Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Windows cannot load the locally stored profile

I was working on a server where there was the following error after each logon:
Windows cannot load the locally stored profile: Insufficient security rights
or a corrupted local file. Windows has logged you in with a temporary profile
any setting you make will not be saved.

Searching on Google, I found that the problem is related to the fact that the user has been deleted and recreated in the system. Therefore, in order to solve it, you need to follow this procedure:
  1. Run "WHOAMI /USER" to determine your SID
  2. Check the ProfileImagePath value in the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\Cu rrentVersion\ProfileList\
  3. Delete the other SID that is pointing to the same ProfileImagePath

This solved the problem!

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