17 Aug 2003, 07:31, Charles Angelich (1:106/2000), wrote to Matt Mc_carthy:

Hi Charles.

 MM>> You are correct. The 'active registry' consists of the
 MM>> Hidden Read-Only files SYSTEM.DAT and USER.DAT located in
 MM>> "C:\WINDOWS". 

 MM>> Five other files often VERY handy to keep spares of are the
 MM>> Registry Backup files located in the Hidden directory
 MM>> "C:\WINDOWS\SYSBCKUP". Those are rb000.cab, rb001.cab,
 MM>> rb002.cab, rb003.cab and rb004.cab. 

 CA> Are you certain this is true for all W9x? What I remember is
 CA> two copies for W9x and possibly more for WinME's 'goback'
 CA> option. 

Nope!  Not sure at all for Win95, but it is true for Win98 and Win98SE.


     Good luck...  M.

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