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Steve Whitcher
Bronze Contributor
Jul 16, 2018

Since Update to 17692, user profile is damaged/recreated after every reboot

I recently installed the slow ring release of build 17692 on my workstation.  Since then, windows keeps creating a new user profile for me from scratch, rather than using the existing one.  It doesn'...
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Steve Whitcher
Bronze Contributor
Jul 24, 2018

Oddly enough, a couple of days after posting this, the issue seems to have stopped occurring.  The only thing that I'm aware of that changed in the interim was a new build of OneDrive installed.  Perhaps the issue was somehow caused by the OneDrive client?  

 

If this happens again, I'll be sure to report back.  

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Steve Whitcher
Bronze Contributor
Jul 24, 2018

And... I spoke too soon.  Restarted again this morning and got a fresh new profile again.  :(

 

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    yesodhsa
    Copper Contributor
    Jun 08, 2021
    Did the issue got fixed for you? Cause i am facing the same issue in Windows Server 2016.
  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Jul 25, 2018

    Intel’s processors flaw lets attackers bypass kernel access protections so that regular apps can read the contents of kernel memory.  Isolation of kernel is the problem. Reestablishing and maintaining the integrity of this isolation; via different remedies, including continually changing out profiles, can only provide limited security. Obtaining access to profiles is a prime attack vector of hackers... This particular solution will only work when all profiles are moved to a secure cloud such as azure... Ultimately the only lasting solution is if Intel will recall all their chips!