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From: "Parker, Ron" <rdparker AT butlermfg DOT com>
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Subject: Known DLLS (Was: Mo Dejong's install problems)
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 13:23:56 -0600
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mumit Khan [mailto:khan AT NanoTech DOT Wisc DOT EDU]
<snip>

> A long time ago, I added Cygwin dll to the "Known DLLs" list, 
> but I don't
> remember if I saw any significant improvements. 

<snip>

FWIW, Microsoft added a new "feature" to "Known DLLs" with Windows 2000. If
a file is listed as a "Known DLL" nothing may replace it short of an
operating system service pack. If you try replacing it, success will be
reported but nothing will be changed. Microsoft will re-replace it with a
cached copy that you cannot modify. IMO, this was done to prevent something
like Windows 2000-lite, once and forever proving that IE is a necessary part
of the OS. I also love having two copies of 2000+ files on my machine.