What you say sounds pitiful. The ONLY WAY a file protection should be modifiable is by a write protected utility specifically designed for that one task! And the ONLY WAY that write protected utility can be written should be that the file is created then immediately run to write protect itself at the original installation. The system you describe has been DESIGNED for hacking!
Edit Typos - Test Your Processor Operation System - Simply dos boot and check the tasks directory to see what is scheduled to run.
If that finds nothing you still need to check the boot up sequence on the hard drive.
[This message has been edited by LCC (edited 12 August 2001).]

[This message has been edited by LCC (edited 12 August 2001).]