Windows 10: Taskbar and Start menu fail to load when switching between Profiles

Discus and support Taskbar and Start menu fail to load when switching between Profiles in Windows 10 Customization to solve the problem; We have a handful of family profiles on our PC. Often I think always now when we switch between profiles the taskbar and start menu do not load. Only... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Customization' started by Heath_O, Dec 22, 2020.

  1. Heath_O Win User

    Taskbar and Start menu fail to load when switching between Profiles


    We have a handful of family profiles on our PC. Often I think always now when we switch between profiles the taskbar and start menu do not load. Only option is to ctl>alt>del then "restart". This seems to load the profile and menus correctly. The issue also appears when we power up the PC.


    Looking for assistance.

    :)
     
    Heath_O, Dec 22, 2020
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  2. Naki Win User

    Feature suggestion: Add right-click menu

    Suggestion: Please add a Windows 7 Jump-List and/or right-click menu to the GPU-Z icon in the Windows taskbar. Possible menus in it would be "Exit" and "About GPU-Z...".
    Maybe also "Switch to tab 1/Switch to tab 2/Switch to videocard 1/Switch to videocard 2" too.
    Examples of programs that have such menus are ICQ, Skype, AIM.

    NOTE: It seems for a right-click menu, Windows 7 is not needed - it works on WinXP and Vista too.
    But even a Windows 7 Jump-list may be good enough.
    What do you think?
     
  3. The User Profile Service service failed the sign-in. User profile cannot be loaded.

    Hello,

    When attempting to login to my computer, I get the following message:

    "The User Profile Service service failed the sign-in.

    User profile cannot be loaded."

    I referred to this Help article,You receive a "The User Profile Service failed the logon” error
    message,


    but the only difference is I only have one user profile on this computer. So, I can't login with another user to go through the steps listed in this post.

    Any suggestions?

    Thanks,
     
    Gerald Matthews, Dec 22, 2020
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  4. VinceB Win User

    Taskbar and Start menu fail to load when switching between Profiles

    User Profile Service Service failed! User profile cannot be loaded.


    Brink:
    I am using registry editor from command prompt. Drilled down to c:windows\system32\config inside the Load Hive dialog window. Have selected (checked box) the SAM file; clicking on Open opens error message that says:


    SAM
    This file is in use.
    Enter a new name or close the file that's open in another program.

    _______

    I am at a loss, since I am not running any other program!

    Any suggestions?

    The SAM file is listed as being 64KB file size.
     
    VinceB, Dec 22, 2020
    #4
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