Laptop keeps logging in with temporary profile with Windows 7 Home

[josiebops]

I've gone to so many sites but nothing works.  I'm not that saavy altering my registry.  This just started happening and I have to continually restore to an earlier date to get the proper profile login.   HELP!!!  I've got a Pavilion g7

[Dragon-Fur · Accepted solution]

It sounds as if the latest version of your Account is being corrupted over and over.

• There could have been a recent Update that ruined your account profile.
• You might have accidentally set something in a browser - or a profile that has corrupted your account setups.
• There could simply be a corrupted file in your account that cannot be cleared.

The following may help, IF there is not something IN the account that is causing the corruption.

Fix a corrupted user profile

Other Options

The above answer is actually part of a larger group of answers grouped together in a Post on the Microsoft Answer Page:  Temporary profile after Windows 7 update

Try System Restore to "go back to a time and date" when it all worked:

Using Microsoft System Restore (Windows 😎

Restoring Windows to a Previous Point (Windows 7

For later

One of the things you might consider for this and any computer you have in your home network:

• Keep an extra account on the computer -- with admin privileges. 
• Do not use the account. 
• Do not "add things" to the account, including extra browsers, shortcuts that are not part of the standard Operating System, and do not use the account to do program installations.
• Do NOT set up the account with a fingerprint Reader.
• Do NOT set up the account with any added security other than the VERY GOOD password that you give to the account when you create it.
• Do NOT create fancy backgrounds in the account, do not change the "personalization" settings, nor any other settings that change the basic nature of the account.
• Do log into the account on occasion to be sure you have access to the account.

Why have the extra account?

It is insurance.

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What if NOTHING works and you really do not want to crawl around in the registry...

Well, you could try a scan of the File System -- this may work if the issue is one of missing or corrupted files:

Using System File Checker (SFC) to Restore System Files

I hope this helps!

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[josiebops]

I'll give it a whirl but I'm a techno-dummy! It sounds complicated to me since I don't understand the terminology but here I go anyway. Thanks

[Dragon-Fur]

No one starts out "tech" savvy.  Smiling.  It is art as much as science, IMO.  You might be best served by creating a new account for yourself and then copying your files / data as described in that first help file.  At the least it may solve the immediate issue.   Good luck -- I hope this fixes it.