Thanks - how do I do that please ?
--
David


"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>
> "David Banks" <DavidBanks@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2F2DACCA-3903-4992-9EC2-4F9218719619@microsoft.com...
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > As you will guess from the rest of this post I am a bit of a computer
> > dinosaur, so please bear with me !
> >
> > I stupidly turned my PC off by pressing the button on the base unit. When
> > I
> > turned it on again I clicked on my name on the welcome screen as usual.
> > The
> > following message then came up:
> >
> > "Windows cannot load the user profile but has logged you on with the
> > default
> > profile for the system.
> > DETAIL - the system has attempted to load or restore a file into the
> > registry, but the specified file is not in a registry file format"
> >
> > I have no idea what this means ! All my favourites, background etc has
> > been
> > lost !
> >
> > The other profile on the welcome screen works fine.
> >
> > I use windows XP.
> >
> > Any advice very gratefully received.
> >
> > --
> > David
>
> Your best bet is to use System Restore to return Windows to
> the its condition before this incident.
>
>
>