# reason number umptillion why I hate Windows **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 31, 2010, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reason-number-umptillion-why-i-hate-windows/565991 "2010-12-31T21:18:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reason-number-umptillion-why-i-hate-windows/565991/1 "2010-12-31T21:18:57Z")
On my new work laptop running Windows 7, I log on this morning with no problem (same as I’ve been doing for a few weeks now), create a second user account, log off, log on as the other user, log off, try to logon as the main Administrator user again, and I get the message “The User Profile Service service failed the logon. User profile cannot be loaded.” AAAAGGHHH! Good news is that after Googling I found the simple 24-step process to fix the problem. :rolleyes: Hope it works. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reason-number-umptillion-why-i-hate-windows/565991/2 "2010-12-31T21:27:41Z")
> [@Arnold\_Winkelried](#): > > On my new work laptop running Windows 7, I log on this morning with no problem (same as I’ve been doing for a few weeks now), create a second user account, log off, log on as the other user, log off, try to logon as the main Administrator user again, and I get the message > “The User Profile Service service failed the logon. User profile cannot be loaded.” > > AAAAGGHHH! > > Good news is that after Googling I found the simple 24-step process to fix the problem. :rolleyes: Hope it works. I’ve been running Win7 since June and that happened one time. Rebooted and had no trouble, then or since. Did you try restarting? ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reason-number-umptillion-why-i-hate-windows/565991/3 "2010-12-31T21:50:19Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Did you try restarting? Yes. Did not fix the problem. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reason-number-umptillion-why-i-hate-windows/565991/4 "2011-01-01T17:49:07Z")
The fix was actually not that hard once I remembered I had a second administrator account on the machine, a simple bit of registry editing and I was able to logon again under my usual account. But if I didn’t have a second administrator account, it looks like it would have been difficult. Makes me wonder what other unexpected things can happen that will lock me out of my account. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reason-number-umptillion-why-i-hate-windows/565991/5 "2011-01-01T17:53:53Z")
You probably failed to face the Northwest and bow to Bill first thing in the morning. I do it every morning and I never have problems. ---
**Author:** ![Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reason-number-umptillion-why-i-hate-windows/565991/6 "2011-01-01T17:54:32Z")
> [@Arnold\_Winkelried](#): > > The fix was actually not that hard once I remembered I had a second administrator account on the machine, a simple bit of registry editing and I was able to logon again under my usual account. But if I didn’t have a second administrator account, it looks like it would have been difficult. Makes me wonder what other unexpected things can happen that will lock me out of my account. Once I logged into Windows 7 at home normally, and the OS dutifully informed me that I am using a counterfeit version, and asks me to get a real key. Considering that my copy of Win7 is legit, I will be extremely pissed if my key wasn’t recognized and I am kicked off out from my own computer. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reason-number-umptillion-why-i-hate-windows/565991/7 "2011-01-01T17:58:53Z")
By the way, I was accused in another thread of unprovoked Windows bashing, so I want to let people know that in general Windows 7 is a good operating system, and I don’t mean to pick on the fine programmers at Microsoft, who I’m sure have a tough job of supporting a zillion different hardware configurations. I don’t really hate Windows. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reason-number-umptillion-why-i-hate-windows/565991/8 "2011-01-01T18:32:00Z")
I guess I have to ask- if there are umpteen million things you hate about Windows, why keep using it? maybe a Mac would be more to your liking. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reason-number-umptillion-why-i-hate-windows/565991/9 "2011-01-02T00:48:10Z")
This is at work where I don’t have a choice. At home I use a Mac. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reason-number-umptillion-why-i-hate-windows/565991/10 "2011-01-02T00:55:52Z")
> [@Arnold\_Winkelried](#): > > By the way, I was accused in another thread of unprovoked Windows bashing, so I want to let people know that in general Windows 7 is a good operating system, and I don’t mean to pick on the fine programmers at Microsoft, who I’m sure have a tough job of supporting a zillion different hardware configurations. > I don’t really hate Windows. Heck, I think MOST of the established lore is no longer true: 1. Windows isn’t a buggy, rebooting mess 2. Apples don’t use a one-button mouse That said, the Wife’s Acer, which came native with Windows 7, needs a garbage collection reboot once every four days or so. But to balance things out, the G4 Mac Mini I just inherited is a PIG! ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reason-number-umptillion-why-i-hate-windows/565991/11 "2011-01-02T01:08:30Z")
> [@Arnold\_Winkelried](#): > > This is at work where I don’t have a choice. At home I use a Mac. are you on a domain at work? if so, the issue you’re talking about might have to do with the network setup rather than Windows itself. I don’t know if it’s been addressed, but recent versions of OS X (or the Finder within) have had real problems shitting the bed when on a domain and a network resource disappears. ETA: > [@](#): > > That said, the Wife’s Acer, which came native with Windows 7, needs a garbage collection reboot once every four days or so. find out what program is causing the problem and fix it. My desktop and netbook go weeks w/o reboots, and then nearly always only for Patch Tuesday. ---
**Author:** ![dzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f9b8f/32.png) [@dzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzero)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reason-number-umptillion-why-i-hate-windows/565991/12 "2011-01-02T05:51:23Z")
I used to hate Windows, but I’ve been successfully rehabilitated. I could tell you how, but I don’t like to think about it. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reason-number-umptillion-why-i-hate-windows/565991/13 "2011-01-02T06:13:07Z")
As long as XP-PRO continues top do what I need, I will wait for the bugs to mostly get killed before I build another puter. I can afford a Mac. I also like to play with the innards of puters so much I do not even have them in a case. [I do it my way!!!](http://picasaweb.google.com/Dragon43/ComputersOnTheWall#) ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reason-number-umptillion-why-i-hate-windows/565991/14 "2011-01-02T08:34:47Z")
> [@](#): > > As long as XP-PRO continues top do what I need, I will wait for the bugs to mostly get killed before I build another puter. that’s not going to happen. it’ll just be unsupported in another couple years (it’s already past mainstream support.) ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reason-number-umptillion-why-i-hate-windows/565991/15 "2011-01-02T15:10:40Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > are you on a domain at work? if so, the issue you’re talking about might have to do with the network setup rather than Windows itself. I don’t know if this caused it. I usually log on to the domain, and I was logged on to the domain when I created the new user, but the new user was a local user, I don’t have permissions to add users to the domain. In any case, If something goes wrong creating a new local user, I would expect the error would cause the new local user to be unable to log on to the machine; I would **not** expect that the new local user would be OK but the existing domain user was totally unable to logon again.