My computer was infected and the damage was almost completely removed. The only problem that persists is that my local profile on Windows XP is corrupted. When I try to log on, I get the following message:
Windows cannot find the local profile and is logging you on with a
temporary profile. Changes you make to this profile will be lost when
you log off.
My desktop icons still exist at C:\Documents and Settings\USER\desktop but I don't know how to restore them.
Best Answer
Usually the SID of the user gets a .bak in the registry to restore to a working version, but it may not. Either go into another user that works with administrator privilege, or reboot the machine into safe mode (press F8 as the machine boots, choose Start Windows in safe mode).
From there:
Start
->Run
regedit
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList
Example:
S-1-5-21-2810719073-3206633882-1157864446-1002
S-1-5-21-2810719073-3206633882-1157864446-1002.bak