Administrator's profile damaged

David wrote:

> I have a laptop that has an error when logging into the
> system as administrator. The system reports that the
> profile is damaged.
>
> Is there a way to recreate the administrator user?
>
> The person uses admin to administrate the system and his
> user account is set at poweruser.
>

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=811151 describes how to copy a user
profile from one that has a damaged registry hive to a new profile.

Pay no attention to the misleading title. This article is only for
repairing a damaged user registry hive, it is not for a general copying
procedure. To copy a healthy profile, use the User Profile tool in the
System control panel.

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Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows Security