Top 10 Dell Inspiron 1521 Notebook Questions & Answers

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The instructiond were clearly givn in this link with images : 

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/130095-user-profile-service-failed-logon-user-profile-cannot-loaded.html

STEP ONE:

Logon to the Computer

NOTE : Go down the list here until you find a option that will work for you. 

1. Logon to another Administrator account. 
NOTE: If you do not have another Administrator account, then proceed to step 2.

A) Go to OPTION ONE or OPTION TWO.

2. Boot into Safe Mode. 
NOTE: You may not need to enable the built-in Administrator account. If this was the only normal administrator account you had, then Safe Mode should automatically boot into the built-in Administrator account. See: How to Start Vista in Safe Mode

A) If Safe Mode did not boot into the built-in Administrator account, then enable the Built-in Administrator account. If it did , then go to step 2C.
NOTE: See: How to Enable or Disable the Real Built-in Administrator Account in Vista

B) Logoff of Safe Mode, and then logon to the built-in Administrator account to logon with it in Safe Mode.

C) Go to OPTION ONE or OPTION TWO.


OPTION ONE:

Fix the User Account Profile

1. Open the Start menu.

2. In the white line (Start Search) area, type regedit and press Enter.

3. If prompted, either click on Continue or enter the password for the Administrator account.

4. In regedit, go to: (See screenshot below step 5)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList

5. In the left pane, look for the S-1-5..... folder (SID key) with the long number that has .bak at the end of the numbers. 
(See screenshots below steps 6A and 7B)
NOTE: 
A) In the right pane, look at the ProfileImagePath to verify that this is the user account profile that has the error.
B) You may have another S-1-5..... folder (SID key) above it with the exact same number without the .bak at the end of it.

6. For Two S-1-5..... folders (SID key) with the same Number -
NOTE: This is if you have two S-1-5..... folders (SID key) with the exact same numbers, but the second (below) one has the .bak at the end of the numbers.
A) In the left pane, right click on the first (top) S-1-5..... folder (SID key) that does not have .bak at the end of the numbers and click Rename. (See screenshot below)
Repair.jpg
B) Add .bk to the end of the numbers. (See screenshot below)
Repair_bk.jpg
C) In the left pane, right click on the second S-1-5..... folder (SID key) with .bak at the end of the numbers and click Rename. (See screenshot above)
D) Remove only .bak from the end of the numbers and press Enter. (See screenshot below)
E) Now go back and Rename the first one with .bk to .bak now at the end of the numbers and press Enter. 
Repar_bak.jpg
F) Go to step 8.
7. For Only One S-1-5..... Folder (SID key) with .bak -
NOTE: This is if you only have one S-1-5..... folder (SID key) for your user account with .bak at the end of the numbers.
A) In the left pane, right click on the S-1-5..... folder (SID key) with .bak at the end of the numbers and click Rename. (See screenshot below)
B) Remove only .bak at the end of the numbers and press Enter. (See screenshot below and below step 10)
Repair_reg.jpg

8. In the right pane of the one without .bak now, right click on RefCount and click Modify. (See screenshot below step 10)
NOTE: If you do not have RefCount, then right click on a empty space in the right pane and click New and DWORD (32 bit) Value, then type RefCount and press Enter.
A) Type 0 (number) and click OK. (See screenshot below)
Modify_RefCount.jpg

9. In the right pane of the one without .bak now, right click on State and click Modify. (See screenshot below step 10)
A) Type 0 (number) and click OK. (See screenshot below)
Modify_State.jpg

10. The registry will now look like this for the one without .bak now. (See screenshot below)

Repair_Reg2.jpg

11. Close regedit.
12. Restart the computer.
13. See if you can logon now.





OPTION TWO:

Delete the User Account Profle

NOTE You can do this option if you do not care about losing the user account and the contents in the user folders. 

1. Delete the User account profile that this error is for.
NOTE: See: How to Delete a User Account in Vista

2. Open the Start menu.
3. In the white line (Start Search) area, type regedit and press Enter.
4. If prompted, click on Continue.
5. In regedit, go to: (See screenshot below step 7)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList

6. In the left pane, click on one of the S-1-5..... folders (SID key) with the long number in it. 
NOTE: It may have .bak at the end of it.
A) In the right pane, look at the ProfileImagePath to see if this is the same user account that you deleted in step 1 above.
B) Repeat step 6 until you find the one that you deleted in step 1 above.
NOTE: If the user account is not here, then it has already been removed when deleted in step 1. Go to step 9.
7. To Backup the Registry SID Key -
WARNING: You should backup this SID key to be safe in case you delete the wrong one in step 8 below.
A) Right click on the SID key, and click Export.
B) Type in a name and save the REG file to a safe location. 
NOTE: This is your backup. To Restore the Backup, right click on the REG backup file and click Merge.

C) Continue on to step 8.
SID_Reg.jpg

8. To Delete the Registry SID Key -
A) Right click on the SID key, and click Delete. (See screenshot above)
B) Click Yes to confirm deletion. (See screenshot below)
Confirm.jpg

9. Close regedit.
10. Now, just create a new normal Administrator account.
NOTE: See: How to Create a New User Account in Vista

11. Restart the computer, and logon to your new account.

Good Luck.

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Pls check that the press button on the top of touchpad, most probably its disabled by being accidently pressed.

checklist:
1. sound driver 2. microphone settings in volume control applet 3. tap test (tap the area around the microphone and see if eg Sound Recorder picks it up) 4. external microphone
If you get to step 4 before you get anything then your problem is one of missing or damaged microphone.

Try booting with the disk that came with the computer and start over with a fresh install of windows

I had thesame problem on a brand-new Dell laptop. The solution is to intall IDT STAC9228 Audio Driver (file R204473.exe), which can be downloaded from Dell web site (http://ftp.us.dell.com/audio/R204473.EXE). This solved my problem with not having mic when using Skype.

Try this: remove the battery and unplug the power, hold down the power button for 10 seconds, then plug the power back in, and try turn it on again. If this doesn't work, check the power plugin port, if anything in there is moving around, it might be broken and need to be repaired. Check for a local electronics or computer store for that. The only other problem I can think of is that the motherboard died, probably from over-heating. This usually requires a new laptop, or an equivalent price for a new motherboard. Good luck, I truly hope the first one works.

I am having a problem with the sound on mine as well. I've tried these steps but there are 2 x's in the first step. So, i don't know what to click on. Could someone please e-mail me back at [email protected] with an answer?

Friend if it says no bootable devices it means that it cannot detect the hard disk or optical disk such as dvd/cd rom. The problem is the connection. check the IDE/SATA cable from hard disk or optical disk to the mainboard.I'm sure that is only the problem unless the mention disks are present in the unit. Just mount properly the connections

Are you talking about two problems on one computer? If so, the first problem doesn't matter until the second one is fixed. If you are talking about two different computers, then the problems can be each addressed.

For the hard drive that is not recognized, where did it come from? If you purchased it used, you may be out of luck. It sounds like you have a pretty good idea how computers work, and it also sounds like this hard drive does not work at all.

If these are both the same computer, then replacing the hard drive with a known working hard drive will most likely provide you with a solution.

I wish I had better news for you.

It means "DST Log contains previous error(s)."
Dell Support says “If the diagnostic test reports one of the above errors, refer to Dell Troubleshooting Wizard: "Hard Drive Fails the Diagnostics" Wizard ID: 324398”

http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/dsn/en/tree?journalid=79E54961218510CBE040AE0AB5E158B6&treeid=324398