Windows 8: User profile service service failed the login. User Profile can not be loaded

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Published on 2012-11-30T23:01:35Z Indexed on 2012/11/30 23:08 UTC
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I removed accounts that were hosted on a separate drive before upgrading to windows 8 from 7 yesterday. However, now I get the User profile service service failed the login. User Profile can not be loaded. error whenever I try to access any new account.

I've attempted it:

  • from safe mode
  • (suggestions here )
  • net user test \ADD
  • Editing the permissions on the %sysdrive%\Users\Default folder to ensure it is readable

Every attempt is met with the same error. Additionally, I do not see any new entries created in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList registry entry.

I'm not sure I understand why a failed user creation wouldn't trigger an error... but that seems to be what is happening here.

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