Hello, I am using window 7 professional, 64 Bit OS with MS office 10, Turbo Tax, and other non Microsoft programs. Recently, while I was updating my iPhone OS using ITunes, ITunes gave me an error message stating that it lost connection with my iPhone. I rebooted the Laptop and too many problems started to pop up since then. For starters, my iPhone was wiped out, where the only way to restore it was by going to the Apple store. Now, ITunes gives me Error 50?! The Apple Store tech avers that ITunes has nothing to do with the problem. Since then, the majority of my programs are not working those that run require my permission to execute including Windows components such as control panel, security, uninstall, program install, etc. Excel and MS Word are working, but Outlook, Outlook safe mode, OneNote, ITunes, Skype, Adobe, windows troubleshoot, McAfee, Chrome, etc. are not working. They all missing important files or give me an error message. In contrast, I created a new user account without Administrative right. I can run all programs without any problems using this account, except for having to reconfigure everything all over again and having to provide an administrator's permission virtually after every click. I ran desk defragment, SFC /SCANNOW - System File Checker and McAfee scans from the new user's account and both ran flawlessly and reported that my system is clean with no virus or bad sectors. I have 180 GB of free space. I like to be able to move my Documents and AppData including passwords to the new profile. This is important since I did not keep track of none-vital accounts website url's, user Id's and Passwords. Also, I spent a lot of time personalizing and tweaking my applications. Much of was based on hours upon hours of internet tips that I did not see the need to save. Note: I broke the screen on my lap top, and I used the HD in an exterior HD shell to retrieve some files and cleaned the temp files while I was waiting on my LCD replacement. I had no issues before hand. The ITunes problem started after I reinstalled the HD in the Laptop. I am also unable to create any new users, I get "The User Profile service failed the login" error. How can I duplicate a user profile including applications data using Windows 7 Pro on an existing computer and both accounts are on the same computer? Or at lease copy the Application setups? Thanks.

I received suggestions to replace McAfee with Microsoft Security Essentials. I have been using McAfee for 6 years on all of my computers and for 9 months on this Lap Top without any problems. If you are one of those who dislike McAfee, can you help understand the advantage of MSSE over McAfee? Also,While I understand that Windows "Easy" Transfer does not support profile transfers within the same computer, there must be a way to do so. I cannot believe that no oneelse had this need before.

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Hi, According to my understanding, you want to copy one user profile to another one, am I correct? Please refer to this: Fix a corrupted user profile. Follow the steps under To copy files to the new user profile. Regards, MiyaThis posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. | Please remember to click "Mark as Answer" on the post that helps you, and to click "Unmark as Answer" if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.