System settings:
Prozessor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4210M CPU @ 2.60GHz 2.59 GHz Installierter RAM 8,00 GB Speicher 238 GB SSD Samsung SSD 850 PRO 256GB, 238 GB SSD Crucial_CT256MX100SSD1 Grafikkarte Intel(R) HD Graphics 4600 (113 MB) Produkt-ID 00325-80000-00000-AAOEM Systemtyp 64-Bit-Betriebssystem, x64-basierter Prozessor
On this older Lenovo ideapad with 8 GB RAM and Windows 10, I ran into very slow laggy system speed independent from the program, that is, even if I opened the task manager or just clicked somewhere. I had just installed and run Evernote which took 500 MB RAM up to 6 GB of the 7.3 GB as the task manager showed, which might have caused this, but I am not sure about it.
I restarted and found an error popping up in front of a bluescreen that I had to accept with “OK”, and only afterwards, the Windows login code came up:
“The User Profile Service service failed the sign-in.
User profile can not be loaded”
Or on a German Windows, it was:
“Fehler bei der Anmeldung des Diensts “Benutzerprofildienst”.
Das Benutzerprofil kann nicht geladen werden.”
When I entered Windows after a longer time than normal, I found that all of my data on the desktop screen and my links in the taskbar were gone.
I found a few guides that dealt with this error after new accounts or upgrades. Yet, I did not change anything of that kind and fear to touch Windows system files. Here is a list of those questions which do not match even though they deal with the same error:
- User profile cannot be loaded, after creating new standard account – Super User SE
- Can’t login with new local users in windows 10 – Super User SE
- The user profile service failed the sign-in. User profile cannot be loaded Win 10 – Super User SE
- Windows partition boots, but “The User Profile Service service failed the sign-in.” – Super User SE
- Fehler bei der Anmeldung des Diensts “Benutzerprofildienst” – Microsoft Learn
- [Benutzerprofil kann nicht geladen werden (gehäuftes Auftreten seit April 2018) – Microsoft Learn](https://learn.microsoft.com/de-de/answers/questions/2819097/benutzerprofil-kann-nicht-geladen-werden-(geh-ufte)
- Fix a corrupted user profile – Microsoft Support
Without having had a new account or upgrade or system change, what can I do to get the user profile data back at best?
