All the sytem files are hidden and read only. Why and please help

Why? Well because if they were made to edit,remove or massage in any way 90% of the population would have non working computers....... And yes I would be one of the first to be unable to boot up........gasp.....giggle LOL LOL LOL They are made read only to protect them. To change this you use the attrib command. attrib -R C:filename +r = set read only -r = clear read only +a = set archive attribute -a = clear +s = set file as system file -s = clear +h = set file as hidden (invisabe file) -h = clear /s = processes all files in dir and sub dir. Do be carefull. Again the read,hide ect attributes are there to keep the file safe from being overwritten or deleated. Hope this answers you question. World Library