Added new profile from command prompt. Rebooted and the new user profile worked nicely. Then I used ForensIT profile wizard to copy the profile from the old to the new. After another reboot it...

Thanks for the idea. I just tried it then rebooted. Doesn't seemed to have helped.

I'm going to try adding a new user account then migrate the data over.

Are there any permission fix tricks that might revive this machine?

Just the regular "Safely remove..." command and waited for the green light to disconnect.

I was helping someone migrate from one computer to another. Because there was a lot of data and time was limited I pulled the hard drive from the old computer and hooked it up with a USB adapter to...