Troubleshooting Profile Issues

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If Windows does boot, but does so slowly, then you need to identify what is delaying the process.

• configure verbose status messages during Windows load sequence by:
  • configure a system policy, or
  • apply a registry setting to enable “Display highly detailed status messages”

System Delays Prior to Sign-in

• caused by loading drivers and services
  • common culprit is some type of network service or configuration not working optimally
  • could be file corruption

System Delays Loading Desktop Following Sign-in

• can be cause by a corrupt user profile
  • Registry settings file NTUSER.DAT is prone to this
• Rebuilding local user profile
  • creates a new account
  • copies files from old account to the new
    • excludes NTUSER.DAT, NTUSER.DAT.LOG, and NTUSER.INI