[21993] in bugtraq
RE: Windows ME file restoration
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Peter Tonoli)
Sun Jul 29 14:03:15 2001
Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 22:05:19 +1000 (EST)
From: Peter Tonoli <anarchie@metaverse.org>
Cc: spiritof1@home.com, bugtraq@securityfocus.com
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On Sat, 28 Jul 2001, CJ Oakwood wrote:
> This doesn't sound like a bug, but rather the System File Protection.
> Windows 2000, XP, .NET (and I think NT4) has what MS calls System
> File Protection which makes it hard to overwrite system files.
I don't believe NT supports SFP.
> This can't be disabled, this is a feature of Windows.
There are some nice descriptions on how to disable this occasionally
annoying feature at
<http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/790/>.. and for a nice long
explanation <http://www.arstechnica.com/tweak/win2k/others/disable_sfp-1.html>.
> - -----Original Message-----
> From: Spirit Of 1 [mailto:spiritof1@home.com]
> Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2001 21:16
> To: bugtraq@securityfocus.com
> Subject: Windows ME file restoration
>
>
> An advisory for all windows ME users:
>
> Windows ME restores critical system files from backups when they are
> [...]
> into windows ME, I'd appreciate a reply. Thanks.
>
> - -spirit of one.
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