Heres my problem,
If i do as much as log out of my computer my personalized settings (such as putting a toolbar on the start bar, or moving an icon on my desktop) wont save. I get a window that says "Setting up Personalized Settings" when I logon to my account, or any others I create.
I've Google'd it and the only one I've found was not fixed, and all the others are talking about a file called loadwc.exe, which does not exist on XP.
Thanks for the fast reply, but it didn't do anything at all, I saved the file from the website itself, that didn't work, copied the text made a new reg file, still didn't help :|
Check this registry setting: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Look for Userinit in the right pane and check the path. C:\WINDOWS\system32\userinit.exe,
I checked that entry and there was no data for it, so I entered "C:\WINDOWS\system32\userinit.exe," (with no quotes) yet still no progress (restarted already)
This is a long shot but I saw a Hewlett Packard PC do this with the folder options / views and it was a program that was running on start up that changed the settings.
This is a long shot but I saw a Hewlett Packard PC do this with the folder options / views and it was a program that was running on start up that changed the settings.
It is located at X:\Documents and Settings\User Name\
Q.What is ntuser.dat
- NTUSER.DAT is a file that windows uses to store your user Settings and preferences. It loads each time the user logs on and loads any settings the user may have set like permissions, program settings , Desktop Settings ... etc etc etc ....
It Loads from the following regkey
HKEY_CURRENT_USER
File access is denied to NTUSER.dat, so could un-denying (sp) it fix the problem?
Edit:Nevermind, I tried that and it fixed part of it, are there any other NTUSER files?
Edit again: Ok, thanks for the help Devil, you solved the problem... access was denied to the file and I had no rights with it...
If anyone else has this problem i used cacls "ntuser.dat" /p [username]:F /c in command prompt
if you dont get error messages when you try to edit it or something, leave out the /c. Also make sure you are in folder devil mentioned above (x:\documents and settings\username)
Hi, I'm new here and I have know clue what I'm doing but I get the same message as you and I have found "NTUSER.DAT" file and I don't no what to do can you help me out?
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