How To Fix "User Profile Cannot Be Loaded" In Windows 11/10
How To Fix "User Profile Cannot Be Loaded" In Windows 11/10
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 .User profiles ensure that your personal preferences are used whenever you sign in to Windows.
A user's profile folder also contains their personal folders such as the 3D Objects, Contacts, Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Favorites, Links, Music, OneDrive, Pictures, Saved Games, Searches, and Videos folders.
If a user gets the The User Profile Service service failed the sign-in. User Profile cannot be loaded. error message when trying to sign in to the account, the profile may be corrupted or the profile path is not correct in the registry for the account.
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When you attempt to login to your account on Windows you receive the following error “The User Profile Service failed the logon” which is due to your user profile is corrupt after a windows update or a malware. Not only you, but many others are affected by this issue. The fix is pretty easy and simple for this issue.
To fix this issue please follow the steps below. Before you begin, please bookmark this page so you can access it during the steps because it requires restarting system and re-accessing this page.
If the error The User Profile Service failed the sign-in appears when you first log in to the system under a new account, it means that the Default profile is corrupted or the permissions on the Default profile folder have been changed. The default profile is the directory with the profile template for all users of this computer. Default profile settings are copied to the new profile at the first logon. If the C:\Users\Default directory is corrupted or missing, the Windows Profile service won’t be able to copy data from this directory to the new profile directory.
The main file in the Default Profile folder is NTUSER.DAT. This file stores user profile settings, preferences, configurations, etc. If this file is missing or corrupted, you won’t be able to login under your user account.
This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops, and tablets running the Windows 7, Windows 8/8.1, Windows 10, and Windows 11 operating systems (Home, Professional, Enterprise, Education) from all supported hardware manufactures, like Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba, Lenovo, Huawei and Samsung.