I'm not sure where exactly you are getting your 'ntuser.bak' file from?

As you say, normaly it is not possible to delete, change in any way or
even copy the 'ntuser.dat' file in your profile's folder. So, I ask
again, what process did you use to obtain your 'ntuser.bak' file??

If you saved this file using a third-part app (such as ERUNT) then their
help file (or readme.txt) will be able to explain how to replace your
bakup.

If it is something you have saved yourself (somehow) from an erlier
time, then you can replace the file, but you will have to do it either
with another copy of Windows NT on another partition, or with the
'Recovery Console'.

With another copy of Windows the process is self explanitory.

To start 'Recovery Console' either install it as a 'Start up' menu
option by typing the following (where D: is the CD-ROM drive letter) :

D:\i386\winnt32.exe /cmdcons

Or, you can start the RC directly from your Win XP cd-rom by booting
from it then choosing the option :

To repair a Windows XP installation using
Recovery Console, press R.


But, before you start the 'Recovery Console' you will have to first
enable the 'set' command :


reg ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Setup\RecoveryConsole" /v SetCommand /t REG_DWORD /d 1
/f


(The above command should be all on one line but may not appear so due
to line-wrap. Please ensure that the command begins with 'reg' and ends
with '/f')

Either run the above command in the "Run" box or from a 'Command Prompt'
or edit the registry setting directly.

*Note - Please exercise care when editing the registry, always create a
backup and / or create a 'System Restore' point first.

When in the RC you will need to use the 'set' command to change the
variable "AllowAllPaths" be able to navigate to your profile's folder.
Type the command :

set AllowAllPaths = TRUE

....at the RC prompt.

You can then navigate to your profile's folder using the 'CD' command as
you would in a 'Command Prompt' window in XP e.g. :

cd "C:\Documents and Settings\Mendez"

....then change the name of your existing 'ntuser.dat' file (for a
possible 'undo') to 'ntuser.sav', thus :

ren ntuser.dat ntuser.sav

....finally, change the name of your 'ntuser.bak' file to 'ntuser.dat',
thus :

ren ntuser.bak ntuser.dat

....type EXIT and press [enter] to reboot.


(Apart from these two options, there is also the PE Build live cd-rom
option that you could use to manipulate files on an NTFS partition)


Hope that this answers your question....

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)




"Méndez" <zorro.mendez******.com> wrote in message
news:OtyhSFG$JHA.5092@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Point well taken, but reinstalling the video drivers is just a few
> clicks and a restart, and the fact is, I'm not sure which restore
> point would restore the view, and I would have to try a few or just go
> a while back to be sure and lose some settings, improvements and apps
> in the precess. I reinstalled the drivers just as a vague attempt but
> I didn't really think it would help... but the screen was a little
> dimm and I already had planed to reinstall the drivers before this
> other issue came up... and the reinstall did sharpen up the display a
> bit, so it wasn't a total waste of time.
>
> I had updated IE6 to IE8 and had some trouble with it so I removed it
> and instead installed IE7 which hasn't let me down yet. In any case
> IE8 wouldn't have helped because I've found out the problem is my user
> profile... I created another user account and everything looks good
> from there... so now I have to find the way to repair my usual
> profile.. As far as I've found out, restoring a backup of the
> "ntuser.dat" file (ntuser.bak) may restore the current_user registry
> hive settings but I'm at the point of searching for the way to restore
> ntuser.bak safely. Would you happen to know the way by any chance? I
> don't think it's as simple as switching the file extensions between
> "ntuser.dat" and "ntuser.bak" or deleting "ntuser.dat" from another
> OS, cause that would be to easy and I've read that there's not much
> you can do to recover a corrupted user profile
>
>
> -----------------------------------------------
> "Tim Meddick" <timmeddick@gawab.com> escribió en el mensaje
> news:OzLlM1E$JHA.1252@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> ...yet you re-installed all the video drivers and mention the
>> possibility of a "Repair Install" which is an even 'bigger' thing
>> than a 'System Restore' !!
>>
>> Bear in mind that 'Restore Points', quite often, don't last for ever.
>> On a lot of XP machines they are deleted, almost at random. So, you
>> may not always have this option.
>>
>> I really must say, though, I do not think that it's got anything at
>> all to do with video drivers.
>>
>> If you are dead against performing a 'System Restore' (what I
>> recommend), then installing IE8 may [possibly] cure the problem...
>>
>> ==
>>
>> Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)
>
>