Login Completely Blocked w/User Profile Service Failed the Login

My wife and I have been unable to Login & repeatedly get the above message.

I have looked on all the relevant threads noting the above and can't find a
solution because each solution requires 1) accessing "Start", 2) accessing
msconfig, 3) setting up a second administrator.

I can't fathom how to do any of the above solutions if I can't even logon to
go to them. Please help me get out of this loop and it will be much
appreciated.

This is getting to be quite a problem with many people now. Your going to
have to find a program you can burn to a disk from another computer(if you
have one). Otherwise, theyre are limited options.
Try googling "reset windows vista password"
There should be a iso somewhere.
when you do get it reset, you may want to enable the administrator account
and write down the password somewhere
OR
create a password reset disc

"THNKIT" <THNKIT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:23AEEB5E-AECB-49E9-8833-E7A7756BA2CD@microsoft.com...

> My wife and I have been unable to Login & repeatedly get the above
> message.
>
> I have looked on all the relevant threads noting the above and can't find
> a
> solution because each solution requires 1) accessing "Start", 2) accessing
> msconfig, 3) setting up a second administrator.
>
> I can't fathom how to do any of the above solutions if I can't even logon
> to
> go to them. Please help me get out of this loop and it will be much
> appreciated.

Thanks for the idea. I can use a thumb drive if I know 1) what program to
download from my toshiba with windows & 2) how to get it onto my locked dell
if I can't get passed the Password prompt. I can't access start,
accessories, command prompt........nothing. Any ideas how/what to do from
here?

Thanks



"Smithsonian" wrote:

> This is getting to be quite a problem with many people now. Your going to
> have to find a program you can burn to a disk from another computer(if you
> have one). Otherwise, theyre are limited options.
> Try googling "reset windows vista password"
> There should be a iso somewhere.
> when you do get it reset, you may want to enable the administrator account
> and write down the password somewhere
> OR
> create a password reset disc
>
> "THNKIT" <THNKIT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:23AEEB5E-AECB-49E9-8833-E7A7756BA2CD@microsoft.com...

>

http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

Above is the password program for an ISO file.

http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_admini...r_password.htm

Something for future reference about recovering passwords.

And MS's help to fix a corrupted user profile ifo is in link below.

http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...2001e1033.mspx
--
Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia


"THNKIT" wrote:

> My wife and I have been unable to Login & repeatedly get the above message.
>
> I have looked on all the relevant threads noting the above and can't find a
> solution because each solution requires 1) accessing "Start", 2) accessing
> msconfig, 3) setting up a second administrator.
>
> I can't fathom how to do any of the above solutions if I can't even logon to
> go to them. Please help me get out of this loop and it will be much
> appreciated.

i just had something like this.
if you have another hard drive with an operating system, plug it in, make
sure to sign in to that harddrive, go to computer, double sclick the hard
drive you can not access, and now you have access to it. not sure how yours
is set up but you can get to user profiles and make a new one just for log in
sake or change the one you are having problems with.

worked for me


"Mick Murphy" wrote:

> http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/
>
> Above is the password program for an ISO file.
>
> http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_admini...r_password.htm
>
> Something for future reference about recovering passwords.
>
> And MS's help to fix a corrupted user profile ifo is in link below.
>
> http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...2001e1033.mspx
> --
> Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia
>
>
> "THNKIT" wrote:
>

GREAT LINKS BELOW, THANK YOU MR. MURPHY FOR SHARING THOSE.
I SAVED EVERY ONE OF THEM IN MY FAVORITES JUST FOR FUTURE REFERENCE.

BUT TO MELLE, YOUR INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING THE HARD DRIVES ARE SUREL
NOT FRIENDLY FOR SOMEONE WHO ISN'T A WHIZ AT COMPUTERS. I HAVE TAUGH
MYSELF A LOT, BUT I CANNOT FOLLOW GOING TO A HARD DRIVE, SIGNING IN
THEN GOING TO MY PROBLEM COMPUTER AND DOUBLE CLICKING.... DOUBLE CLIC
WHAT? IF ONE IS LOCKED OUT AND HAS NOTHING BUT A BLACK SCREEN SAYIN
\"USER PROFILE SERVICE FAILED THE LOGON\", THEN WHAT DO YOU CLICK ONTO?
I DON'T KNOW... PROBABLY A STUPID QUESTION, BUT I JUST CAN'T FOLLOW YOU
DIRECTIONS. CAN YOU ELABORATE ANY MORE AT ALL? THANK YOU.

FOR ME, THE ONLY THING THAT WORKED, AND I WAS LUCKY THAT I HAD SET U
OTHER USER ACCOUNTS, WAS TO SIGN INTO ANOTHER ACCOUNT; AND THERE I WEN
TO MY SYSTEM RESTORE AND RESTORED MY SYSTEM TO A DATE PRIOR TO WHEN TH
PROBLEM STARTED. IT WORKS LIKE A CHARM. SYSTEM RESTORE. IT IS TH
BEST THING WINDOWS EVER DID FOR US! I CAN SEND DIRECTIONS FOR HOW T
USE THIS IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED. GVAGAL@COMCAST.NET



Melle;3850110 Wrote:

> i just had something like this.
> if you have another hard drive with an operating system, plug it in
> make
> sure to sign in to that harddrive, go to computer, double sclick th
> hard
> drive you can not access, and now you have access to it. not sure ho
> yours
> is set up but you can get to user profiles and make a new one just fo
> log in
> sake or change the one you are having problems with.
>
> worked for me.
>
>
> "Mick Murphy" wrote:
>

>
> http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...2001e1033.mspx

> message.

> can't find a

> accessing

> logon to

> much

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having a second account proves to have benefits once again.
I assumed you did not have one(wasnt mentioned)so i tried to show another
way to access that harddrive which you where unable to log on to. that is if
you had a second harddrive , u select computer, then hard disk drive(not c),
then you have now bypassed login and access as if you had logged in. then go
about everyhting the same way, to makek a another "user account" to log on
or if possible (depending on the exact problem why you were locked out)mend
the problem, which in your case was restore. so basically i told you how to
do exactly what you soon realized,and did.

"gvagal" wrote:

>
> GREAT LINKS BELOW, THANK YOU MR. MURPHY FOR SHARING THOSE.
> I SAVED EVERY ONE OF THEM IN MY FAVORITES JUST FOR FUTURE REFERENCE.
>
> BUT TO MELLE, YOUR INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING THE HARD DRIVES ARE SURELY
> NOT FRIENDLY FOR SOMEONE WHO ISN'T A WHIZ AT COMPUTERS. I HAVE TAUGHT
> MYSELF A LOT, BUT I CANNOT FOLLOW GOING TO A HARD DRIVE, SIGNING IN,
> THEN GOING TO MY PROBLEM COMPUTER AND DOUBLE CLICKING.... DOUBLE CLICK
> WHAT? IF ONE IS LOCKED OUT AND HAS NOTHING BUT A BLACK SCREEN SAYING
> \"USER PROFILE SERVICE FAILED THE LOGON\", THEN WHAT DO YOU CLICK ONTO?
> I DON'T KNOW... PROBABLY A STUPID QUESTION, BUT I JUST CAN'T FOLLOW YOUR
> DIRECTIONS. CAN YOU ELABORATE ANY MORE AT ALL? THANK YOU.
>
> FOR ME, THE ONLY THING THAT WORKED, AND I WAS LUCKY THAT I HAD SET UP
> OTHER USER ACCOUNTS, WAS TO SIGN INTO ANOTHER ACCOUNT; AND THERE I WENT
> TO MY SYSTEM RESTORE AND RESTORED MY SYSTEM TO A DATE PRIOR TO WHEN THE
> PROBLEM STARTED. IT WORKS LIKE A CHARM. SYSTEM RESTORE. IT IS THE
> BEST THING WINDOWS EVER DID FOR US! I CAN SEND DIRECTIONS FOR HOW TO
> USE THIS IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED. GVAGAL@COMCAST.NET
>
>
>
> Melle;3850110 Wrote:

>
>
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THNKIT;770358 Wrote:

> My wife and I have been unable to Login & repeatedly get the above
> message.
>
> I have looked on all the relevant threads noting the above and can't
> find a
> solution because each solution requires 1) accessing "Start", 2)
> accessing
> msconfig, 3) setting up a second administrator.
>
> I can't fathom how to do any of the above solutions if I can't even
> logon to
> go to them. Please help me get out of this loop and it will be much
> appreciated.

Hello THINKIT,
Try the link below. Use method 2 ( you knew 1 won't work.)
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/13...ot-loaded.html


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Here is your advice below.
Now hero, tell the good people HOW to get to where YOU say to go when they
CAN NOT log in, and they are a single user account.!!!!!
Don't know, do you??????

"It is amazing to me how much bad advice is being given to correct this
problem. If people take any of this bad advice they are likely to
royally mess up their system.

For those who might not know how to reach System Restore, just go to
your control panel, then System and Maintenance, then Backup Your
Computer, and there you will see a link that says:
-"_Use_System_Restore_to_fix_problems_and_undo_chan ges_to_Windows_".-"


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Donald Teague Jr." wrote:

>
> -"_Use_System_Restore_to_fix_problems_and_undo_chan ges_to_Windows_".-
> The answer is so simple. Why don't people get it? Isn't it obvious
> that... If everything was working fine _at_the_time_ you logged off,
> then something changed _while_ you were logged off." The only way that
> can happen is via Windows "Automatic Updates".
>
> Windows updated something that changed your registry and caused this
> problem. One should not have to do anything to correct the problem.
> Just go to System Restore, and let Windows restore your system to the
> date when you last logged off. System Restore has certain restore
> points for you to choose from, and it will show you what updated after
> your last log-off.
>
> It happened to me, so I know what I am talking about. Fortunately for
> me, I had set-up more than one User Account, so I logged into another
> User Account and went to System Restore. Once there, I set it to take
> my system back one day, prior to an update that happened the day _after_
> I last logged off! Once I did that, I logged out of that User Account,
> and tried my main User Account again. System Restore had worked
> perfectly. I was able to log-in as usual and everything was back to
> normal!
>
> It is amazing to me how much bad advice is being given to correct this
> problem. If people take any of this bad advice they are likely to
> royally mess up their system.
>
> For those who might not know how to reach System Restore, just go to
> your control panel, then System and Maintenance, then Backup Your
> Computer, and there you will see a link that says:
> -"_Use_System_Restore_to_fix_problems_and_undo_chan ges_to_Windows_".-
>
> I hope this helps some people who are hurting for a fix; and even if it
> doesn't, it surely won't waste your system.
>
> -dontee@comcast.net-
>
>
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On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:16:02 -0700, Mick Murphy
<MickMurphy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>For those who might not know how to reach System Restore, just go to
>your control panel, then System and Maintenance, then Backup Your
>Computer, and there you will see a link that says:
>-"_Use_System_Restore_to_fix_problems_and_undo_chan ges_to_Windows_".-"

Good one.

Here's another that will make access to it faster after the first
time:

Click the Start orb

All Programs

Accessories

System Tools

Find System Restore

Right-click it and PIN TO THE START MENU