Re: Copy Changing Dates

Hi John,
I tried what you stated, and Thank You, but it did not work. When I copy a
new file to the laptop it still is changing the modified and create date to
the time of the copy.

So, it didn't work. You have any other ideas???
--
Rox


"John" wrote:

> Hi
>
> The process for disabling the file access timestamp is quite easy. All that
> is required is one quick change in the System Registry.To do so, follow
> these steps:
>
> 1. Click the Start button and select Run. Then type regedit in the textbox
> and click OK.
> 2. This will start up the Registry Editor and will allow you to edit the
> file system settings. Once the Registry Editor has loaded, navigate to the
> file system settings by
> expanding
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, SYSTEM, CurrentControlSet, Control, and then FileSystem.
>
> 3. Depending on your system, you may see an entry called
> NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate.
>
> If your system has this entry already listed, skip to the next step. If you
> do not see this entry, don't worry; just create it by right-clicking and
> selecting New and then
> DWORD Value, Key in NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate for the name.
>
> 4. Now, modify the DWORD value. Right-click the name of the entry and select
> Modify.
> Then type a 1 in the box to disable the last access update feature.
>
> 5. Then click OK and restart your computer. The changes will be in effect.
> This hack is not without a price, disabling this feature may cause problems
> for certain applications, such as hard disk defragmenters and other
> programs. If you notice any strange behavior with your applications, try
> reverting to an
> earlier system restore point, or apply an undo script to the app. (Below)
>
>
> You can run a .reg file to add and remove the settings to the registry.
>
> To disable, copy the text between the lines below to notepad and save the
> file as
> DisableLastUpdate.reg and run it.
> -------------------------------------
>
> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\FileSystem]
> "NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate"=dword:00000001
>
> -------------------------------------
>
>
> To enable, copy the text between the lines below to notepad and save the
> file as
> DisableLastUpdateUndo.reg and run it.
>
> ----------------------------------------
>
> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\FileSystem]
> "NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate"=dword:00000000
>
> ---------------------------------------
>
> Regards
>
> John
>
>
>
> "Rox" <Rox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:97A07C19-199E-4837-9B0A-4446C8DAF627@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Hi all,
> > I have a problem and the support people do not know how to fix it, so I am
> > trying here.
> >
> > It started a few days ago. When I copy a file to my system from my
> > laptop.
> > Copy to my mounted drive. The mounted drive is this system "My Documents".
> > It
> > copies the file and than changes the modified date and creation date to
> > the
> > date I did the copy. If you have exporer with folders in detail view (see
> > dates) displayed you can watch it display the copy file with the correct
> > date
> > and see it make the change to the date and time as of right now. It is not
> > retaining the orignal dates like it should, and was doing. What happened
> > and
> > how can I fix it..
> >
> > I am an old Unix person not Windows. In Unix their is an option to the
> > copy
> > type commend were we can set what is to happen with the dates durning a
> > copy
> > or default was always to retain dates.
> >
> > With Windows XP I do not know were or what to look at to fix.
> >
> > Pleas Help me.
> > --
> > Rox
>
>
>
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