diff --git a/system/helpers/file_helper.php b/system/helpers/file_helper.php
index d07d35f..83ef6a0 100644
--- a/system/helpers/file_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/file_helper.php
@@ -176,4 +176,39 @@
 	}
 }
 
+// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/**
+ * Tests for file writability
+ *
+ * is_writable() returns TRUE on Windows servers
+ * when you really can't write to the file
+ * as the OS reports to PHP as FALSE only if the
+ * read-only attribute is marked.  Ugh?
+ *
+ * @access	private
+ * @return	void
+ */	
+function is_really_writable($file)
+{
+	if (is_dir($file))
+	{
+		$file = rtrim($file, '/').'/'.md5(rand(1,100));
+		
+		if (($fp = @fopen($file, 'ab')) === FALSE)
+		{
+			return FALSE;
+		}
+		
+		@chmod($file, 0777);
+		@unlink($file);
+	}
+	elseif (($fp = @fopen($file, 'ab')) === FALSE)
+	{
+		return FALSE;
+	}
+
+	fclose($fp);
+	return TRUE;
+}
 ?>
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