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Backup of Local Registry Does Not Work With NTBACKUP.EXE /b

Article ID: 166226

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q166226

SYMPTOMS

If you run Ntbackup.exe with the /b switch to backup the local registry, the %SystemRoot\System32\Config folder is backed up correctly. However, the Profiles folder is not backed up.

CAUSE

Windows NT 4.0 moved the registry to the Profiles folder. The graphical user interface (GUI) of Windows NT Backup was modified to reflect this change. However, Windows NT Backup was not modified to accept this change when the /b switch is used.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 4.0. This problem was corrected in the latest Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 U.S. Service Pack. For information on obtaining the service pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

S E R V P A C K

Additional query words: 4.00 prodnt

Keywords: kbbug KB166226