On Sun, 3 May 2009 10:23:11 -0400, Tony B wrote:
>Yes, *I* cringed. But then I realized you must mean you keep *copies*
>of these files, and sync it constantly to your main system.
Surely now. Where's the fun in that? I keep the copies on. . .wait fer
it. . .floppies! Quicken anyway, my mail take
> Why does M$ think it should decide what I want to do with it? Why can't
> I
> decide?
You've always been able to. Just hold down the left shift key when
inserting the media.
It's been that way since Windows 95.
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>If someone inserts a USB key, presumably they want to open it? Same with a
>CD..why put a cd in if there isn't something there you want to do with it?
Why does M$ think it should decide what I want to do with it? Why can't I
decide?
Apple's Safari got itself into similar trouble with automatic
Yes, *I* cringed. But then I realized you must mean you keep *copies*
of these files, and sync it constantly to your main system.
But why all the bother? If you have broadband, just keep these files
"in the cloud".
I still cringe a bit too when a client sends me a U3 flash drive. Not
a big proble
Quoting mike :
Well it is better, but I'm not sure what you want them to do?
If someone inserts a USB key, presumably they want to open it? Same with a
CD..why put a cd in if there isn't something there you want to do with it?
But you don't always want to start a program or open an Explorer
On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 4:28 PM, Fred Holmes wrote:
> At 04:09 PM 4/30/2009, mike wrote:
> >If someone inserts a USB key, presumably they want to open it? Same with
> a
> >CD..why put a cd in if there isn't something there you want to do with it?
>
> Well, what I usually want to do is open a spe
At 04:09 PM 4/30/2009, mike wrote:
>If someone inserts a USB key, presumably they want to open it? Same with a
>CD..why put a cd in if there isn't something there you want to do with it?
Well, what I usually want to do is open a specific file on the flash drive,
often using file, open in some ap
Well it is better, but I'm not sure what you want them to do?
If someone inserts a USB key, presumably they want to open it? Same with a
CD..why put a cd in if there isn't something there you want to do with it?
On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 11:36 AM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
> http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/ar
http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/archive/2009/04/27/improvements-to-autoplay.aspx
I think they should rip the whole thing out by its roots, but even a
small step towards sanity is appreciated.
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