Hi,

Have you tried selecting the Last Known Good Configuration from the boot
menu?

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
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"moice" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
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>
> Running a 32 bit Windows vista home premium for about 1.5 years now. One
> day I turn it on and got an error saying "windows could not connect to
> the User Profile Service service". I have only one user profile. It does
> NOT say "user profile failed the logon", I have checked that thread
> already.
>
> I have tried system restore (including from safe mode), but it fails
> every time for some "unidentified" reason. I have also run chkdsk, which
> also did not fix the problem. Furthermore, each time I restart/re-log
> in, different amounts of my profile will load, i.e. sometimes my
> background, sometimes my background+some desktop icons, sometimes
> nothing (temporary profile), other times everything will load.
>
> One other thing- I also get varying color schemes each time I log on.
> Sometimes I get windows aero, and other times the highest color scheme I
> can get is windows standard, and the start menu looks like from windows
> 98.
>
> To top things off, sometimes the error I get upon login an error with
> the Group Client Service rather than the user profile one.
>
> One last thing- Sometimes after logon I also get pop ups saying the
> Remote Access Control has stopped working, and well as WLAN autoconfig.
>
> Is it possible all of these problems stem from the same issue? I'm
> thinking of backing up my files and just factory resetting this, but
> looking to avoid this step if possible. Would appreciate any help on
> this one.
>
>
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> moice[/color]