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When you manage to log in with the proper profile not loaded, check the value of %USERPROFILE% (From DOS commnand prompt, type SET). &nbsp;This should display c:\users\user or something similar.<br />
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Check the number of c:\users\(user-having-this<wbr />-problem) folders. &nbsp;Some of them may have (user.xxx).<br />
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Also, is this user logging on to the Domain? &nbsp;Do you use Roaming Profile?<br />
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If this is a stand alone setup, I'd just delete the user and profiles and recreate it from scratch.<br />
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When you manage to log in with the proper profile not loaded, check the value of %USERPROFILE% (From DOS commnand prompt, type SET).  This should display c:\users\user or something similar.

Check the number of c:\users\(user-having-this-problem) folders.  Some of them may have (user.xxx).

Also, is this user logging on to the Domain?  Do you use Roaming Profile?

If this is a stand alone setup, I'd just delete the user and profiles and recreate it from scratch.



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The user is logging on the domain.<br />
Checked the c:\users . It just displays the user name. No user.xxx stuff.<br />
This has happened in multiple Vista desktops and laptops for multiple users intermittently. <br />

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The user is logging on the domain.
Checked the c:\users . It just displays the user name. No user.xxx stuff.
This has happened in multiple Vista desktops and laptops for multiple users intermittently.


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I have this strange problem in all my Vista machines. Sometime when the user boot the computer the local profile is not loaded correctly. It loads just like a new user account without any customized desktop shortcuts or documents. If i restart the machine and login again, it loads correctly. <br />
What could be the problem? Is this a known issue in Vista?
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I have this strange problem in all my Vista machines. Sometime when the user boot the computer the local profile is not loaded correctly. It loads just like a new user account without any customized desktop shortcuts or documents. If i restart the machine and login again, it loads correctly. 
What could be the problem? Is this a known issue in Vista?

Profile not loading correctly in Windows vista

Windows Vista is an operating system created by Microsoft as the successor to Windows XP. It was intended for PCs, workstations and laptops, and shares the same code base as its successor, Windows 7. New features included an updated graphical user interface (GUI) and visual style dubbed Aero, a new search component called Windows Search, redesigned networking, audio, print and display subsystems, and new multimedia tools. Vista aimed to increase the level of communication between machines on a home network, using peer-to-peer technology to simplify sharing files and media between computers and devices. Windows Vista included version 3.0 of the .NET Framework, allowing software developers to write applications without traditional Windows APIs.

Windows Vista

Operating systems perform basic tasks, such as recognizing input from the keyboard, sending output to the display screen, keeping track of files and directories on the disk, and controlling peripheral devices such as disk drives and printers. For large systems, the operating system makes sure that different programs and users running at the same time do not interfere with each other. The operating system is also responsible for security, ensuring that unauthorized users do not access the system. Operating systems provide a software platform on top of which other programs, called application programs, can run.