Something very similar happened to me..

[ComputerMan 0]

When you cannot install or have problems installing software:

 

When I tried to install Adaptec drivers for the cd-r, it was zeroing the size of the new

files, and when I reboot, BSOD.

Reason the crappy file protection, how to disable ? Here goes, open regedit search for

this

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

 

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Session Manager]

"BootExecute"=hex(7):61,00,75,00,74,00,6f,00,63,00,68,00,65,00,63,00,6b,00,20,\

00,61,00,75,00,74,00,6f,00,63,00,68,00,6b,00,20,00,2a,00,00,00,00,00

"CriticalSectionTimeout"=dword:00278d00

"EnableMCA"=dword:00000001

"EnableMCE"=dword:00000000

"ExcludeFromKnownDlls"=hex(7):00,00

"GlobalFlag"=dword:00000000

"HeapDeCommitFreeBlockThreshold"=dword:00000000

"HeapDeCommitTotalFreeThreshold"=dword:00000000

"HeapSegmentCommit"=dword:00000000

"HeapSegmentReserve"=dword:00000000

"ObjectDirectories"=hex(7):5c,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,6f,00,77,00,73,00,00,\

00,5c,00,52,00,50,00,43,00,20,00,43,00,6f,00,6e,00,74,00,72,00,6f,00,6c,00,\

00,00,00,00

"ProtectionMode"=dword:00000000 -here is the guilty one is already off 0 -

"ResourceTimeoutCount"=dword:0009e340

"ProcessorControl"=dword:00000002

"RegisteredProcessors"=dword:00000002

"LicensedProcessors"=dword:00000002

"PendingFileRenameOperations"=hex(7):5c,00,3f,00,3f,00,5c,00,63,00,3a,00,5c,00,\

64,00,6f,00,63,00,75,00,6d,00,65,00,7e,00,31,00,5c,00,66,00,72,00,61,00,6e,\

00,6b,00,62,00,7e,00,31,00,2e,00,66,00,6f,00,72,00,5c,00,6c,00,6f,00,63,00,\

61,00,6c,00,73,00,7e,00,31,00,5c,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,70,00,5c,00,73,00,65,\

00,74,00,75,00,70,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,00,00,00,00,5c,00,3f,00,3f,00,\

5c,00,63,00,3a,00,5c,00,77,00,69,00,6e,00,6e,00,74,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,\

00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,41,00,44,00,50,00,37,00,2e,00,54,00,\

4d,00,50,00,00,00,21,00,5c,00,3f,00,3f,00,5c,00,63,00,3a,00,5c,00,77,00,69,\

00,6e,00,6e,00,74,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,\

5c,00,77,00,6e,00,61,00,73,00,70,00,69,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,\

00,00,00,5c,00,3f,00,3f,00,5c,00,63,00,3a,00,5c,00,77,00,69,00,6e,00,6e,00,\

74,00,5c,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,70,00,5c,00,77,00,69,00,6e,00,69,00,6e,00,69,\

00,74,00,2e,00,54,00,4d,00,50,00,00,00,00,00,5c,00,3f,00,3f,00,5c,00,63,00,\

3a,00,5c,00,77,00,69,00,6e,00,6e,00,74,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,\

00,6d,00,5c,00,41,00,44,00,50,00,36,00,2e,00,54,00,4d,00,50,00,00,00,21,00,\

5c,00,3f,00,3f,00,5c,00,63,00,3a,00,5c,00,77,00,69,00,6e,00,6e,00,74,00,5c,\

00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,5c,00,77,00,69,00,6e,00,61,00,73,00,\

70,00,69,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,00,00,5c,00,3f,00,3f,00,5c,00,63,00,3a,\

00,5c,00,77,00,69,00,6e,00,6e,00,74,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,\

6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,64,00,72,00,69,00,76,00,65,00,72,00,73,00,5c,00,41,\

00,44,00,50,00,34,00,2e,00,54,00,4d,00,50,00,00,00,21,00,5c,00,3f,00,3f,00,\

5c,00,63,00,3a,00,5c,00,77,00,69,00,6e,00,6e,00,74,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,\

00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,64,00,72,00,69,00,76,00,65,00,72,00,\

73,00,5c,00,61,00,73,00,70,00,69,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,00,\

00,5c,00,3f,00,3f,00,5c,00,63,00,3a,00,5c,00,77,00,69,00,6e,00,6e,00,74,00,\

5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,5c,00,41,00,44,00,50,00,38,00,2e,\

00,54,00,4d,00,50,00,00,00,21,00,5c,00,3f,00,3f,00,5c,00,63,00,3a,00,5c,00,\

77,00,69,00,6e,00,6e,00,74,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,5c,\

00,77,00,6f,00,77,00,70,00,6f,00,73,00,74,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,00,00,\

00,00

 

Modify all the instances (two of them) of the file protection as marked up there.

Let's hope this helps you out.

 

 

 

[This message has been edited by ComputerMan (edited 08 June 2000).]

[Palos 0]

Why don't you send this dump to the M$ tech support, i'm sure they are the only ones who can figure it out, lol (hopefully)