ntuser.dat in use

[\(\( carmen \)\)]

Occasionally, I will logoff a userid on an XP pro workstation and logon with
my admin id.

While logged on with my admin id, I will back up all the profiles (except
the admin id with which I am logged on). For the most part, this works
without issue.

On rare occasions, I get an error message ntuser.dat is in use. When I get
this, I need to reboot, log on with the admin id and can backup the data
without any problems.

It's not really a big deal, but I was just wondering if there was a way to
close the ntuser.dat file without rebooting. I've taken a look through task
manager and I don't see that file as being resident in memory.

Thank you

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Occasionally, I will logoff a userid on an XP pro workstation and logon
with my admin id.

While logged on with my admin id, I will back up all the profiles (except
the admin id with which I am logged on). For the most part, this works
without issue.

On rare occasions, I get an error message ntuser.dat is in use. When I
get this, I need to reboot, log on with the admin id and can backup the
data without any problems.

It's not really a big deal, but I was just wondering if there was a way to
close the ntuser.dat file without rebooting. I've taken a look through
task manager and I don't see that file as being resident in memory.

Thank you

It depends on the backup program you use.

If you use ntbackup.exe or regback.exe then you won't have
a problem.

If you use another program then you have to reboot the machine
in order to unlock this registry file.

 

[\(\( carmen \)\)]

Thanks, I usually just do a copy paste of the local profile to another pc on
the network. I guess reboot it is.