Tag: profile

The User Profile Service failed to logon

Got this message on a client workstation last week. It was running managed Symantec Endpoint Protection client 12.1…so much for that. The message is caused by a clever virus/worm/malware application which makes a small change in the Windows 7 registry and voila users can’t log in anymore…all they get is the following message when they…

November 23, 2011
Migrate a Firefox profile from Windows to OSX

My parents gave me a MacBook for Christmas, so in an effort to “learn something new” in 2010 I’ve gotten accustomed to a multi-touch track-pad, command + c/v for copy & pasta and Safari for browsing the web. One thing I couldn’t give up though, was my Firefox with TabMixPlus and ReadItLater. Luckily the combo…

January 3, 2010

The User Profile Service failed to logon