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User Profile was not loaded correctly – domain

My problem was solved using this technique:
1. Restart your PC to release the locks on your profile.
2. Log on with another administrative account
3. Delete C:\Users\%username%
4. Delete C:\Users\TEMP
5. Delete the registry key matching your SID from
“HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList”. Check the value “ProfileImagePath” to make
sure you pick your own profile.
6. Restart once again and then you’re done!

Hope this helps someone using domain accounts instead of local ones!

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Windows error 0Xc000000f windows failed to boot, Windows\System32\winload.exe is corrupt or missing

I’ve only seen the error “Windows error 0Xc000000f windows failed to boot, Windows\System32\winload.exe is corrupt or missing” once. From the reading I did found out I would need to run a repair on Windows. I went to here and downloaded the Vista repair iso.

  1. You will have to burn the cd and boot from it.
  2. Selected your language.
  3. At the bottom right (or was it left) I clicked the Repair option.
  4. Windows will do a quick scan then came back and say it found an issue with my startup files and asked if i wanted to repair and reboot.
  5. I chose ok and reboot was successful!

 

I hope this helps you with the “Windows error 0Xc000000f windows failed to boot, Windows\System32\winload.exe is corrupt or missing” error.

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Vista start menu doesn’t work

This post will cover my dealings with a recent computer I worked on. It was a HP DV6000 laptop. There were lots of complaints about this machine, but the biggest one was the start menu didn’t work. If you BING or Google “Vista start menu doesn’t work” you’ll find a ton of posts but no answers. I am going to be upfront that I did get the start menu working but I didn’t completely fix the machine due to the amount of time it was going to take.

Basically the long and short of it was the start menu wasn’t working because the profile permission’s were messed up. There had been a virus on the machine and the UAC system file plus numberous other system files were messed up.

Disabling the UAC ended up being the only way I got the Vista start menu to work. I first did my usual array of top secret virus scans and removed 8 trojans. Next I had a feeling there was some hard drive corruption. I ran an intensive chkdsk scan I was able to fix the bad sectors on the hard drive. I also ran System File Checker scaner (sfc /scannow) and it died at about 86%. There is some mentions that you can check the logs and start manual copying files from the Vista DVD using a PE disk but felt that was just too much work for the price I was charging. Even then you are never garunteed that the machine will work 100%.

So if you are experiencing the Vista startmenu doesn’t work issue it is most likely due to hard drive corruption that happened after a virus had it’s way with your computer.

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An internal error occurred while installing the service pack. Error code: 0x80070490

This post will cover how to fix the Windows Vista SP1 error: An internal error occurred while installing the service pack. Error code: 0x80070490

While sometimes this error can be seen because of bad ram or a hard drive that has some corrupt files, it typically means that there is some issues with the windows folder permission from a previous patch. It can also be caused by security suites like Norton 360 preventing Windows patches from executing propperly!

The trick is to rename the following folder:

C:\Windows\System32\LogFiles\WMI\RtBackup


 


The problem, however, is that because the permissions on this folder are wrong, you can’t rename it yourself without some additional help. You’ll need to download the Unlocker utility:


http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/


    

  1. Downloaded and installed unlocker
    2. 

  2. Right click on it, select properties > Compatibility tab > tick “Run as Administrator” and click OK.
    3. 

  3. Now, run Unlocker.
    4. 

  4. Go to the Windows Start menu. In the run box at the bottom of the menu, type in: C:\Windows\System32\LogFiles\WMI\ and press Enter.
    5. 

  5. Windows will now open the folder that contains the dodgy RtBackup folder. Right click on RtBackup, and select “unlocker”.
    6. 

  6. You will get a message reading:
    7. 

  7. “No locking handle found. However Unlocker can help you deal with this object. Choose the action you want to perform on this object.”
    8. 

  8. Select “rename” from the dropdown menu in Unlocker, and type a name for it (e.g. RtBackup.bak).
    9. 

  9. Click Ok.
    10. 

  10. You will now get an error message from Unlocker saying, “The object could not be renamed. Do you want to perform the requested rename operation at next reboot?” Click “Yes”.
    11. 

  11. Reboot Vista.
    12. 

  12. Unlocker will now rename the RtBackup folder as Windows starts up, and Windows will recreate the original RtBackup folder with correct permissions, which allows the Event Logger service to work
    13. 



 


Now Vista SP1 might work but I am assuming you will still get the “An internal error occurred while installing the service pack. Error code: 0x80070490” error.


You will need to download the “Windows Readiness Tool” You can find it here:


http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947366


Download and install the version that you need. ie. 32bit or 64bit.


Once that installs (it will most likely take quite a while), Use Windows Update to keep installing the updates. Eventually you will get to Windows SP1. You should now find that it now installs just fine. You should no longer get the error:  An internal error occurred while installing the service pack. Error code: 0x80070490


Finish the rest of the updates.

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How to fix Windows not being able to open .exe files

This post will go over how to fix Windows not being able to open .exe files on your PC. This issue typically is seen after you installed a virus on your computer. It is the virus’s way of trying to prevent you from installing software that might be able to remove the virus.

  1. Open up notepad from the start menu. In Windows Vista/Windows 7 you can easily find it by typing notepad in the search box.
  2. Paste the info in the box into notepad and save it as “EXE-Fix.reg” on your desktop.
  3. Double-Click the EXE-Fix.reg file. Your machine will ask if you want to import the registry info. Say yes.
  4. It should say It was imported successfully and click “OK”.

 

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe]



@="exefile"



"Content Type"="application/x-msdownload"





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe\PersistentHandler]



@="{098f2470-bae0-11cd-b579-08002b30bfeb}"





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile]



@="Application"



"EditFlags"=hex:38,07,00,00



"TileInfo"="prop:FileDescription;Company;FileVersion"



"InfoTip"="prop:FileDescription;Company;FileVersion;Create;Size"





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\DefaultIcon]



@="%1"





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell]





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open]



"EditFlags"=hex:00,00,00,00





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\command]



@="\"%1\" %*"





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\runas]





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\runas\command]



@="\"%1\" %*"





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex]





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex\DropHandler]



@="{86C86720-42A0-1069-A2E8-08002B30309D}"





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers]





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers\PEAnalyser]



@="{09A63660-16F9-11d0-B1DF-004F56001CA7}"





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers\PifProps]



@="{86F19A00-42A0-1069-A2E9-08002B30309D}"





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers\ShimLayer Property Page]



@="{513D916F-2A8E-4F51-AEAB-0CBC76FB1AF8}"





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\regfile]



@="Registration Entries"



"EditFlags"=dword:00100000



"BrowserFlags"=dword:00000008





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\regfile\DefaultIcon]



@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\



00,5c,00,72,00,65,00,67,00,65,00,64,00,69,00,74,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,\



2c,00,31,00,00,00





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\regfile\shell]



@="open"





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\regfile\shell\edit]





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\regfile\shell\edit\command]



@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\



00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,4e,00,4f,00,\



54,00,45,00,50,00,41,00,44,00,2e,00,45,00,58,00,45,00,20,00,25,00,31,00,00,\



00





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\regfile\shell\open]



@="Mer&ge"





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\regfile\shell\open\command]



@="regedit.exe \"%1\""





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\regfile\shell\print]





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\regfile\shell\print\command]



@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\



00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,4e,00,4f,00,\



54,00,45,00,50,00,41,00,44,00,2e,00,45,00,58,00,45,00,20,00,2f,00,70,00,20,\



00,25,00,31,00,00,00





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk]



@="lnkfile"





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\ShellEx]





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\ShellEx\{000214EE-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}]



@="{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\ShellEx\{000214F9-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}]



@="{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\ShellEx\{00021500-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}]



@="{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]



@="{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\ShellNew]



"Command"="rundll32.exe appwiz.cpl,NewLinkHere %1"





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile]



@="Shortcut"



"EditFlags"=dword:00000001



"IsShortcut"=""



"NeverShowExt"=""





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\CLSID]



@="{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\shellex]





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers]





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Offline Files]



@="{750fdf0e-2a26-11d1-a3ea-080036587f03}"





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}]





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\shellex\DropHandler]



@="{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\shellex\IconHandler]



@="{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers]





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers\ShimLayer Property Page]



@="{513D916F-2A8E-4F51-AEAB-0CBC76FB1AF8}"





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}]



@="Shortcut"





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}\InProcServer32]



@="shell32.dll"



"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}\PersistentAddinsRegistered]





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}\PersistentAddinsRegistered\{89BCB740-6119-101A-BCB7-00DD010655AF}]



@="{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}\PersistentHandler]



@="{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}\ProgID]



@="lnkfile"





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}\shellex]





[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}\shellex\MayChangeDefaultMenu] 




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