FRIDAY MAY 20 2011 640 PM EDT
I HAD TO REINSTALL THE NORTON UTILITIES 2002 ,
OLD RELIABLE , NORTON PROTECTED RECYCLE BIN .
AFTER DOING SO , I FOUND THAT WHEN I
EDIT AND SAVE A FILE , THE ORIGINAL
FILE HAS A NEW MODIFIED DATE AND A
NEW CREATED DATE , AND ACCESSED DATE .
I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT A FILE THAT WENT
IN NORTON PROTECTED RECYCLE BIN ,
OR ANY FILE THAT CAME OUT OF NPRB .
I AM TALKING ABOUT THE FILE STILL ON
THE SCREEN IN AN EDITOR SUCH AS :
MS WORDPAD , UNIX EMACS , DOS KEDIT .
THE CREATE DATE GETS CHANGED
IF I SAVE THE FILE . I THINK ONLY THE
MODIFIED DATE SHOULD CHANGE .
IF I DISABLE ( NPRB ) :
NORTON PROTECTED RECYCLE BIN ,
THE EDITORS EACH ONLY CHANGE
THE MODIFIED DATE . THEY DO NOT
CHANGE THE CREATED DATE WHEN
YOU MAKE EDITS AND THEN SAVE .
I DID A TOTALLY CLEAN INSTALL OF
THE OPERATING SYSTEM AND TESTED .
NORTON WAS NOT INSTALLED YET .
THE EDITORS DO NOT CHANGE THE
CREATED DATE . CREATED DATE
CAN BE FROM YEARS EARLIER .
THEN I REINSTALL NPRB AND AGAIN
EACH OF THESE EDITORS CHANGES
THE CREATED DATE . I DISABLE NPRB ,
AND THE EDITORS AGAIN DO NOT
CHANGE THE CREATED DATE .
THE CREATED DATE IS AS IT WAS
BEFORE I DID ANY FILE OPEN .
I HAVE SPENT 4 DAYS LOOKING
FOR A PATCH . IS THERE A FIX
THAT I HAVE NOT FOUND .
THANK YOU .
RESPECTFULLY YOURS
DALE