tfsnifs.sys causes stop 7e after update

I installed Roxio Easy Media Creator Suite 9, which includes Sonic DLA
(Drive Letter Access, a program/driver that makes burners look like a
drive letter).
Among the files of Sonic DLA is tfsnifs.sys
see the following:
Directory of C:\Program Files\Sonic\DLA\install

03/18/2007 06:20 PM <DIR> .
03/18/2007 06:20 PM <DIR> ..
11/16/2004 01:05 AM 98,358 dla.exe
11/16/2004 01:05 AM 77,882 dlainst.dll
12/01/2004 03:22 AM 87,488 drvmcdb.sys
12/01/2004 03:22 AM 87,312 drvncdb.sys
11/23/2004 02:56 AM 40,480 drvnddm.sys
12/01/2004 03:22 AM 108,429 drvwcdb.vxd
11/23/2004 02:56 AM 29,230 drvwddm.vxd
07/14/2004 11:29 AM 21,723 npapimon.sys
07/14/2004 11:29 AM 5,627 sscdbhk5.sys
07/14/2004 11:28 AM 57,401 ssdiag.exe
07/14/2004 11:28 AM 10,906 ssdiagn.sys
07/14/2004 11:28 AM 77,883 ssdsetup.exe
07/14/2004 11:28 AM 23,545 ssrtln.sys
11/16/2004 01:05 AM 614,400 tfsmrmsg.iso
11/16/2004 01:05 AM 25,883 tfsnboio.sys
11/16/2004 01:05 AM 34,843 tfsncofs.sys
11/16/2004 01:05 AM 5,659 tfsndofs.sys
11/16/2004 01:05 AM 4,123 tfsndrct.sys
11/16/2004 01:05 AM 2,239 tfsndres.sys
11/16/2004 01:05 AM 86,554 tfsnifs.sys
11/16/2004 01:05 AM 15,227 tfsnopio.sys
11/16/2004 01:05 AM 6,363 tfsnpool.sys
11/16/2004 01:05 AM 98,714 tfsnudf.sys
11/16/2004 01:05 AM 100,603 tfsnudfa.sys
11/16/2004 01:05 AM 61,498 tfswapi.dll
11/16/2004 01:05 AM 258,106 tfswcmd.exe
11/16/2004 01:05 AM 241,727 tfswcres.dll
11/16/2004 01:05 AM 127,035 tfswctrl.exe
11/16/2004 01:05 AM 118,842 tfswshx.dll

after this I installed Dell's service-app-recommended-and-branded Sonic
DLA patch a couple of months ago.


after today's windows update which caused a reboot,
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DLA
contained an updated version of tfsnifs.sys dated 3/18/2007. this file
caused consistent bluescreens:
tfsnifs.sys stop 7e(c0000005,edb7ea4e,f7b6cb18,f7b6c814)
addr edb7ea4e base at edb72000 datestamp 419a571a7

this would occur before I could even get to the login screen of xp pro.
safe mode was useless: the keyboard was disabled.

since recovery console can only be installed before sp2, I could not use
it. my only recourse was the ultimate boot cd which I made the day before.