Long story short, I own an Asus Zenbook (UX32A) which is running windows 7, the only user on the system has a corrupt profile (user profile service failed the login error). I've researched how to fix this, but I need to enter safe mode in order to fix it.
Problems getting into safe mode:
- Press F5/F8/F12 at start-up - This does not work, ASUS seems to have replaced the safe boot option with a propritiatory repair wizard (cant use this as it will wipe all documents).
- Go into BIOS - nothing to enable safe mode.
- Change setting in msconfig - Cannot as I cannot login.
Is there another way to get into safe mode/fixing this error without safe mode? I dont want to reinstall windows if I can avoid it.
regedit
where you'll probably find the profile has been renamed to add.bak
at the end inProfileList
- support.microsoft.com/kb/947215