If I run XP on FAT32, possible since it's locks are as tight.
BTW, it's rare to need this. We also have a nice tool to unlock files. It's called UNLOCKER.
Care to share why this is needed? It's very dangerous if you did it and I would not expect this system to run for more than a few weeks until it failed.
Bob
Is there a way to disable file locking, globally, for windows xp or 7?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_locking
I am willing to risk the "interceding update problem"

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