How to Resolve "The User Profile Service failed the logon. User profile cannot be loaded"?

It appears while attempting to logon in Windows Vista, 2008, 2008 R2 and 7.

The exact cause is unknown, but this issue may occur if the user profile was manually deleted by using the command prompt or Windows Explorer by a user or by some program. A profile that is manually deleted does not remove the security identifier (SID) from the user profile list in the registry. Since the SID is still present, Windows will still try to load the profile by using the ProfileImagePath that points to a nonexistent path. Therefore, the profile cannot be loaded.

This can also be a issue with the user profile entering into a backup state, or if the C:\Users\(User Name) user profile folder is manually renamed.

	1. Log on to the Computer Log on to the computer using the Administrator (or an Administrator-level) account. If the computer is not joined to a domain, reboot it and start your computer in safe mode, then log on using the Administrator (or an Administrator-level) account.
	2. Trawl through the Registry Open the Start menu. In the Start Search area, type regedit and press Enter (if prompted by UAC, click Continue/Yes). In regedit, go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList Expand the ProfileList key and look for the SID key (named "S-1-5"...) with a long number that ends in ".bak". Click it, and look at the ProfileImagePath value in the right pane to verify that this is the user account profile that has the error. a) If you have two SID keys with the same number (with one ending in ".bak" and one showing the affected user account in the ProfileImagePath value), continue to Step 3; b) If you have just one SID key with the ProfileImagePath value showing the affected user account, proceed to Step 4.
	3. Two SID keys with the same number a) Of the two SID keys that corresponds to the affected user account, right-click the SID key that does NOT end in ".bak" and click Rename. b) Add .bk to the end of the numbers and press Enter. c) Right-click the other SID key that DOES end in ".bak" and click Rename. d) Remove only .bak from the end of the numbers (so that it has the same name as the other SID key did before you renamed it) and press Enter. e) Now go back and Rename the first one with .bk to .bak now at the end of the numbers and press Enter. Proceed to Step 5...
	4. Only one SID key ending in ".bak" a) Right-click the SID key that corresponds to the affected user account and click Rename. b) Remove only .bak from the end of the numbers, and press Enter. c) In the right pane, right-click the RefCount value (if none exists, right-click the right pane and click New and DWORD (32 bit) Value, then type RefCount and press Enter), and click Modify. d) Type 0 into the Value Data textbox and click OK. e) In the right pane, right-click the State value and click Modify. f) Type 0 into the Value Data textbox and click OK.
	5. Try logging on again! Close regedit and restart the computer. You should be able to logon now.

How to View Email Headers

To view email headers of an email message, please refer to the appropriate version of your email client:

Outlook 2011 for Mac

1. Open Outlook.
2. Ctrl+Click (or right-click with a two-button mouse) on the message from the message list.
3. Select View Source.

Full headers will appear in a new TextEdit document.

Outlook 2010 (Windows)

1. Open Outlook.
2. Open the email message in a new window.
3. Click on the File tab from the menu bar and choose Properties.

Full headers will appear in the box within the properties window.

Outlook 2007 (Windows)

1. Open Outlook.
2. Right-click on the message from the list of messages.
3. Select Message Options.

Full headers are displayed in the Internet Headers area.

Mac Mail

1. Open Mac Mail.
2. Click on the message you'd like to view headers for.
3. Go to the View menu.
4. Select Message, then Long Headers.

The full headers will appear in the window below your inbox.

Entourage for Mac

1. Open Entourage.
2. Click on the message you'd like to view headers for.
3. Click on the Message menu and select Internet Headers.

Mozilla Thunderbird

1. Open Thunderbird.
2. Click on the message you'd like to view headers for.
3. Click the View menu, and select Message Source.

The full headers will appear in a new window.

Gmail

1. Log in to Gmail.
2. Open the message you'd like to view headers for.
3. Click the down arrow next to Reply, at the top of the message pane.
4. Select Show Original.

The full headers will appear in a new window.

AOL

1. Log in to your AOL account.
2. Open the message you'd like to view headers for.
3. In the Action menu, select View Message Source.

The full headers will appear in a new window.

Hotmail

1. Log in to your Hotmail account.
2. Select Inbox from the left-side menu.
3. Right-click (or Ctrl-click) the message you'd like to view headers for, and select View Message Source.

The full headers will appear in a new window.

Yahoo! Mail

1. Log in to your Yahoo! Mail account.
2. Select the message you'd like to view headers for.
3. Click the Actions dropdown and select View Full Headers.

The full headers will appear in a new window. 

How to recover a note that has been accidentally deleted in Evernote?

The Evernote application has a Notebook named Trash. Any time that you delete a note, the note is moved to the Trash Notebook.

To restore a deleted note, follow these steps:

Step 1: Select and click on Notebooks. in the left column.

Step 2: Select and double click Trash Notebook.

Step 3: Select the Note that you want to restore.

Step 4: Press 'Restore Note' button.

The Note is automatically moved to your original Notebook.

How to Restore the Desktop Tile in Windows 8

The Desktop tile in the Metro screen of Windows 8 is suddenly missing. 

Windows 8 Start Screen shows a rectangle tile of the Desktop which allows you to switch to the desktop from Start Screen. Due to some unknown reasons, sometimes the Desktop tile gets deleted from Windows 8 Start Screen.

You can follow these simple steps to fix the problem:

1. Press "Win+R" keys together to open RUN dialog box. Copy the following string in the text box and press Enter:

%programdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

This string will open the "Programs" folder containing various shortcuts which are shown at Start Screen or "All Apps" page.

2. Download the Desktop tile shortcut using following link:

Download Desktop Tile for Windows 8 Start Screen

It is a ZIP file, extract it and you'll find a file "Desktop" in the extracted folder.

3. Copy "Desktop" file from the extracted folder and paste it in the "Programs" folder which you opened using step 1.

4. As soon as you copy the shortcut, Desktop tile will be added automatically to Start Screen. If you still don't see the tile, you can re-pin it using "All Apps" page. Now it'll appear on that page.