08-10-2017, 05:17 AM
I recently had an automatic update of my windows 10 system.
I think it was a bit larger than usual.
When the update had finished and I wanted to log in i on my account I could not log in because the system could not find my "user profile."
I was however able to log into another account that I had on that PC.
After this I could log in to my usual account but my user profile was gone! All settings in programs, all emails etc etc were gone. It was like as if I had created an entirely new account. (But all installed programs were available).
I thus thought that I had better start backing up my use profile so that if the same thing happens again I can more easily get back my normal working environment.
Note, restoring my previous system using a backup of the system image would not help much because then the windows update would also be destroyed and the next time I try to shut down the system the "Microsoft Police update function" will force me to update and the problem could very well be repeated.
Thus, how can you backup a user profile?
I think it was a bit larger than usual.
When the update had finished and I wanted to log in i on my account I could not log in because the system could not find my "user profile."
I was however able to log into another account that I had on that PC.
After this I could log in to my usual account but my user profile was gone! All settings in programs, all emails etc etc were gone. It was like as if I had created an entirely new account. (But all installed programs were available).
I thus thought that I had better start backing up my use profile so that if the same thing happens again I can more easily get back my normal working environment.
Note, restoring my previous system using a backup of the system image would not help much because then the windows update would also be destroyed and the next time I try to shut down the system the "Microsoft Police update function" will force me to update and the problem could very well be repeated.
Thus, how can you backup a user profile?