Event Details

Cause

• Your local profile is corrupt. You no longer have adequate privileges to the profile folders.
• User profile was deleted manually or by other means. A profile that is manually deleted does not remove the Security Identifier (SID) from the profile list in the registry. 
• If the SID is present, Windows will try to load the profile by using the ProfileImagePath that points to a nonexistent path. Therefore, the profile cannot be loaded.
• Occasionally, Windows might not read your user profile correctly, for example, if your antivirus software is scanning your computer while you try to log on.

Resolutions

Sign out and restart the computer

Try restarting your computer and signing on with your user account again to resolve the issue.

Delete the error SID and create a new profile

To resolve this problem yourself, follow these steps:

1. Delete the profile by using the Computer Properties dialog box. To do this, follow these steps:
   1. Click Start, right-click Computer, and then click Properties.
   2. Click Change settings.
   3. In the System Properties dialog box, click the Advanced tab.
   4. Under User Profiles, click Settings.
   5. In the User Profiles dialog box, select the profile that you want to delete, click Delete, and then click OK.
2. Click Start Collapse this imageExpand this image, type regedit in the Start search box, and then press ENTER.
3. Locate and then expand the following registry subkey: 
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList
4. Right-click the SID that you want to remove, and then click Delete.
5. Sign in to the computer and create a new profile.

Additional Resources

• Fix A Corrupted User Profile
• http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940453

See Also

• A temporary user profile is created every time that you log on to a Windows Vista-based computer that is connected to a domain