Sometimes you may faced with an error message as “
The system has recovered from serious error”
after system restart or log off. This may due to the user profile in
Windows XP might have been damaged.You may find that the desktop items
are also missing.
Windows
user profile describes the Windows configuration for a specific user,
including the user's environment and preference settings. The user
profile contains all the files and settings for a particular user, such
as installed applications, desktop icons, and color options. When a user
profile gets damaged (due to various reasons such as the file system
getting corrupted), settings for your ‘My Documents’ may be missing and
settings for Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Internet Explorer are also
may lost.
To overcome this ,you may have to re-create a new profile.Here is how to create a new profile when your old profile is damaged.
1.Login as Administrator.
2.Backup
My Documents folder( C:\Documents and Settings\<old user name>\My
Documents folder –assuming OS in your C drive) to another location in
another drive.
3.Also backup the contents of the Favorites Folder.(C:\Documents and Settings\<old user name>\Favorites )
4.Outlook
Express users can find the files related to their emails at a location
such
as"LocalSettings\ApplicationData\Identities\{D10E00AF-FC98-4E44-B5CC-13E6D3AE304}
\Microsoft\Outlook Express" folder.
5.Address Book is another
important thing you may want to back up. You can find the Address Book
file in "Application Data\Microsoft\Address Book" folder. Outlook
2000/XP users will find the PST file in the "Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook" folder.
After you are done backing up your important files, you can proceed with the System Restore.Open
Start >> All Programs >> Accessories, select
System Tools, now click
System Restore. Guidelines is here How to do a
System Restore
Creation of new User Account
Make sure that you select Computer Administrator as the account type. Click Create Account to create the new user account.
1.Open the Control Panel and then open User Accounts.
2.Select Computer Administrator as the account type.
3.Click Create Account to create the new user account.
Copy your User Profile
You will now have to copy the old user profile to this newly created one.
1.Log onto the newly created user account and log off. Log back into the administrative account.
2.Open System Properties from the Control Panel and select Advanced tab.
3.Click
the Settings button in the User Profiles section. You can now see a
User Profiles window that lists the different user profiles present on
your computer.
4.Select the old profile in the list and click "Copy To" button.
5.Click the Browse button, locate the Documents and Settings folder, and select the new account. Click OK
6.You will see a confirmation dialog box . Click Yes
7.Close the User Profiles and System Properties window, and log off
Still
if you are not able to log on to your account, you need to delete the
newly created user account and user profile .Log on to the Administrator
account, open User Profiles and click Delete.Please note that when you
move to a new user profile in this method, you will lose all the
personalized settings such as themes, wallpaper, and icons.
You
have to create a new account and a new user profile as mentioned above.
You can then manually copy your data files and other parts of the user
profile from the original to the new one.
1.Login as Administrator.
2.Open
C:\Documents and Settings folder. Locate and open your original account
folder. Ensure the enabled viewing of hidden system files and folders
to view all the files present in that folder
3.Copy the contents
of the folder containing the data that you want to move to the new user
profile.Copy the contents of the Favorites, Outlook Express (or
Outlook), and Address Book folders. Make ensure not to copy any file
related to the operating system.
4.Log out of the Administrator account and log on to the new user account
Now
you may be able to access all your data files as you did before and
also most of your applications.You may need to recreate all your
personalized settings,reinstall or reconfigure some of the applications
also .
After you restored the new user profile, you do not
require the files and folders of the old profile . You can get rid of
them by opening the User Profiles window, selecting them from the list
of profiles, and clicking the Delete button.
How to back up the user profile automatically
To safeguard against a repeat of such Profile errors, you can back up your profile each time you log off.
1.Log in to your Administrator account
2.Open
System Properties >Profiles window .Select the new user profile,
click Copy To button and type the name of a folder on another drive in
the Copy Profile To text box.
3.Open Computer Management. Start>Run "compmgmt.msc" (without the quotes).
4.Go to System Tools\Local Users and Groups\Users folder.
5.Click on your account name and select the Profile tab.
6.Type the path to the backup in the Profile Path text box.
World
is shrinking, and so are the data storage devices. One common device
which every one use is USB devices like thumb drive, PEN drive, USB Hard
disks etc...
