

In such cases, you’ll get a message that says, “We can’t sign into your account” and “You’ve been signed in with a temporary profile” notification.


Sometimes, Windows may sign you into a temporary account (C:\Users\TEMP) if your user account is corrupted and can’t start. Repair the Old User Profile from the Temporary Account Windows has a good self-recovery process whereby it can repair the corrupt user profile, but it requires a few restarts. Try restarting your Windows PC about four times, each time letting your computer get to the Desktop before restarting it again. While this may seem silly, it’s not.Running a virus or malware scan may help detect and remove the malicious software that could corrupt your user profile. In such cases, Windows 10 cannot load your user profile to boot properly, and the loading process is halted. Virus or malware attacks may damage the file system of the hard drive.
