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Greg Shultz shows you how to take advantage of Robocopy's multi-threaded copy feature to create an exact mirrored duplicate of your user profile folder. More...

Hi everyone.. I'm fairly technical and was a network and tech Director for a few years so have some familiarity with prior Windows versions but Win 7 is a bit new to me. I went to login today, and my login picture had been changed. Looking in Windows Event Viewer under Security, I can see it...

There are many posts on the Internet about Start Menu Programs disappearing. However, none of those cases seemed to be exactly like what I'm experiencing. This has happened to me many times. I'm not sure what I did: the problem might've occured just after uninstalling some small video...

So I turn off my computer last night with nothing out of the ordinary going on. I start up my computer this morning, and it says something like "Setting Up Desktop" for about 5 minutes after I type in my password to log on to my computer. I finally log on, and all my custom desktop things are...

Ok, about two weeks ago I seemed to have gotten a virus that we believed to have been some how related to the google toolbar. We could not open the anti-virus, or do to much from my user account, but everything works fine on my moms user account, so she ran the anti-virus and what not. With no...

The following are Environment Variables in Windows 7 which can allow you to get to system locations more efficiently. What are Environment Variables in Windows? Well, if we understand that "variables" are things that can be changed, and if we also understand that the environment that variables...

Windows Files: Search, Indexing and Online Backup Windows Libraries and the Windows Search Index In this video, I will discuss with you: The power of the Library feature in Windows 7. The configuration of Indexing Options. And the ability to backup your files at any time, on the the Amazon...

Hello, I have a problem with my windows 7 Installation. Every time I boot to windows it hangs and says "Preparing your windows" and after that I get a blank screen. This happened after I removed the Windows XP I had on the same HHD, and extended the Windows 7 partition. I can not enter...

Hey all, I've been looking around the forums for a while for a similar thread and couldn't find one so i thought i'd just post it. So. I am currently playing a game (ArmA 2) that has real issues with allowing a profile change. When you first install the game it just grabs the Users...

I want to delete the default pictures, the user picture viewed at startup. Where are they stored? Jim

I am/have tried to create a new user account, specifically to take the place of a suspected corrupt user account (per MS Moderator posts re Excel not responding repeatedly when copying). I have looked around the web, MS support sites, and read posts all over a couple of forums and am trying to...

So I turn on my comp as usual, but this time after typing in my password to my admin profile a message appears - "preparing your desktop" - which doesn't appear when my profile loads correctly. My desktop appears and my desktop icons, quickstart programs, wallpaper, all the user settings are...

Hello guys, new here with a great hope to get help for a brand new problem I’ve never been facing before which is driving me crazy for many hours ‘till this very moment am writing down these words. I’m running a single Windows 7 Ultimate x86 OS on my laptop and it used to work very well ‘till...

I am using Windows 7 for my home PC. Upon clicking on my admin profile and typing in my password, the following message appears, "The user profile service service failed the logon." I can only logon to my wife's account (that does not have a password nor admin capabilities). When I try to...

On starting up windows it asks for the password, which I duly enter, but then I get a notice come up saying. The User Profile Service service failed the logon. User profile cannot be loaded. This have not happened before, how do I rectify the problem please.

Recently my girlfriend's computer had the error, User Profile Won't Load... When I try to do a system restore it asks for her password and I put it in then it says the restore programs cannot be found. At the same time on an alternate profile she has an ip conflict problem and I cannot begin to...

I've just bought a new PC last friday. I installed and copied tons of stuff from my old PC over. I have a habit of keeping everything on my desktop. However, today, after a virus scan, i restarted my PC. It prompted me to "install Windows 7" weird eh? Anyway, after i plugged in all information...

All, I support a large population users on XP. We are working on rolling out Win7 Pro to all users. We are not performing in-place upgrade but providing new machine to users ( new image and hardware). We have a standard image with few 3rd party software on the image. Issue: We have...