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NTUser.dat?

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SmokeyDaBear3432

SmokeyDaBear3432

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May 3, 2006
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Ok so I had this file called NTUser.dat in my documents. For some reason in my Norton Protected Recycle bin, I kept receiving files called NTUser000 that would take up about 1 mb each and multiply and multiply each day. I'd say that one would show up every 2 seconds. So i keep deleting them but its definatly inconvienient. Today, I decided to delete the NTUser.dat and just hold it in my recycle bin incase I need to restore it. Anyone know if deleting this file was dangerous to my computer? It has definatly stopped with making those files that keep eating up my memory.
 
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ntuser.dat is a registry hive file that loads as HKEY_CURRENT_USER when a user logs on. The HKEY_CURRENT_USER (ntuser.dat) contains the user profile for the user who is currently logged on to the computer. The user profile includes environment variables, personal program groups, desktop settings, network connections, printers, and application preferences.

You can edit HKEY_CURRENT_USER of other users by loading this hive under HKEY_USERS (you must log on as administrator to edit this hive).


CCleaner will take care of the issue:


Regards.

Erik
 
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