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Win2000 - Windows File Protection

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by barbara.jones

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I need to temporarily disable Windows File Protection. When I try to install the Exchange 5.5 Administrator program, one .dll file keeps getting overwritten by W2k. I need the Exchange .dll file in order to run all the administrator modules. Any ideas? THANKS IN ADVANCE!!

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by nohdowt

The registry location is:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

SFCDisable is the key you need to change. Its default is 0. Change it to ffffff9d, using hex notation to disable it.
I got this off www.arstechnica.com, an excellent PC resource site. I think the value can be anything except 1 or 0... they just wanted to make sure it's disabled.
Reboot and you should be set.

Hope this helps.....

by tony.colgrove

I am interested in the error. I have seen Ex Admin installed on a numberous number of Win2K machines (this one included) and never had a problem.

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