windows xp pro repair install

[catswed]

After doing a repair installation of Win XP Pro my user
account doesn't have the settings it did before. When
logging onto the account I get the message "local profile
can't be found, you'll be logged in using a temporary
profil. Changes made in the profile will not be saved
when logging out". How do I get the user account to keep
personal settings? I don't want to erase the account I
had before the reinstall since this does have the
personal settings saved under "documents and settings",
though these are not used actively.

Many thanks for your help.
.

[Tuf]

All I know to do is create a new account, transfer your saved setting to the appropriate folder and delete the old account. It will probably be easier to do by logging in as Administrater.

[reboot]

Log in as admin.
Look under c:\documents and settings\username
Everything is there.
Create a user (you), copy everything from the old location (your old username) into the new username section.
Restart.