Error Message on 1 users profile but not on others

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We have just purchased a new computer with Windows XP and have set up 4 users
on the system. The first user keeps getting the following error message
whenever logging in: -

"Windows cannot load the user's profile but has logged you on with the
default profile for the system.
"DETAIL - The system has attempted to load or restore a file into the
registry, but the specified file is not in a registry file format. "

however all the previous settings seem to have been saved each time he logs
out. Can anyone tell us why this is happening and how we resolve it?

 

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Hi Julia,

Corrupt profile. Most times, the easiest thing to do is create a new account
for that user while logged on as administrator, then copy over the user's
data and settings to it.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Julia" <Julia@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5E2BCE42-13A6-429A-8467-D0AF9CFD4F98@microsoft.com...
> We have just purchased a new computer with Windows XP and have set up 4
> users
> on the system. The first user keeps getting the following error message
> whenever logging in: -
>
> "Windows cannot load the user's profile but has logged you on with the
> default profile for the system.
> "DETAIL - The system has attempted to load or restore a file into the
> registry, but the specified file is not in a registry file format. "
>
> however all the previous settings seem to have been saved each time he
> logs
> out. Can anyone tell us why this is happening and how we resolve it?
>