Can't load profile on XP

Yet another obscure problem from Meee, at least this time it isn't Vista.

When I finish work, I log out and leave the PC on. Then when I come back next day and try to log in, it says that Windows couldn't load my profile and system makes a temporary one that gets deleted when I log out of it. So even if I leave the PC on for the night, I have to log in, restart computer and log in again (it loads the correct profile after restart).

Any idea what to do so it doesn't fail to load everytime?

 

I would put everything I need on an external harddrive first, then re-install Windows..
But try to create a completely new profile first.

 

I don't need it that bad to reinstall OS.

 

not sure, i have XP and it works fine =/

 

And how often do you leave your PC logged out for over 10 hours?

 

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when...
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school? xD

 

What's wrong with staying logged in?

Create a new profile?

Or, get your work to get Vista. Which is better. Period.

 

Thats is the worst thing you can say, Vista is horrid and XP is way better, and idk I do sometimes leave my computer on, I have never had that error o.o

 

I leave it if someone else needs to log in remotely. But yeah, might just stay logged in, if it gets too annoying

 

For a start you might like to try the chkdsk command. Boot with your XP CD and choose the Repair option. Type chkdsk /f/r then press the Enter key, let it finish then reboot your computer.


HAL is an acronym for hardware abstraction layer. The hal.dll file is a Windows NT file that is used by windows when communicating with your computer's hardware. It enables hardware from different vendors to allow them to accept a common set of Windows commands. If it is missing Windows will not function.

In situations where it has become damaged, either from virus activity or hardware failure, it may be necessary to replace it with an undamaged copy. Here are the steps necessary to replace the hal.dll file with an undamaged copy from the Windows CD:

1. As above, insert and boot from your Windows XP CD.
2. When you receive the "Press any key to boot from CD" message, press a key to start your computer from the Windows XP CD-ROM.
3. When you receive the "Welcome to Setup" message, press R to start the Recovery Console.
4. Press the number that corresponds to the correct location for the installation of Windows you want to repair, typically this will be #1.
5. At the command prompt type: expand d:\i386\hal.dl_ c:\windows\system32\hal.dll. (where d: is the drive letter of your CD and c:\windows is the location for your Windows installation folder.) If prompted for permission to overwrite an existing version of the hal.dll file select yes.
6. Once you have expanded the file type "exit" to exit the Recovery Console and restart the computer.




Try this.