Vista broke down. Can only use safe mode. (NOT RESOLVED)

Hey, if my computer worked fine until I tried to install an update from windows. It seems not completely install and just froze, so I closed the window and restarted my computer.

I then try to connect to my user, and it seems like I'm on a temporary user instead. I could still get into my files, but any changes I've made have not been saved. I said to myself, this is not normal, so decided to do a system restore.

I restart my computer once again and try to connect. It looks like its about to load, but then says "logout" and goes back to the login screen again = S

I try to restart, press F8 and put it on safe mode. I try another system restore - no change. I use the command prompt to perform a disk check, no change. I do a virus scan - no viruses. My boyfriend has also checked the RAM, and he can't find a problem.

Have saved as much as I can on discs and USB. Is there something else I could try, because I really don't want to have to restart my brand new computer?

Thanks in advance!

Hi, Boniface,.

The temporary user account is probably using the locale by default, where the transition to the American.

What is your computer brand and model?

You can access the administrator account:

http://www.SevenForums.com/tutorials/507-built-administrator-account-enable-disable.html

If you can, try running SFC:

http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/929833

If this does not help, you can try to check your profile for corruption:

http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/fix-a-corrupted-user-profile

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