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Date: Thu Nov 24 13:00:59 2005
From: stuartdgroups12 at googlemail.com (Stuart Dunkeld)
Subject: Window's O/S

On 11/24/05, Fielder, Kevin (GE Consumer Finance) <Kevin.Fielder@...com> wrote:
> > http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/winlogo/drvsign/wfp.mspx
> > Windows File Protection

> If you want to test, this feature can be disabled by turning off system
> restore. - right click my computer - properties - system restore tab.

That's not the case - system restore and Windows File Protection are
completely different animals.

> Agree with the previous posts, I think this is just down to a path issue
> when windows is trying to work out what to do when you open something.

Sure. It's not exactly new, either -
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1785717,00.asp

Regards

stuartd