There are loads of file types swimming around our computers at any given time — most of which exist to supplement the programs we use or play (or allow them to function in the first place). The most ...

DAT files are files with an extension that isn't associated with a specific application or program and can be almost any type of file including video, media or text. Gaining access to the DAT files ...

Q. I sometimes receive e-mail messages with a “winmail.dat” file attached that I cannot open. Why does this happen, and what can I do to fix it? A. The winmail.dat file usually appears because various ...

A Windows feature has been uncovered which may be of concern to some but isn't thought to be a 'bug'. Security researcher Barnaby Skeggs was investigating a Windows system file called WaitList.dat ...

We’ve all seen mysterious .dat file attachments in our inboxes from time to time. In most cases the .dat attachment originates in Microsoft Outlook, which produces outgoing messages using a slightly ...

On occasion you may receive a strange attachment in your email called Winmail.dat. When you try to open it Windows will not let you, and the person sending it to you has no idea what it is. Do not ...

When you send an email message from a Microsoft Outlook client that is configured incorrectly, the receiver may receive an attachment with the name winmail.dat. This is a binary attachment that ...

McAfee is dealing with the aftermath of another DAT file false positive, which channel partners say has eroded confidence with their customers and provoked a demand for change in its QA processes.

hi,<BR>on my harddrive i have various .dat files ripped from vcds, i try to play them using xine but get the error,<BR><BR>There is no demuxer plugin available to handle 'AVSEQ01.DAT'. Usually this ...

If you live in a world where you get email from Outlook users, and I think most of us do, you probably see the dreaded winmail.dat file on occasion. Outlook compresses all of its attachments together ...

I have a local user on a machine that I would like to modify its registry so that it is very locked down. As admin on that machine, is there a way I can open up and modify the guest user's NTUSER.DAT ...