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ntuser.dat
Name: Mack Date: October 4, 2002 at 08:56:34 Pacific OS: NT 4sp6a CPU/Ram: 866 p3/128
Comment:
Can anyone tell me what the file ntuser.dat does in each of the profiles on my machine? Veritas is having trouble backing that file up - I realize it's not important to back that file up but am curious what it does.
Name: Norma Date: October 4, 2002 at 10:44:59 Pacific
Reply:
NTuser.dat is each users desktop and registry settings. If that file is deleted, then the next time the user logs on, he gets a copy of the default user settings which will become his new ntuser.dat file. Losing the users ntuser.dat file will mean that all printers the user has added and customization to the desktop settings would be lost and have to be re-created again the next time they logon.
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