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How to Fix Secure Pages Not Displaying

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Faulty or corrupted User profile will surely give us problem but the fix is rather easy.

Last week I had a strange error on my Windows XP SP3 Dell D630 laptop. It was suddenly not able to display all secure web pages (https). Additional strange thing is everything is normal with other accounts. My simple solution was to re-create my user profile, see details below:

1. I logged in using my admin account. I had to use my admin account to have full access on all user profile and be able to rename my old profile. I have not tested doing this procedure using standard account profile.
2. Renamed my user profile with some like “OldProfile”. C:\Documents and Settings. The idea behind is for Windows XP to recreate my profile during logon as it will not see my old user folder.
3. Logged in using my old account. My computer is a member of a domain so I have to manually type in my user account and password and choose the domain I want to login.
4. Waited for the computer to recreate my profile.

Above procedure fixed my problem and I feel that my computer is faster than the old profile. I have to restore some personal preferences from my old to new profile. Browser bookmark (or simply favorites), browser addons, desktop shortcuts and icons, Wallpapers, software that may be profile related and other user specific features.

Microsoft has other options on dealing with this.

“A user profile on a Windows XP system contains all the files and settings needed to configure your work environment. If the user profile becomes damaged, Windows XP will display one of two error messages when you to log on to the system:
Windows cannot load your profile because it may be corrupted. You may be logged in using a temporary User Profile.
OR:
The system has recovered from a serious error.

The operating system will then automatically create a new user profile and log you into this new profile. When this occurs, you’ll immediately discover that all of your personalized settings—such as color scheme, wallpaper, and icons—are gone. Even more disturbing is that the My Documents folder doesn’t show any of your documents. You’ll also discover that Outlook Express and Internet Explorer will be void of any of your personal settings and data.

When this happens, it’s very easy to quickly go into panic mode and think that you’ve lost everything. However, in most cases, all you’ve actually lost is the user profile and most, if not all, of your data is safe and sound.
Must be an administrator
Keep in mind that in order to perform the recovery operations discussed in this article, you must be working from an account with Computer Administrator privileges. If the temporary account that Windows XP creates for you when your original becomes damaged has Computer Administrator privileges, you can use it as a staging area for the recovery operation. If it’s not, you’ll need to log off, then log on to the default Administrator account or to another account that has Computer Administrator privileges. I’ll refer to this as the “working account” throughout this article.
Backing up your data
The first thing that you’ll want to do is make sure that the data in your original account is safe and then back it up. To begin the backup operation, launch Windows Explorer and navigate to the C:\Documents and Settings folder. Then, locate and open your original account folder. At this point, you should see all the files and folders in your original user profile.

You can open your original account folder and back up all the files and folders containing crucial data.

You’ll then want to copy your crucial data files to another location. For example, you’ll definitely want to copy the contents of your My Documents folder, which will appear as UserName’sDocuments. (On my example system, it’s called Greg Shultz’s Documents.) You may also want copy the contents of the Favorites folder. If you’re using Outlook Express, you can find the files that make up your e-mail messages stored in the Local Settings\Application Data\Identities\{#}\Microsoft\Outlook Express folder. You’ll find your Address Book file in the Application Data\Microsoft\Address Book folder. If you’re using Outlook 2000/XP, you’ll find the PST file in the Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook folder.

Once you’ve backed up your crucial data files, you can proceed with the recovery operation knowing that your data is indeed safe and sound.”

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<h1>How to Fix Secure Pages Not Displaying </h1> Author: <a href='http://www.articleseen.com/profile_Jaydee M..aspx'>Jaydee M.</a> Last week I had a strange error on my Windows XP SP3 Dell D630 laptop. It was suddenly not able to display all secure web pages (https). Additional strange thing is everything is normal with other accounts. My simple solution was to re-create my user profile, see details below:

1.	I logged in using my admin account. I had to use my admin account to have full access on all user profile and be able to rename my old profile. I have not tested doing this procedure using standard account profile. 
2.	Renamed my user profile with some like “OldProfile”. C:\Documents and Settings. 	The idea behind is for Windows XP to recreate my profile during logon as it will not see my old user folder. 
3.	Logged in using my old account. My computer is a member of a domain so I have to manually type in my user account and password and choose the domain I want to login. 
4.	Waited for the computer to recreate my profile.

Above procedure fixed my problem and I feel that my computer is faster than the old profile. I have to restore some personal preferences from my old to new profile. Browser bookmark (or simply favorites), browser addons, desktop shortcuts and icons, Wallpapers, software that may be profile related and other user specific features.

Microsoft has other options on dealing with this.

“A user profile on a Windows XP system contains all the files and settings needed to configure your work environment. If the user profile becomes damaged, Windows XP will display one of two error messages when you to log on to the system:
Windows cannot load your profile because it may be corrupted. You may be logged in using a temporary User Profile.
OR:
The system has recovered from a serious error.

The operating system will then automatically create a new user profile and log you into this new profile. When this occurs, you’ll immediately discover that all of your personalized settings—such as color scheme, wallpaper, and icons—are gone. Even more disturbing is that the My Documents folder doesn’t show any of your documents. You’ll also discover that Outlook Express and Internet Explorer will be void of any of your personal settings and data.

When this happens, it’s very easy to quickly go into panic mode and think that you’ve lost everything. However, in most cases, all you’ve actually lost is the user profile and most, if not all, of your data is safe and sound.
Must be an administrator
Keep in mind that in order to perform the recovery operations discussed in this article, you must be working from an account with Computer Administrator privileges. If the temporary account that Windows XP creates for you when your original becomes damaged has Computer Administrator privileges, you can use it as a staging area for the recovery operation. If it’s not, you’ll need to log off, then log on to the default Administrator account or to another account that has Computer Administrator privileges. I’ll refer to this as the “working account” throughout this article.
Backing up your data
The first thing that you’ll want to do is make sure that the data in your original account is safe and then back it up. To begin the backup operation, launch Windows Explorer and navigate to the C:\Documents and Settings folder. Then, locate and open your original account folder. At this point, you should see all the files and folders in your original user profile.

You can open your original account folder and back up all the files and folders containing crucial data.

You’ll then want to copy your crucial data files to another location. For example, you’ll definitely want to copy the contents of your My Documents folder, which will appear as UserName’sDocuments. (On my example system, it’s called Greg Shultz’s Documents.) You may also want copy the contents of the Favorites folder. If you’re using Outlook Express, you can find the files that make up your e-mail messages stored in the Local Settings\Application Data\Identities\{#}\Microsoft\Outlook Express folder. You’ll find your Address Book file in the Application Data\Microsoft\Address Book folder. If you’re using Outlook 2000/XP, you’ll find the PST file in the Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook folder.

Once you’ve backed up your crucial data files, you can proceed with the recovery operation knowing that your data is indeed safe and sound.”

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