File Protection Switcher

[technicolordreamcoat]

Windows File Protection Switcher lets you disable
and reenable Windows File Protection (WFP) permanently.

http://www.tcmagazine.com/modules.php?m ... how&id=424

not sure about license, appears to be free

[AlephX]

Well, good stuff, I presume...

...but what do you do with that?

Does it allow (for example) to read/modify the hibernation file which normally cannot be "touched"?

I would like it...

I checked it and (because I didnt dare to use it) it seems to write only an unsignificant key into the registry...

Ciao
Aleph

[technicolordreamcoat]

Windows File Protection (WFP) prevents programs from replacing critical Windows system files. Programs must not overwrite these files because they are used by the operating system and by other programs. Protecting these files prevents problems with programs and the operating system.

This program could be great when you are trying to (un)install
software, but windows won't let you access some critical files.

This tool lets you dis/enable WFP. Meant to be an admin tool.
check here about WFP:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/222193

[dot]

In "XPLite" for instance (the tool that let's you uninstall some useless M$ stuff from the OS, otherwise difficult or impossible to remove) you have to deactivate the WFP first, so XPLite (there's a free version) can do its job.

I always keep it deactivated anyway. WFP uses quite some space on the HDD for itself, if I remember rightly. Also, I had some issues with WFP that I can't remember anymore (I believe an image restore with Acronis in DOS didn't work when WFP was on and the boot sector needed to be rewritten). It's a M$ invention anyway, so blast the thing! It can't be THAT good!.

I don't understand why you would want to read or modify the hybernation file.

[AlephX]

Thank you, technicolordreamcoat and dot, for the explanations and examples!
Aleph