I recently purchased a new laptop for my wife. It came with Windows 10 already installed. Several times Windows has assigned a temporary profile to her after she had booted the machine. I have been able to get Windows to recognize the old profile by signing out of the temporary profile, signing in with the Admin profile, signing out of that and signing in with her profile. I have several desktop/towers running Windows 10 and have never had this issue on them. I have a couple other laptops running Windows 10 and have had this problem on them. On the other laptops, I have lost the profile, in one case several times, and had to rebuild. I would really, really like to avoid that again.
Unable to access User Profile
- Thread starter Jim Kizer
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Some people have had some luck with the problem by disabling fast startup
Right click the Start Button and choose Power Options from the context menu
On the resultant window, in the left column, click the link that says "Choose what the power buttons do"
Near the top click the link that says "Change settings that are currently unavailable"
Near the bottom uncheck the box that says "Turn on fast startup (recommended)"
Reboot and test and see if the profile problem persists.
Right click the Start Button and choose Power Options from the context menu
On the resultant window, in the left column, click the link that says "Choose what the power buttons do"
Near the top click the link that says "Change settings that are currently unavailable"
Near the bottom uncheck the box that says "Turn on fast startup (recommended)"
Reboot and test and see if the profile problem persists.