated messages per
> restart, originally telling me that lsass was having fatal errors, then
> that
> it could not read the license, then the aforementioned user profile read
> errors;
> i urgently needed several documents from my pc as quickly as possible, and
> since i had no available method that i could quickly think of to roll back
> sp2, i went and did an install repair via my xp+sp1 disk; it now refuses
> to
> use my old user files, even though it now allows me to log in as that same
> user; it has created a second user profile for the same user, and the
> corresponding files are stored in "documents and settings/temp"
> do i simply need to reassociate my login with the old files, which still
> exist, or is this issue not that simple?

thanks, but it is more than that; i can absolutely handle reassuming the
ownership on my own, i was wondering about possible other issues that i
simply have not yet encountered that would not be fixed by reassuming that
ownership; and i also just remembered several other things; the windows sp2
control panel elements are still here, even though i cannot use them

"Jupiter Jones [MVP]" wrote:

> Take Ownership, #9 on this link:
> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/adsecurity.htm
>
> --
> Jupiter Jones [MVP]
> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
> http://www.dts-l.org
>
>
> "kc" <> wrote in message
> news:8F6C18EE-D73D-4FB3-9F75-...
> > when i upgraded my pc with sp1 pro to sp2, my computer had repeated user
> > profile read errors, and would not log in; it alternated messages per
> > restart, originally telling me that lsass was having fatal errors, then
> > that
> > it could not read the license, then the aforementioned user profile read
> > errors;
> > i urgently needed several documents from my pc as quickly as possible, and
> > since i had no available method that i could quickly think of to roll back
> > sp2, i went and did an install repair via my xp+sp1 disk; it now refuses
> > to
> > use my old user files, even though it now allows me to log in as that same
> > user; it has created a second user profile for the same user, and the
> > corresponding files are stored in "documents and settings/temp"
> > do i simply need to reassociate my login with the old files, which still
> > exist, or is this issue not that simple?
>
>
>

Have you tried safe mode with the admin password?

"kc" wrote:

> when i upgraded my pc with sp1 pro to sp2, my computer had repeated user
> profile read errors, and would not log in; it alternated messages per
> restart, originally telling me that lsass was having fatal errors, then that
> it could not read the license, then the aforementioned user profile read
> errors;
> i urgently needed several documents from my pc as quickly as possible, and
> since i had no available method that i could quickly think of to roll back
> sp2, i went and did an install repair via my xp+sp1 disk; it now refuses to
> use my old user files, even though it now allows me to log in as that same
> user; it has created a second user profile for the same user, and the
> corresponding files are stored in "documents and settings/temp"
> do i simply need to reassociate my login with the old files, which still
> exist, or is this issue not that simple?