You've been signed in with a temporary profile windows 8.1

Question

We've got roaming profiles from a Windows Server 2012 AD controller, and several windows 7 machines which log in and out fine.

We have one problem machine, a Windows 8.1 laptop which constantly brings up the error "You've been signed in with a temporary profile". I've followed the steps as listed here: http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/38817-you-ve-been-signed-temporary-profile-fix.html but the issue returns after restarting the machine. The same profile signs in fine in Windows 7, but no matter which user we try, the same error comes up on the Windows 8.1 Machine

We've tried wiping the laptop and reinstalling windows 8.1 but the problem persists. This is very frustrating and Microsoft support has been terrible.

Anyone have any ideas what's causing this?

Solution

Profiles from one version of Windows are not compatible with other versions. You need to create separate profile folders for each platform. Please see Microsoft article KB2890783 for a hotfix and needed registry entry.

Comments

[ThePHPUnicorn]

Hi The laptop was removed from AD prior to being wiped and re-added with a new name after the wipe.