Error Message: "No User Profiles Were Found" (160546)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
This article was previously published under Q160546 SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to delete a profile from Windows NT Setup, you may
receive the following error message.
No user profiles were found on this machine.
You may also receive the following message when you use User Profile Editor
to save a profile as the user default or system default:
Failed to save the profile to the user's default profile.
CAUSE
Certain registry entries and/or directories are lacking Full Control
permissions.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, ensure that both of the following conditions are
true:
- The user has Full Control permissions to the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT
\CurrentVersion\ProfileLi
-and-
- If Windows NT is installed on an NTFS partition, the user has Full
Control permissions to the %SYSTEMROOT%\System32\config directory.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 5/13/2003 |
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| Keywords: | kbnetwork kbprb KB160546 |
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