Registry file names

[Ep]

What are the registry file names now? I know under Win9x they were user.dat
and system.dat but what now?

Also, does XP do like the Win9x and make backups of the registry
temporarily?

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[Shane]

Take a look here: http://home.t-online.de/home/lars.hederer/erunt/erunt.txt


Shane

 

[Kelly]

For your former mention:

Look in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList
ntuser.dat

For your latter mention, no there isn't a scanreg /restore. To back up the
registry: A couple of options:

To Backup the Registry go to Start/Run/Regedit. Click File/Export.
Toward the bottom under Export range, choose All and save.

Or....

REG EXPORT HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Regedit
RegeditBkup.reg

 

[Alex Nichol]

What are the registry file names now? I know under Win9x they were user.dat
and system.dat but what now?

The files, without extensions, in Windows\system32\config, together with
each accounts ntuser.dat file in his

Also, does XP do like the Win9x and make backups of the registry
temporarily?

It is done daily as part of the more comprehensive System Restore point
that is made as soon as there is a quiet moment, 24 hours or more after
the last. See
Start - All Programs - Accessories - System Tools - System Restore
and take 'restore to an earlier time' to see the calendar with available
points on days in Bold; or 'create' to make a new one manually