What information is stored in NTUSER.dat on Windows XP?

Question

What information is stored in the registry hive NTUSER.dat? Please try to be specific and avoid answers like "user settings."

Answer 1

User-specific registry entries.

From MS:

"With the hive registry, each time a new user logs on, a new directory is created for that user with a separate file for the user registry. This is called the user profile hive. A user's hive contains specific registry information pertaining to that user's applications, desktop, environment, network connections, and printer settings. The user profile hive contains all data under the HKEY_CURRENT_USER key. When the current user is logged off and another user is logged on, the new user's hive is mounted, and the data under HKEY_CURRENT_USER changes."

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