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More info?)
thanks
"Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:uUJckFp0EHA.1564@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> ERUNT can backup & copy NTUSER.DAT.
>
> Get both of these...
>
> NTREGOPT NT Registry Optimizer
> ERUNT The Emergency Recovery Utility NT
> http://home.t-online.de/home/lars.hederer/erunt/
>
> ERUNT [[Note: The "Export registry" function in Regedit is USELESS (!) to
> make
> a complete backup of the registry. Neither does it export the whole
> registry (for example, no information from the "SECURITY" hive is
> saved), nor can the exported file be used later to replace the current
> registry with the old one. Instead, if you re-import the file, it is
> merged with the current registry, leaving you with an absolute mess of
> old and new registry keys.]]
>
http://home.t-online.de/home/lars.hederer/erunt/erunt.txt
>
> NTREGOPT [[Similar to Windows 9x/Me, the registry files in an NT-based
> system
> can become fragmented over time, occupying more space on your hard
> disk than necessary and decreasing overall performance. You should
> use the NTREGOPT utility regularly, but especially after installing
> or uninstalling a program, to minimize the size of the registry files
> and optimize registry access.
>
> The program works by recreating each registry hive "from scratch",
> thus removing any slack space that may be left from previously
> modified or deleted keys.
>
> Note that the program does NOT change the contents of the registry in
> any way, nor does it physically defrag the registry files on the drive
> (as the PageDefrag program from SysInternals does). The optimization
> done by NTREGOPT is simply compacting the registry hives to the
> minimum size possible.]]
>
http://home.t-online.de/home/lars.hederer/erunt/ntregopt.txt
>
> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
> Wes
>
> In news:%23VWChWl0EHA.1196@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl,
> Jan <notarealemail@dontusethis.com> hunted and pecked:
>> I also get the error message: Cannot copy NTUSER.DAT, it is being
>> used by another person or program."
>>
>> How can I copy it ? I was logged in as another account than the one I
>> was trying to copy it's ntuser.dat...
>>
>> "<©¿©>" <user@127.0.0.1> wrote in message
>> news:99zod.20039$sk2.11069@fe2.columbus.rr.com...
>>> Then, once you get your computer customized the way you like to look
>>> at it...and the way that everybody else will look at it, copy the
>>> ntuser.dat file to the C:\Documents and Settings\Default User\
>>> folder, then everybody will be that way...each time a new user is
>>> created...otherwise you have to copy the ntuser.dat to each profile
>>> folder. This will copy the desktop, sounds, folder
>>> settings...everything.
>>>
>>>
>>> "jan" <the_real_grizly@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:e5YqvcP0EHA.3336@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>>>> yeah but I want to deploy these settings for all users when
>>>> installing XP...
>>>> like from a batch file called from cmdlines
>>>>
>>>> "<©¿©>" <user@127.0.0.1> wrote in message
>>>> news:Bktod.8$M16.5@fe1.columbus.rr.com...
>>>> most of your settings are stores in the ntuser.dat file...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Jan" <the_real_grizly[at]hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:%23bVt1vM0EHA.1308@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>>>>> hrm, I should've specified I wanted to export these settings. I do
>>>>> not want to apply them on my computer. I wanna put em all in a
>>>>> registry file (.reg) so I can apply them to another computer.
>