HELP! You have been logged on with a temporary profile

HUFCsteve

I was working on my Dell Windows 7 laptop this evening and it crashed and rebooted. It then went through chkdsk and now every time I reboot, it says "You have been logged on with a temporary profile" and I don't know what to do as I can't access any of my files.

Any ideas?!?

Guardsman

http://www.sysprobs.com/fix-temporary-profile-windows-7

Guardsman

Before doing anything I would try a system restore
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/products/features/system-restore

ossie

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=You+have+been+logged+on+with+a+temporary+profile

HUFCsteve

System Restore doesn't work.

Have tried those early steps in post #2 but all that seems to have happened is that another bak file has been created and I still can't access any of my files.

OGR

Boot the computer, as soon as it is ready hit the start button and in the search box enter the words event viewer and hit return.

When it appears choose Windows logs and then system and scroll down until you find what will probably be a yellow warning icon next to what will probably say in source 'windows logon service'. Copy and paste the information in the box below as it should tell us why it is having trouble loading the profile.

To be honest the backup profile issue is quite common and the steps you have tried will usually fix this but event viewer may be able to shed a little more light on things.