Help Please! It was suggested I post this question here.
My main user account is corrupted somehow. When I try and login it immediately logs out. This is after some user account problems...
History:
I changed my laptop from a Domain to a Local Machine. This deleted my domain user Account but my files etc. are still in C:\Users\myaccountname.
I followed the instructions below from the Microsoft community Forum to attempt recreating the linked User Account:
- Boot into Safe Mode.
- Click Start.
- Type the three letters cmd into the Search box.
- Press Ctrl+Shift+Enter
- Click "Run as Administrator".
- Type the following command and press Enter:
net user
(can you see the missing accounts? If yes, stop right here.) - Rename the folder c:\Users\JohnDoe to c:\Users\JohnDoe.org
(replace "JohnDoe" with an actual profile folder name) - Recreate the account JohnDoe.
- Switch users, then log on as JohnDoe.
- Log off from the JohnDoe account.
- Delete the newly created profile folder c:\Users\JohnDoe.
- Rename the folder c:\Users\JohnDoe.org to c:\Users\JohnDoe.
- Adjust the permissions for the folder c:\Users\JohnDoe so that the user JohnDoe has full access to his profile folder.
This recreated the user account but it won't log in now. When I try and login it churns and then logs out.
System specs.
-Lenovo T410
-Win7Pro Version 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601
-Most drivers up to date
Numerous fails in Event viewer... tried to fix a few items like task scheduler still having the old domain "Domain\myaccountname" as user account to use for several tasks, but I am now out of ideas.
No system restore points reported by System Restore (unlikely since I recall several being created relatively recently) but that may be because I am logged in on a backup Admin user account.
Any suggestions or ideas appreciated.
