Recreating Default User Profile

I was troubleshooting a profile problem on a Windows XP PC and found that the
user profile was corrupt. I backed up the necessary desktop files, favourites
and quicklaunch icons.

Removed the user profile in System Properties and logged back on as the user
but it loaded up with someone else's desktop wallpaper and old icons and many
other things were just wrong. I logged on as myself and the same happened. I
checked Default User profile and saw that all this incorrectness was because
it was all in the Default User profile.

I really want to just recreate the Default User profile. Is there a proper
MS way of doing this. I've searched TechNet and can't really find anything
that relates to creating Default User profile from scratch.

Any advice would be appreciated and thanks for your time.

Thanks,

Jay

Gerry
Fri May 02 09:03:51 PDT 2008


Jay

This Article may help.
How to copy data from a corrupted user profile to a new profile in
Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/811151/en-us


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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Stourport, England
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Jay wrote:
> I was troubleshooting a profile problem on a Windows XP PC and found
> that the user profile was corrupt. I backed up the necessary desktop
> files, favourites and quicklaunch icons.
>
> Removed the user profile in System Properties and logged back on as
> the user but it loaded up with someone else's desktop wallpaper and
> old icons and many other things were just wrong. I logged on as
> myself and the same happened. I checked Default User profile and saw
> that all this incorrectness was because it was all in the Default
> User profile.
>
> I really want to just recreate the Default User profile. Is there a
> proper MS way of doing this. I've searched TechNet and can't really
> find anything that relates to creating Default User profile from
> scratch.
>
> Any advice would be appreciated and thanks for your time.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jay

Jay
Wed May 07 05:45:01 PDT 2008

Gerry,

Thanks for your reply but I know how to recover data from a User Profile but
would like to know how to recreate a Default User profile when it has been
overwritten or even deleted for instance.

Thanks,

Jay

"Gerry" wrote:

> Jay
>
> This Article may help.
> How to copy data from a corrupted user profile to a new profile in
> Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/811151/en-us
>
>
> --
>
>
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Gerry
> ~~~~
> FCA
> Stourport, England
> Enquire, plan and execute
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
>
>
>
> Jay wrote:
> > I was troubleshooting a profile problem on a Windows XP PC and found
> > that the user profile was corrupt. I backed up the necessary desktop
> > files, favourites and quicklaunch icons.
> >
> > Removed the user profile in System Properties and logged back on as
> > the user but it loaded up with someone else's desktop wallpaper and
> > old icons and many other things were just wrong. I logged on as
> > myself and the same happened. I checked Default User profile and saw
> > that all this incorrectness was because it was all in the Default
> > User profile.
> >
> > I really want to just recreate the Default User profile. Is there a
> > proper MS way of doing this. I've searched TechNet and can't really
> > find anything that relates to creating Default User profile from
> > scratch.
> >
> > Any advice would be appreciated and thanks for your time.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jay
>
>
>

Gerry
Wed May 07 06:16:19 PDT 2008

Jay

Post 6 in this thread seems to deal with your problem but it requires
some computing skills which might deter me from taking on the task:
http://www.msfn.org/board/Copy-Admin-profile-to-Default-user-t64605.html

A clean install of Windows XP I imagine would resolve the problem but
that could be a sledge hammer to crack the nut. A Repair Install might
fix the problem. Have you tried a Repair Install?
http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Jay wrote:
> Gerry,
>
> Thanks for your reply but I know how to recover data from a User
> Profile but would like to know how to recreate a Default User profile
> when it has been overwritten or even deleted for instance.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jay
>
> "Gerry" wrote:
>
>> Jay
>>
>> This Article may help.
>> How to copy data from a corrupted user profile to a new profile in
>> Windows XP
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/811151/en-us
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> Gerry
>> ~~~~
>> FCA
>> Stourport, England
>> Enquire, plan and execute
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Jay wrote:
>>> I was troubleshooting a profile problem on a Windows XP PC and found
>>> that the user profile was corrupt. I backed up the necessary desktop
>>> files, favourites and quicklaunch icons.
>>>
>>> Removed the user profile in System Properties and logged back on as
>>> the user but it loaded up with someone else's desktop wallpaper and
>>> old icons and many other things were just wrong. I logged on as
>>> myself and the same happened. I checked Default User profile and saw
>>> that all this incorrectness was because it was all in the Default
>>> User profile.
>>>
>>> I really want to just recreate the Default User profile. Is there a
>>> proper MS way of doing this. I've searched TechNet and can't really
>>> find anything that relates to creating Default User profile from
>>> scratch.
>>>
>>> Any advice would be appreciated and thanks for your time.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Jay