User profile in Vista

Once Try to restore from backup.

I have files backed up, but not through the Windows backup

Try restarting your System

if that doesn't help look here :

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947215

I have restarted the system several times.  I thought maybe I should add more information.  All of a sudden my side bar wouldn't work, so I thought I had malware.  I used spybot and norton 360 and it found a few things, but it continued to do funny things.   i don't get the error message:   The User Profile Service failed the logon. User profile cannot be loaded it just all of a sudden on a reboot, gave me the vista screen like it was a new install of Vista.  I can't get to any of my documents, favorites or anything else.  My side bar is working correctly now I just all of a sudden lost all my documents, pictures but all the programs that I have installed are all there and  still work.  

Thats probably caused by windows loading you into a temp profile, can you folllow the instructions provided in the KB article.

I have the files backed up that I need such as my desktop icons, documents, pictures, etc.  If I copy them into this temp profile, can I continue to use it or will it give me problems later on?  This temp profile works like my clean install and isn't causing me any problems.

Youcan use ur desktop icons, documents, pictures as before.But you cannot use the desktop icons which are of installed applications.
Documents and pictures can be used as before.

I would just need to copy the files that I have back to where they were and then redownload the installed applications?  Is that correct?

I guess what I'm asking is can I continue to use the temp profile as if it was a newly created user profile?  

A temporary user profile is issued each time an error condition prevents the user's profile from loading. Temporary profiles are deleted at the end of each session, and changes made by the user to their desktop settings and files are lost when the user logs off.

You would be better off fixing the problem by following the instructions that were provided.

I'm a little nervous about going into the registry which is why I would prefer to start over with a new user profile and make it the admin.  Am I able to log into the temp profile and then create a new user profile and log in with that profile from this point forward?  The profile that I was working with had many problems.  

Make sure you still have and keep separate the original (hidden) untouched Administrator profile you created when you installed the OS.  With that profile you can create any profile you want, but without it, you may have a lot of trouble.  If all you have is a regular user profile, you can't perform tasks requiring administrative permissions.