In this post, we examine why Roaming user profiles in Windows 11/10 and Windows Server are incompatible with Roaming user profiles in earlier versions of Windows. We will also provide recommendations ...

During an attempt to sign in, if Windows displays the Please wait for the User Profile Service message for a long time, say 5 minutes, then that post will help you ...

User profile folders on Windows 10 or 11 are important directories that store personal files, app settings, and system configuration of each created account. It is located in the system drive ...

I got an SSD a few years ago and reinstalled windows. I got this idea, which I thought was brilliant at the time, of putting the user directories on another drive to save space on the SDD. I have ...

How to recover data from a corrupt Windows user profile Your email has been sent If corruption occurs to a Windows user's profile, data may be retrievable using the method listed below. Windows user ...

When you add a new user account, during initial setup or afterward, Windows 10 creates a user profile folder in C:\Users, with your username (or a variation) as the name of the profile folder. It then ...

User profiles on Windows computers can be complex structures that have a lot of folders in them, especially if you install applications that create their own profile folders. For example, if you ...

Reports are coming in that the Windows 10 KB4532693 cumulative update is loading an incorrect user profile and causing the user's desktop and Start Menu to be reset to default. On February 11th, ...

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Windows 10 users, you’ve had a rotten couple of months, but now is no time to relax because Microsoft updates have struck again. This is what is happening as well as what you need to know to stay safe ...