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re: What are User.* files such as user.85C
Monday, June 18, 2007 at 10:24 am
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Posted by bob wells (1633 messages posted)


(rb0001 thru rb0005), should read rb0000 thru rb0005. oops.

This link should explain the User.da0 and System.da0 question


http://brianlivingston.com/windowmanager/archive/cgi-bin/new/livingst/980810bl.htm

Appear to exist  in Win95.

BW








On Monday, June 18, 2007 at 9:42 am, bob wells wrote:
>Since no .Dat files were noted by OP, I doubt these are registry backups, which BTW
>are rb0001.cab thru rb0005.cab and are found in C:\windows\System\sysbackup in Win98SE.
>
>User.dat and System.dat are the current regristy settings, which, when a backup is
>ceated, are both saved in the rb000x.cab file. Win98SE default is 5 copies, hence
>rb0001 thru rb0005. More can be created but the .cab extension is still used. Somehow
>I doubt 5,000 copies of the registry.
>
>I've seen reference to the User.da0 file before, neither of my Win98SE systems contain
>this particular file???
>
>http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/registry
>
>BW
>
>
>



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re: What are User.* files such as user.85C (bob wells: Monday, June 18, 2007 at 9:42 am)

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*re: What are User.* files such as user.85C (Jacob6601: Monday, June 18, 2007 at 5:30 pm)

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-What are User.* files such as user.85C (Ines: Sat, Jun 16, 2007, 4:26 pm)
-re: What are User.* files such as user.85C (bob wells: Sun, Jun 17, 2007, 9:15 pm)
-re: What are User.* files such as user.85C (Jacob6601: Mon, Jun 18, 2007, 2:31 am)
-re: What are User.* files such as user.85C (bob wells: Mon, Jun 18, 2007, 9:42 am)
-re: What are User.* files such as user.85C (bob wells: Mon, Jun 18, 2007, 10:24 am)
-re: What are User.* files such as user.85C (Jacob6601: Mon, Jun 18, 2007, 5:30 pm)
*re: What are User.* files such as user.85C (bob wells: Mon, Jun 18, 2007, 6:00 pm)
-re: What are User.* files such as user.85C (Ines: Mon, Jun 25, 2007, 5:43 am)
*re: What are User.* files such as user.85C (Jacob6601: Sat, Jun 30, 2007, 9:08 pm)
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