Occasionally, I will logoff a userid on an XP pro workstation and logon with
my admin id.

While logged on with my admin id, I will back up all the profiles (except
the admin id with which I am logged on). For the most part, this works
without issue.

On rare occasions, I get an error message ntuser.dat is in use. When I get
this, I need to reboot, log on with the admin id and can backup the data
without any problems.

It's not really a big deal, but I was just wondering if there was a way to
close the ntuser.dat file without rebooting. I've taken a look through task
manager and I don't see that file as being resident in memory.

Thank you

"(( carmen ))" <carmen@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Occasionally, I will logoff a userid on an XP pro workstation and logon
> with my admin id.
>
> While logged on with my admin id, I will back up all the profiles (except
> the admin id with which I am logged on). For the most part, this works
> without issue.
>
> On rare occasions, I get an error message ntuser.dat is in use. When I
> get this, I need to reboot, log on with the admin id and can backup the
> data without any problems.
>
> It's not really a big deal, but I was just wondering if there was a way to
> close the ntuser.dat file without rebooting. I've taken a look through
> task manager and I don't see that file as being resident in memory.
>
> Thank you

It depends on the backup program you use.

If you use ntbackup.exe or regback.exe then you won't have
a problem.

If you use another program then you have to reboot the machine
in order to unlock this registry file.

"(( carmen ))" <carmen@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:bOihj.38073$uV6.6673@pd7urf1no...
> Occasionally, I will logoff a userid on an XP pro workstation and logon
> with my admin id.
>
> While logged on with my admin id, I will back up all the profiles (except
> the admin id with which I am logged on). For the most part, this works
> without issue.
>
> On rare occasions, I get an error message ntuser.dat is in use. When I
> get this, I need to reboot, log on with the admin id and can backup the
> data without any problems.
>
> It's not really a big deal, but I was just wondering if there was a way to
> close the ntuser.dat file without rebooting. I've taken a look through
> task manager and I don't see that file as being resident in memory.
>
> Thank you

It depends on the backup program you use.

If you use ntbackup.exe or regback.exe then you won't have
a problem.

If you use another program then you have to reboot the machine
in order to unlock this registry file.

Thanks, I usually just do a copy paste of the local profile to another pc on
the network. I guess reboot it is.

"Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com.oz> wrote in message
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>
> "(( carmen ))" <carmen@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:bOihj.38073$uV6.6673@pd7urf1no...
>> Occasionally, I will logoff a userid on an XP pro workstation and logon
>> with my admin id.
>>
>> While logged on with my admin id, I will back up all the profiles (except
>> the admin id with which I am logged on). For the most part, this works
>> without issue.
>>
>> On rare occasions, I get an error message ntuser.dat is in use. When I
>> get this, I need to reboot, log on with the admin id and can backup the
>> data without any problems.
>>
>> It's not really a big deal, but I was just wondering if there was a way
>> to close the ntuser.dat file without rebooting. I've taken a look
>> through task manager and I don't see that file as being resident in
>> memory.
>>
>> Thank you
>
> It depends on the backup program you use.
>
> If you use ntbackup.exe or regback.exe then you won't have
> a problem.
>
> If you use another program then you have to reboot the machine
> in order to unlock this registry file.
>

Thanks, I usually just do a copy paste of the local profile to another pc on
the network. I guess reboot it is.

"Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com.oz> wrote in message
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>
> "(( carmen ))" <carmen@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:bOihj.38073$uV6.6673@pd7urf1no...
>> Occasionally, I will logoff a userid on an XP pro workstation and logon
>> with my admin id.
>>
>> While logged on with my admin id, I will back up all the profiles (except
>> the admin id with which I am logged on). For the most part, this works
>> without issue.
>>
>> On rare occasions, I get an error message ntuser.dat is in use. When I
>> get this, I need to reboot, log on with the admin id and can backup the
>> data without any problems.
>>
>> It's not really a big deal, but I was just wondering if there was a way
>> to close the ntuser.dat file without rebooting. I've taken a look
>> through task manager and I don't see that file as being resident in
>> memory.
>>
>> Thank you
>
> It depends on the backup program you use.
>
> If you use ntbackup.exe or regback.exe then you won't have
> a problem.
>
> If you use another program then you have to reboot the machine
> in order to unlock this registry file.
>