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Old October 11th 08, 05:29 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Oreally
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How can delete this from System32? I want to replace it with an edited
url.dll file and it is locked by Windows? Will Safe Mode work?

Thanks



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Old October 11th 08, 06:13 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Leonard Grey[_3_]
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It's a protected system file, so you may as well forget about it.
---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

"A Day in the Life of a Web 2.0 Hacker" - PC Magazine
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2330952,00.asp

Oreally wrote:
How can delete this from System32? I want to replace it with an edited
url.dll file and it is locked by Windows? Will Safe Mode work?

Thanks



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Old October 11th 08, 04:49 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
ju.c[_2_]
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Default Editing URL.DLL

You need to boot from a CD to copy the system file.

You can use the Windows CD to boot into the Recovery Console.
Copy your modified file to the root Windows drive (C then boot
the CD and copy it from there to C:\WINDOWS\system32\.

Or you can get this excellent Linux distro, "Damn Small Linux":
http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/download.html


ju.c


"Oreally" wrote in message . ..
How can delete this from System32? I want to replace it with an edited
url.dll file and it is locked by Windows? Will Safe Mode work?

Thanks



  #4  
Old October 11th 08, 04:49 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
ju.c[_2_]
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Default Editing URL.DLL

Another useless post. Sigh . . .


"Leonard Grey" wrote in message ...
It's a protected system file, so you may as well forget about it.
---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

"A Day in the Life of a Web 2.0 Hacker" - PC Magazine
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2330952,00.asp

Oreally wrote:
How can delete this from System32? I want to replace it with an edited
url.dll file and it is locked by Windows? Will Safe Mode work?

Thanks



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Old October 11th 08, 06:53 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Twayne[_2_]
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Default Editing URL.DLL

Another useless post. Sigh . . .

Well, he says to err is human at least g.

Twayne



"Leonard Grey" wrote in message
...
It's a protected system file, so you may as well forget about it.
---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

"A Day in the Life of a Web 2.0 Hacker" - PC Magazine
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2330952,00.asp

Oreally wrote:
How can delete this from System32? I want to replace it with an
edited url.dll file and it is locked by Windows? Will Safe Mode
work? Thanks




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Old October 11th 08, 09:58 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
1776[_2_]
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Default Editing URL.DLL

Am I correct in assuming from these instructions that:

1) The file protection logic is such that the running OS protects the system
folder from which it was launched.
2) Booting from CD causes the OS to leave the hard drive (let's call it the
standard) system folder unprotected so that you can modify files in that
folder.
3) Booting now from the standard location causes the OS to protect that
folder in its launch state, which now contains the modified file.

W.

ju.c wrote:
You need to boot from a CD to copy the system file.

You can use the Windows CD to boot into the Recovery Console.
Copy your modified file to the root Windows drive (C then boot
the CD and copy it from there to C:\WINDOWS\system32\.

Or you can get this excellent Linux distro, "Damn Small Linux":
http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/download.html


ju.c


"Oreally" wrote in message
. ..
How can delete this from System32? I want to replace it with an
edited url.dll file and it is locked by Windows? Will Safe Mode work?

Thanks




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Old October 11th 08, 10:42 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Leonard Grey[_3_]
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Default Editing URL.DLL

Windows File Protection (WFP) protects system files by running in the
background and detecting attempts to replace protected system files. WFP
is triggered after it receives a directory change notification on a file
in a protected directory. Once this notification is received, WFP
determines which file was changed. If the file is protected, WFP looks
up the file signature in a catalog file to determine if the new file is
the correct Microsoft version. If it is not, the operating system
replaces the file with the correct version from the dllcache directory
or the distribution media
---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

"A Day in the Life of a Web 2.0 Hacker" - PC Magazine
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2330952,00.asp

1776 wrote:
Am I correct in assuming from these instructions that:

1) The file protection logic is such that the running OS protects the system
folder from which it was launched.
2) Booting from CD causes the OS to leave the hard drive (let's call it the
standard) system folder unprotected so that you can modify files in that
folder.
3) Booting now from the standard location causes the OS to protect that
folder in its launch state, which now contains the modified file.

W.

ju.c wrote:
You need to boot from a CD to copy the system file.

You can use the Windows CD to boot into the Recovery Console.
Copy your modified file to the root Windows drive (C then boot
the CD and copy it from there to C:\WINDOWS\system32\.

Or you can get this excellent Linux distro, "Damn Small Linux":
http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/download.html


ju.c


"Oreally" wrote in message
. ..
How can delete this from System32? I want to replace it with an
edited url.dll file and it is locked by Windows? Will Safe Mode work?

Thanks




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Old October 12th 08, 06:45 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Oreally
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Default Editing URL.DLL

What if you have an HP with........No Windows CD!?

Oreally



"ju.c" wrote in message
...
You need to boot from a CD to copy the system file.

You can use the Windows CD to boot into the Recovery Console.
Copy your modified file to the root Windows drive (C then boot the CD
and copy it from there to C:\WINDOWS\system32\.

Or you can get this excellent Linux distro, "Damn Small Linux":
http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/download.html


ju.c


"Oreally" wrote in message
. ..
How can delete this from System32? I want to replace it with an edited
url.dll file and it is locked by Windows? Will Safe Mode work?

Thanks



  #9  
Old October 12th 08, 10:54 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
ju.c[_2_]
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Default Editing URL.DLL

"What if you have an HP with........No Windows CD!?"

Then use my "Or" option, "Damn Small Linux":
http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/download.html


ju.c


"Oreally" wrote in message . ..
What if you have an HP with........No Windows CD!?

Oreally



"ju.c" wrote in message
...
You need to boot from a CD to copy the system file.

You can use the Windows CD to boot into the Recovery Console.
Copy your modified file to the root Windows drive (C then boot the CD
and copy it from there to C:\WINDOWS\system32\.

Or you can get this excellent Linux distro, "Damn Small Linux":
http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/download.html


ju.c


"Oreally" wrote in message
. ..
How can delete this from System32? I want to replace it with an edited
url.dll file and it is locked by Windows? Will Safe Mode work?

Thanks



  #10  
Old October 12th 08, 11:21 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
mhc
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Default Editing URL.DLL

Oreally wrote:
How can delete this from System32? I want to replace it with an edited
url.dll file and it is locked by Windows? Will Safe Mode work?

Thanks

The simplest way to replace a protected file is to put the version you WANT
on your system in the system32\dllcache folder, then rename the OLD version
in the system32 folder. Windows File Protection will then automatically
place a copy of your new version in the system32 folder for you. Now reboot
your system, and Windows will load your new version of the file. You can
then delete the old version safely, and as a side-benefit, Windows will
recognize your new version as a system file and protect it!

Many people (myself included) think Windows File Protection does more harm
than good, and they/we disable it. Instructions can be found all over the
internet, Google is your friend here.
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Old October 18th 08, 09:24 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Anteaus
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Default Editing URL.DLL


Or you can simply make sure that there are no copies of URL.DLL or URL.DL_
anywhere that WFP can 'see' them.

WFP will then nag once, and give up.

If no CD you will probably have an i386 folder on the HD somewhere, BTW.

"mhc" wrote:

Oreally wrote:
How can delete this from System32? I want to replace it with an edited
url.dll file and it is locked by Windows? Will Safe Mode work?

Thanks

The simplest way to replace a protected file is to put the version you WANT
on your system in the system32\dllcache folder, then rename the OLD version
in the system32 folder. Windows File Protection will then automatically
place a copy of your new version in the system32 folder for you. Now reboot
your system, and Windows will load your new version of the file. You can
then delete the old version safely, and as a side-benefit, Windows will
recognize your new version as a system file and protect it!

Many people (myself included) think Windows File Protection does more harm
than good, and they/we disable it. Instructions can be found all over the
internet, Google is your friend here.

 




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