For the past month, I've had a lot of problems with my computer. It started when my PC wouldn't boot. I tried making a boot disc but that didn't work so I reformatted. I then reinstalled Vista Home Premium but I started getting some problems. I couldn't install the Vista Service Packs. My PC would often freeze when trying to install updates, playing games, or on the internet. So I got a copy of Windows XP and tried installing that, but the option was grayed out when I inserted the disc. So I reformatted again and installed XP. However with XP, I could not get an internet connection, so I reinstalled Vista. Things improved a bit; I was still getting problems when playing games and on the internet, but updates worked.
So a few days ago I was on FireFox but it froze. I tried using Ctrl + Alt + Delete, but that didn't work. After a few minutes it was still frozen so I had to reboot. When the computer was back on, instead of loading Windows, there was a black screen with an error message and I think it was doing a system restore. When I logged in, I got a message saying:
Your user profile was not loaded correctly!
You have been logged on with a temporary profile. Changes you make to the profile will be lost when you log off. Please see the event log for details or contact your Administrator.
So I lost access to everything in my documents, music, videos, pictures, internet bookmarks, game saves etc... I tried rebooting but it was still in the temporary profile. I downloaded the Vista Service Pack 1 & 2 and they installed properly this time. I tried making a new account and that works just find. However I would really like to have my old profile working again.
So how do I view the event log? And how can I get my profile back?
So a few days ago I was on FireFox but it froze. I tried using Ctrl + Alt + Delete, but that didn't work. After a few minutes it was still frozen so I had to reboot. When the computer was back on, instead of loading Windows, there was a black screen with an error message and I think it was doing a system restore. When I logged in, I got a message saying:
Your user profile was not loaded correctly!
You have been logged on with a temporary profile. Changes you make to the profile will be lost when you log off. Please see the event log for details or contact your Administrator.
So I lost access to everything in my documents, music, videos, pictures, internet bookmarks, game saves etc... I tried rebooting but it was still in the temporary profile. I downloaded the Vista Service Pack 1 & 2 and they installed properly this time. I tried making a new account and that works just find. However I would really like to have my old profile working again.
So how do I view the event log? And how can I get my profile back?