corrupted profile question

[davetest]

Hello -this happened to me recently -
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;318011&Product=winxp

My question is, what actually became corrupted?
Is it the corresponding folder in "documents and settings",
or did something in the registry go bad? What exactly?

Dave

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

Its usually the Registry, or a portion of the user's part, that's become
corrupted.

 

[Roger Abell]

It may be a number of things, but most often it seems to
be the ntuser.dat file that is stored within the profile folder
documents and setting\accountname and which is a major
portion of the per account registry

 

[davetest]

It may be a number of things, but most often it seems to
be the ntuser.dat file that is stored within the profile folder
documents and setting\accountname and which is a major
portion of the per account registry

Doug/Roger, thanks for this information.
I have more curiousity though, which path in the registry
(using regedit) reflects the contents of NTUSER.DAT?

Or, is only the current user shown in the registry (hkey-users)?
regards,
Dave