temporary user profile only available

Error Message: "Windows Cannot Load the Locally Stored Profile"
http://support.microsoft.com/default...&Product=winxp

"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/default...&Product=winxp

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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"con rhee" wrote:

| Every time I log onto newly installed XP (Home)on a newly
| constructed computer, I get the XP login screen: "Windows
| cannot create a local profile& is logging you in on a
| temporary profile. (Etc)"
|
| This temporary profile is useless because it doensn't
| save settings.
|
| How to fix this problem??
|
| I think its a hardware problem. The fundamental hardware
| is: Asus K8V SE Deluxe mboard; AMD Athlon 64 processor;
| Asus V9520 (NVIDIA) graphics card. BIOS is latest, VIA
| chipset drivers latest, graphics driver latest. No other
| cards on mbd.
|
| Wot's going on? Anyone any clues?