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[IBN]

I turned my computer on and it took longer than usual to boot into windows. My computer is acting as if i just installed windows. My favourites etc have dissapeared although the software that i installed is intact. The default windows theme is on instead of the classic one i had.

Why did this happen?

 

[WinDoWsMoNoPoLy]

Did you somehow delete the settings under your User (C:\documents and settings\username) maybe? It would revert to default settings i believe.

 

[IBN]

i dont remember doing that.

 

[iss]

Sometimes whent here is a hardware or software problem windows will load a default profile. all the programs will be intact but personal settings and favorotes will be gone because they are on another profile and not the one windows loaded.

 

[IBN]

How can i tell what caused the problem? And how can i get my settings back?

 

[Peddant]

Can you log out of that account and then log in to your user account ?

The default name is user,with no password.

 

[IBN]

I restarted my computer and everything was normal again??? Strange? The thing is that i initially did enter my password when this problem happened.

 

[Tedster]

Have you checked for viri or trojans?

 

[IBN]

Yes i have done that and i am clean.

 

[iss]

If it happens again You might want to run your Hard drive makers diagnostic program on your hard drive to check it. I have seen what you describe several times, and in more than a few occasions it was the first warning signs of eventual hard drive failures.

 

[IBN]

I've ran the diagnostics test and my hardrive is fine.

 

[IBN]

I am putting it down as a windows glitch.......

 

[iss]

if it happens just once it's probably just a glitch. if it starts happening frequently you know that you have a hardware problem that is causing OS corruption.

 

[IBN]

Thanx for your input people.