How to Fix "You've been signed in with a temporary profile" Error in Windows 8 and 8.1
This is for when after you sign in to a user account in Windows 8, and notice that a temporary profile has been loaded instead of the profile that corresponds to the current user. Therefore, any changes that you make to the current desktop are lost after you sign out. Additionally, the notification area may display the following error message:
This problem usually occurs if the user profile of the account was accidentally corrupted or deleted from the system.
This tutorial will show you how to fix the "You've been signed in with a temporary profile" error a user may get after signing in to their account in Windows 8, Windows RT, Windows 8.1, and Windows RT 8.1.
This will basically delete the user profile of the user account that is getting the "You've been signed in with a temporary profile" error in order to reset and rebuild the user profile to fix this error.
A user profile is a collection of settings that make the computer look and work the way you want it to for a user account. It contains the account's settings for desktop backgrounds, screen savers, pointer preferences, sound settings, and other features. User profiles ensure that your personal preferences are used whenever you sign in to Windows.
How to read event log details for User Profile Service error:
EXAMPLE: "You've been signed in with a temporary profile" Notification Message
Here's How:
1. If you have another administrator account that is not affected by this user profile error, then sign out of the affected account (ex: Brink), and sign in to the other administrator account.
Note
2. Press the :winkey: + R keys to open the Run dialog, type regedit, and click/tap on OK.
3. If prompted by UAC, then click/tap on Yes.
4. In Registry Editor, navigate to the location below. (see screenshot below)
5. In the left pane under ProfileList, click on a SID key (S-1-5-21....long number). (see screenshot above)
NOTE: Usually, it will be for the SID key that has .bak at the end of the long number.
A) In the right pane of the SID key, look at the ProfileImagePath value to see if it is for the same user account name (ex: Brink) that has the user profile error.
B) If not, then repeat step 6 until your find it, then go to step 7 below.
6. Right click or press and hold on the SID key (ex: ...-1006.bak) found in step 6, and click/tap on Delete. (see screenshot below step 5)
7. Click/tap on Yes to confirm. (see screenshot below)
8. If there is another SID key (ex: ...-1006 at end) with the exact same long number from step 6 for the same user account (ex: Brink) without .bak at the end of it, then repeat step 7 and 8 above for it as well.
9. When finished, close Registry Editor.
10. See if you are now able to sign in to the user account (ex: Brink) from step 1 without getting the "You've been signed in with a temporary profile" error.
That's it,
Shawn
This is for when after you sign in to a user account in Windows 8, and notice that a temporary profile has been loaded instead of the profile that corresponds to the current user. Therefore, any changes that you make to the current desktop are lost after you sign out. Additionally, the notification area may display the following error message:
This problem usually occurs if the user profile of the account was accidentally corrupted or deleted from the system.
This tutorial will show you how to fix the "You've been signed in with a temporary profile" error a user may get after signing in to their account in Windows 8, Windows RT, Windows 8.1, and Windows RT 8.1.
This will basically delete the user profile of the user account that is getting the "You've been signed in with a temporary profile" error in order to reset and rebuild the user profile to fix this error.
A user profile is a collection of settings that make the computer look and work the way you want it to for a user account. It contains the account's settings for desktop backgrounds, screen savers, pointer preferences, sound settings, and other features. User profiles ensure that your personal preferences are used whenever you sign in to Windows.
How to read event log details for User Profile Service error:
- Open Event Viewer (eventvwr.msc), then expand open Windows Logs and Application in the left pane.
- Right click or press and hold on Application in left pane, click on Find, type 1511 (for Event ID), and click/tap on Find Next.
- Close the Find dialog, and view details. Repeat to view any other listed 1511 Event IDs if needed.
EXAMPLE: "You've been signed in with a temporary profile" Notification Message
Here's How:
1. If you have another administrator account that is not affected by this user profile error, then sign out of the affected account (ex: Brink), and sign in to the other administrator account.
NoteIf you do not have another administrator account to sign in to, then you could do one of the following options below to enable the built-in Administrator account to sign in to, and continue on to step 2 below.
A) If the affected account is an administrator, then enable the built-in Administrator account, sign out, and sign in to Administrator.
OR
B) Boot into safe mode, enable the built-in Administrator, sign out, and sign in to Administrator.
A) If the affected account is an administrator, then enable the built-in Administrator account, sign out, and sign in to Administrator.
OR
B) Boot into safe mode, enable the built-in Administrator, sign out, and sign in to Administrator.
2. Press the :winkey: + R keys to open the Run dialog, type regedit, and click/tap on OK.
3. If prompted by UAC, then click/tap on Yes.
4. In Registry Editor, navigate to the location below. (see screenshot below)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList5. In the left pane under ProfileList, click on a SID key (S-1-5-21....long number). (see screenshot above)
NOTE: Usually, it will be for the SID key that has .bak at the end of the long number.
A) In the right pane of the SID key, look at the ProfileImagePath value to see if it is for the same user account name (ex: Brink) that has the user profile error.
B) If not, then repeat step 6 until your find it, then go to step 7 below.
6. Right click or press and hold on the SID key (ex: ...-1006.bak) found in step 6, and click/tap on Delete. (see screenshot below step 5)
7. Click/tap on Yes to confirm. (see screenshot below)
8. If there is another SID key (ex: ...-1006 at end) with the exact same long number from step 6 for the same user account (ex: Brink) without .bak at the end of it, then repeat step 7 and 8 above for it as well.
9. When finished, close Registry Editor.
10. See if you are now able to sign in to the user account (ex: Brink) from step 1 without getting the "You've been signed in with a temporary profile" error.
That's it,
Shawn
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