"JessicaIvy" <JessicaIvy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> For some reason my laptop has decided not to load my user profile and
> will only load a temporary profile,

See if this article applies:
"Windows cannot load your profile because it may be corrupted" error
message when you try to log on to Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/318011/en-us

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