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    Fix You've been signed in with a temporary profile in Windows 10


    How to: Fix You've been signed in with a temporary profile in Windows 10

    How to Fix 'You've been signed in with a temporary profile' Error in Windows 10


    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 is stored in the user's C:\Users\<user name> profile folder, and 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.

    If a user signs in to their account and gets the You've been signed in with a temporary profile notification below, then that user has been signed in to a temporary profile (ex: C:\Users\TEMP ) instead of the profile from their C:\Users\<user name> profile folder. Any changes that the user makes to the temporary profile are lost after signing.

    This tutorial will show you how to fix the "You've been signed in with a temporary profile" error for a user account in Windows 10.


    Fix You've been signed in with a temporary profile in Windows 10 [​IMG]
    Note How to read event log details for User Profile Service error:
    • Open Event Viewer (eventvwr.msc), and expand open Windows Logs and Application in the left pane.
    • Right click or press and hold on Application in left pane, click/tap 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.

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    To be extra safe, it is recommended that you back up the contents of your "C:\Users\(user-name)" profile folder before doing the steps in this tutorial.




    EXAMPLE: "You've been signed in with a temporary profile" notification

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    Fix You've been signed in with a temporary profile in Windows 10 [​IMG]




    Here's How:

    1 Restart the computer 4 times, each time letting your PC get to the Desktop before the next restart. This will often fix this issue a lot of the time. If not, then continue on to step 2.


    2 While signed in to the account with the temporary profile, open a command prompt.

    3 Enter the command below into the command prompt, and press Enter.
    whoami /user
    4 Make note of the SID (Security Identifier) for this current account. You will need to know the SID (ex: S-1-5-21-....-1001) for your account in the steps below. (see screenshot below)

    Fix You've been signed in with a temporary profile in Windows 10 [​IMG]

    5 If this account is a administrator account to be able to continue on with the steps below.

    If this account is an administrator, you will be able to continue on with the steps below.

    If you do not have an administrator account available to sign in to, then you could boot into sign in to the Administrator account.



    6 Press the Win+R keys to open Run, type regedit, and click/tap on OK to open Registry Editor.

    7 If prompted by UAC, click/tap on Yes.

    8 Navigate to the ProfileList key at the location below in the left pane of Registry Editor. (see screenshot below)
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList


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    9 In the left pane under the expanded ProfileList key, look to see if the SID key from step 4 above is listed with (ex: S-1-5-21-....-1001.bak) and/or without (ex: S-1-5-21-....-1001) .bak at the end. (see screenshot above)

    10 Do step 11 (Only SID without .bak), step 12 (Only SID with .bak), or step 13 (SID without and with .bak) below depending on what you see in step 9 above.


    11. If the SID key is only listed without .bak at the end
    A) In the right pane of the SID key (ex: S-1-5-21-....-1001), double click/tap on the ProfileImagePath value name to modify it. (see screenshot below)

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    B) Enter the correct path (ex: C:\Users\Brink) of the user's profile folder, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below)

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    You can see the name of user profile folders in the C:\Users folder. Usually the user profile folder will have the same name as the account name.

    If the user profile folder for the account no longer exists (ex: deleted), then you could delete the SID key instead to have a new profile folder created, and go to step 14 below. This new profile folder will be like starting with a new account though.

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    C) In the right pane of the SID key (ex: S-1-5-21-....-1001), verify that the State DWORD is set with a value data of 0 (number zero), and go to step 14 below. (see screenshot below step 11A)

    If the State DWORD is not set to 0, then double click/tap on the State DWORD to modify it, change the value data to 0, and click/tap on OK.


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    12. If the SID key is only listed with .bak at the end
    A) Right click or press and hold on the SID key (ex: S-1-5-21-....-1001.bak), click/tap on Rename, and rename the SID key to only remove ".bak" (ex: S-1-5-21-....-1001) at the end of the key's name. (see screenshot below)

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    B) In the right pane of the SID key (ex: S-1-5-21-....-1001) now without .bak at the end, double click/tap on the ProfileImagePath value name to modify it. (see screenshot below)

    Fix You've been signed in with a temporary profile in Windows 10 [​IMG]

    C) Enter the correct path (ex: C:\Users\Brink) of the user's profile folder, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below)

    Fix You've been signed in with a temporary profile in Windows 10 [​IMG]


    You can see the name of user profile folders in the C:\Users folder. Usually the user profile folder will have the same name as the account name.

    If the user profile folder for the account no longer exists (ex: deleted), then you could delete the SID key instead to have a new profile folder created, and go to step 14 below. This new profile folder will be like starting with a new account though.

    Fix You've been signed in with a temporary profile in Windows 10 [​IMG]




    D) In the right pane of the SID key (ex: S-1-5-21-....-1001), verify that the State DWORD is set with a value data of 0 (number zero), and go to step 14 below. (see screenshot below step 12B)

    If the State DWORD is not set to 0, then double click/tap on the State DWORD to modify it, change the value data to 0, and click/tap on OK.


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    13. If the SID key is listed twice without and with .bak at the end
    A) Right click or press and hold on the SID key without .bak (ex: S-1-5-21-....-1001), and click/tap on Delete. (see screenshot below)

    Fix You've been signed in with a temporary profile in Windows 10 [​IMG]

    B) Click/tap on Yes to confirm, and go to step 14 below. (see screenshot below)

    Fix You've been signed in with a temporary profile in Windows 10 [​IMG]

    C) Right click or press and hold on the SID key with .bak (ex: S-1-5-21-....-1001.bak), click/tap on Rename, and rename the SID key to only remove ".bak" (ex: S-1-5-21-....-1001) at the end of the key's name. (see screenshot below)

    Fix You've been signed in with a temporary profile in Windows 10 [​IMG]

    D) In the right pane of the SID key (ex: S-1-5-21-....-1001) now without .bak at the end, double click/tap on the ProfileImagePath value name to modify it. (see screenshot below)

    Fix You've been signed in with a temporary profile in Windows 10 [​IMG]

    E) Enter the correct path (ex: C:\Users\Brink) of the user's profile folder, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below)

    Fix You've been signed in with a temporary profile in Windows 10 [​IMG]


    You can see the name of user profile folders in the C:\Users folder. Usually the user profile folder will have the same name as the account name.

    If the user profile folder for the account no longer exists (ex: deleted), then you could delete the SID key instead to have a new profile folder created, and go to step 14 below. This new profile folder will be like starting with a new account though.

    Fix You've been signed in with a temporary profile in Windows 10 [​IMG]




    F) In the right pane of the SID key (ex: S-1-5-21-....-1001), verify that the State DWORD is set with a value data of 0 (number zero), and go to step 14 below. (see screenshot below step 13D)

    If the State DWORD is not set to 0, then double click/tap on the State DWORD to modify it, change the value data to 0, and click/tap on OK.


    Fix You've been signed in with a temporary profile in Windows 10 [​IMG]




    14 Close Registry Editor.

    15 sign in to the account that got the temporary profile error to see if it is now fixed.

    If the account is still not fixed, then repeat the tutorial again making sure that the ProfileImagePath value has the correct path for the account's user profile folder (ex: C:\Users\Brink).





    That's it,
    Shawn


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  4. Brink
    Brink New Member

    Fix You've been signed in with a temporary profile in Windows 10

    Hello nyers,

    This is for fixing the temporary profile issue while signing in on a local PC. I'm not sure how it will work over a VPN though. *Sad
     
    Brink, Apr 24, 2016
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  5. Hi

    I followed all instructions in the fix but following a restart I've lost everything! Also the Windows version doesn't seem to look anything like it did before although Microsoft says I'm still running Windows 10. Can I do anything? Tried recovery/system restore but says nothing to restore back to. Sorry - not very tech minded!
     
    maxandmillie, May 23, 2016
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  6. Brink
    Brink New Member
    Hello Max and Millie, and welcome to Ten Forums. *Smile

    The tutorial will only delete or correct the user profile reference in the registry. It doesn't delete your user profile folder, so your files should still be there.

    Are you able to double check to make sure this is correct in your registry?
     
    Brink, May 23, 2016
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  7. How do I do that?! I deleted the 2 files as described in the tutorial. Do I need to go back into the registry? My computer just doesn't look the same - no bookmarks, sticky notes, nothing in document folders, etc.
     
    maxandmillie, May 23, 2016
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  8. Brink
    Brink New Member

    Fix You've been signed in with a temporary profile in Windows 10

    That's correct. You would need to go back into the registry to verify that the full path of your user profile folder is correct.

    It sounds like you may still be signed in to a temporary profile. If so, that would be why you don't see any of your profile's bookmarks, sticky notes, nothing in document folders, etc.
     
    Brink, May 23, 2016
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  9. This is how it looks:


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    maxandmillie, May 23, 2016
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  10. Brink
    Brink New Member
    Is "C:\Users\Helen.LAPTOP" the correct path and name for your %UserProfile% folder?
     
    Brink, May 24, 2016
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  11. I don't know. The profile that was initially causing the problem was this one and that was just named Brian when I deleted it. That's now got Laptop added. Sorry - didn't pay attention to path! I didn't delete anything relating to the Helen one, just Brian, but it's affected both accounts.

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    maxandmillie, May 24, 2016
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  12. Brink
    Brink New Member
    If the correct path and name is "C:\Users\Brian" instead of "C:\Users\Brian.Laptop", then you can modify the ProfileImagePath value to the correct one like in step 8.
     
    Brink, May 24, 2016
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  13. Fix You've been signed in with a temporary profile in Windows 10

    Okay, thanks. Will try that tomorrow. Too tired now!
     
    maxandmillie, May 24, 2016
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  14. Brink
    Brink New Member
    Ok. I'll be here when ready. *Smile
     
    Brink, May 24, 2016
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  15. Hi
    thanks for your help so far. Haven't tried this yet, as scared I'll delete the wrong thing! Have done a screen shot which may help. At least I've found my files so wondering whether to just continue as is rather than deleting something I shouldn't. What do you think? Have also done screen shot scan error message which looks as though it's related to the same problem.
     
    maxandmillie, May 24, 2016
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