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How to disable file protection in windows 7????

by 3ntity Apr 3, 2010 1:13PM PDT

I followed this tutorial but it didn't work.
http://www.recipester.org/Recipe:Dis...ction_24800446

This is the error i get.
http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/2504/88782427.png

What I'm trying to do..
Replace uxtheme.dll and 2 other dll files in system 32.

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You do that

by Jimmy Greystone Apr 3, 2010 2:23PM PDT

You do that at your own peril. Is it REALLY worth risking having to reinstall Windows just to have a different theme?

You also really should be reconsidering this with a file sharing program like uTorrent. Who knows what else you may have picked up that could then get in. You should probably just let this one go.

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yep

by 3ntity Apr 3, 2010 4:34PM PDT

I guess you're right, that's probably the same advice id give any normal pc user, Ive dealt with things like this before, just not with windows 7, I done it all the time with xp, I wouldn't say I'm an average user, I build PC's, I have a good amount of knowledge to the workings of a computer, Hardware and software, I know things the average pc user could only dream of knowing. I never claim to know it all though, cause I don't, Far from it. i have no problem with re installing windows, it's a walk in the park to me, as is removing a virus. I did although manage to disable file protection, I got it right the first time, but my VS still didn't work, so i called it quits..

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