JCO <someone@somewhere.com> wrote:
> Thanks
> I just restored from a True Image Backup

Ah, I love Acronis, bless their pointy little heads.

> so I'm back to where I was. I tried to restore the MBR first but that did
> not work.

No, the MBR wouldn't be relevant.
>
> However I would like to know how to restore just the profile so I
> will try what you had mentioned.. on my test computer .... the
> ownership stuff. Thanks.

If you did a system state backup in NTBackup, and had a backup of the
documents & settings folder & all its subfolders, you could probably restore
both of them.
>
>
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> <lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.aty ahoo.com> wrote in
> message news:%231s1TQtdHHA.4020@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> JCO <someone@somewhere.com> wrote:
>>> My computer seems to have lost my profile and is booting on a newly
>>> created profile. Therefore, I seemed to have lost everything. This
>>> is what the Event Viewer says:
>>> ************************************************** **
>>> Windows cannot log you on because your profile cannot be loaded.
>>> Check that you are connected to the network, or that your network is
>>> functioning correctly. If this problem persists, contact your
>>> network administrator. DETAIL - The system cannot find the file
>>> specified. For more information, see Help and Support Center at
>>> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
>>>
>>> ************************************************** **
>>
>> Are you on a domain?
>> If your previous profile was corrupted, you can (as an admin) take
>> ownership of the folder, so you can copy out what you need.
>> Or, restore from a full backup/image if you've got one.