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Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Vista/Win7 - User Profile Error - Logged on with a Temporary Profile

Article from: http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/135858-user-profile-error-logged-temporary-profile.html

EXAMPLE:
Error Message in Windows 7
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STEP ONE

Log On to the Computer as an Administrator
warning Warning
You must be logged on to an administrator account using either step 1 or 2 below before you can move on to do the STEP TWO section below.
1. To Log on to another Administrator account
NOTE: If you do not have another Administrator account, then proceed to step 2.
A) Go to the STEP TWO section below.
OR

2. To Boot into Safe Mode for the built-in Administrator account
NOTE: You may not need to enable the built-in Administrator account. If this was the only normal administrator account you had, then Safe Mode should automatically boot into the built-in Administrator account.
Tip Tip
If you cannot boot into Windows and do not have a Windows installation DVD, then you can create and use the boot disc below to boot into Safe Mode with instead.

Windows 7: (Option Two at link)
How to Create a Windows 7 System Repair Disc

Vista: (Option One at link)
How to Create a Vista Recovery Disc


A) Boot into Safe Mode (in Vista) or Safe Mode (in Windows 7).

B) If Safe Mode did not boot into the built-in Administrator
account, then enable the built-in Administrator account. If it did , then go to step 2C.

C) Log off in Safe Mode, and then log on to the built-in Administrator account to logon with that account in Safe Mode.

D) Go to the STEP TWO section below.




STEP TWO

Delete the User Account Profle SID Key
1. Delete the User account profile that this error is for, but do not delete the C:\User\(user-name) folder at step 4 in that link.
warning Warning
You should backup anything you do not want to lose in this user account's user folders first. (See note in step 11) They will be located in the C:\Users\(username) folder.


2. Open the Start menu.

3. In the white line (Start Search) area, type regedit and press Enter.

4. If prompted by UAC, then click on Continue (Vista) or Yes (Windows 7).

5. In regedit, go to: (See screenshot below step 7)

Code:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList
6. In the left pane, click on one of the S-1-5..... folders (SID key) with the long number in it. (See screenshot below step 7)
NOTE: It should have .bak at the end of it.
A) In the right pane, look at the ProfileImagePath to see if this is the same user account that you deleted in step 1 above.

B) Repeat step 6 until you find the one that you deleted in step 1 above.
7. To Backup the Registry SID Key
WARNING: You should backup this SID key to be safe in case you delete the wrong one in step 8 below.
A) Right click on the SID key, and click on Export.

B) Type in a name and save the REG file to a safe location.
NOTE: This is your backup. To Restore the Backup, right click on the REG backup file and click on Merge.

C) Continue on to step 8.
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8. Right click on the SID key, from step 6 with bak at the end, and click on Delete. (See screenshot above)

9. Click on Yes to confirm deletion. (See screenshot below)
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10. Close regedit.

11. Log off and log on.
NOTE: After you logon to the computer, the profile folder you are having problems with is re-created. If not, then try a System Restore using a restore point dated before you got this error. If this still dows not help, then you will need to create a new account and restore the user folder files afterwards from the warning in step 1.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Enabling SATA mode to AHCI after XP Install (applicable to most laptops, or systems)

If you want to enable SATA mode as AHCI after installing Windows XP, then read on. It's a bit of a long read because of step-by-step instructions, but worth it.

I did this on on Acer Aspire 5315-2153, it seems like the basic strategy should work on other laptops or systems.

For whatever reason, you may have installed Windows XP on your new laptops with SATA Native Mode disabled in the BIOS. Once XP is installed, enabling it in the BIOS will result in a BSOD upon loading Windows because XP doesn't have the correct drivers.

I read that enabling SATA native mode will give you a slight performance inrease and slightly increased battery life, so it seems worthwhile to me

Here's how I did it on a Acer Aspire 5315-2153 running Windows XP (32 Bit version):

- Download the Intel Matrix Storage Manager software from Intel (I think it's iata_enu.exe)or AHCI_Intel_v7.5.0.1017_XP.zip from Acer web site.

- Extract files from AHCI_Intel_v7.5.0.1017_XP.zip to e.g. C:\AHCI_Intel_v7_5_0_1017_XP files need: (you may delete the rest)

iaahci.cat
iaahci.inf
iastor.cat
iastor.inf
iastor.sys
TXTSSETUP.OEM

- Now go to Device Manager, under IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers you should

see: Intel 82801HEM/HBM SATA AHCI Storage Controller

- Right-Click on that and select Update Driver
- Say no to connecting to Windows Update to search, hit Next
- Select Install fro a list or specific location (Advanced), hit Next
- Select "Don't search. I will choose the driver to install", hit Next
- Select Have Disk
- Browse to C:\AHCI_Intel_v7_5_0_1017_XP and highlight the iastor.inf file, hit Open
- Select OK
- Now you should have a list of controllers, for the Acer 5315-2153 choose Intel 82801HEM/HBM SATA AHCI Storage Controller, hit Next
- You'll get warned that installing the device driver is not recommended, click Yes to continue installing
- Click Finish
- Click Yes to restart your computer

When your computer boots up, you need to hit F2 to enter the BIOS. Change SATA mode to AHCI, save changes and exit.

After you log into Windows, your computer will find the "new" hardware. Wait until you get the popup message to restart your computer, say Yes to restart one last time.

You may download also from Intel the RAID/AHCI Software - Intel® Matrix Storage Manager (iata70_enu.exe 5640KB) and install it in your system, it may fix in case you got the wrong Intel 82801 AHCI controller.

Thursday, February 10, 2011

How To Enable Or Disable Usb Storage Device?

Use devcon.exe on USBSTOR.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/311272

Or registry entry:
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\USBSTOR\Start = 4 (For disable) (3 for enable)

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