At 10:16 PM 18/07/2002, you wrote:

>More on how Windows File Protection works. I think this key
>paragraph from the MS doc explains why various solutions appear to
>work -- but may not be permanent:

Yeah, it's a silly thing. Here is a snippet from that URL you sent out
last time, maybe an even more appropriate way to fix it:

You may disable WFP by setting the value SFCDisable (REG_DWORD) in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon.

By default, SFCDisable is set to 0, which means WFP is active. Setting
SFCDisable to 1 will disable WFP. Setting SFCDisable to 2 will disable WFP
for the next system restart only (without a prompt to re-enable).

Sounds like more fun than Safe-Mode.

Scott.