Have you ever encountered a strange file with an NTUSER.DAT name on your Windows PC? Don't worry, it's not a virus, but quite an important file. In this article, we'll explain what it is and why you ...

A hive contains a group of keys and values that correspond to a particular portion of the Windows operating system. Business administrators can edit Ntuser.dat, a hive that contains settings for the ...

If you been using Windows OS for a long time, you may have come across a file with name NTUSER.DAT. It is a user-specific file that keeps user configuration data that is read when you log in to your ...

I thought I was smart and used the PendingFileRenameOperations registry value to replace ntuser.dat on reboot. Nope. Source file is deleted, destination is not replaced. The idea is that I take ...

To configure a default printer for use by your new employees, set up the registry -- a hierarchical database that controls the appearance and settings of Microsoft Windows -- on their workstations. A ...

What is Event ID 1552? Event ID 1552 occurs when Windows cannot load a user’s profile registry hive, typically the ntuser.dat file, because another process has locked it during login. This prevents ...

I was cleaning up a virus mess today. Vista, standard user. I switched to an Administrator login, removed problem files w/ defender. The infected account then got errors at log in saying "Could not ...