.dat files/spell checker

[Donna]

Since I put XP on my computer I can't open any .dat
files. I didn't have this problem when I was running
Windows 98. Can anyone help me with this?
My spell checker won't work either. I have Microsoft
Works and Word installed. A messge comes up and says it
was halted while trying to check for spelling. Any ideas?

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Since I put XP on my computer I can't open any .dat
files. I didn't have this problem when I was running
Windows 98. Can anyone help me with this?
My spell checker won't work either. I have Microsoft
Works and Word installed. A messge comes up and says it
was halted while trying to check for spelling. Any ideas?

Uhm - just what application were you using to open .dat files before?

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

..dat files do not have any file association of their own. They can be
created by and opened with many different programs. The ones you have need
to be opened by the same program that was used to create them.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Jitterbug]

Since I put XP on my computer I can't open any .dat
files. I didn't have this problem when I was running
Windows 98. Can anyone help me with this?
My spell checker won't work either. I have Microsoft
Works and Word installed. A messge comes up and says it
was halted while trying to check for spelling. Any ideas?

What are you trying to spell check? Word should take care of Outlook
Express, but if you are trying to do a box on a web page you need to install
IE Spell from Red Egg Software, or the like. Any thing else with the halt
message? Check out the Microsoft Knowledge base and you will get answers
like this one:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;832537&Product=oex
It has to do with Outlook Express and Works.
As far as your .dat files goes you can go to this site http://filext.com/
and see if you had any of the programs that match up with the .dat files.
There are quite a few.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Best not to mess with this...

NTUSER.DAT is a user profile in the registry.
HKEY_USERS hive.
HKEY_USERS pulls user information into the Registry editor for the default
user and the currently logged-on user.
HKEY_USERS registry hive keeps all the user-specific data required by the
operating system and applications. That includes things like screen saver,
fonts, folder view preferences, event sounds, and the list of recent
Start/Run entries.