I had my main profile on my xp machine corrupted. So i followed the advice given that i have found at the microsoft site. On makin a new profile and moving everything, etc. So after i do this and reboot, it still does not load up any of my personal settings. It loads up my profile name, but i believe its using the personal settings in a TEMP profile that exists in my C:\Documents and Settings\TEMP folder. When i go to change users, this profile does not exist. Also when i try to delete this folder it says "TEMP is a Windows System folder and is required for Windows to run properly. It can not be deleted." Everytime i reboot any personal settings i saved are lost. Thanks for any insight :