system is corrupt ??

In my labs, I'm getting this error on different computers
several times a week. On boot, the error is something
like
"C:\Windows\System32\System is corrupt or missing"

I'm getting this on new boxes, so it doesn't sound like
a hardware problem ... or a hack. I can do a repair by
copying C:\Windows\Repair\System.exe to the other
folder, but I still get the same error. I'm getting suspicious
of Microsoft XP updates and patches, but I wonder if
the problem is corrupt file transfers, or is it just an
incompatible update ?? Or none of the above ??

johns

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