With all that talk about double-extensions a while ago, I took the time
to give it a try, just out of curiosity. I created a file called
"test.txt.exe" on the desktop.

Now, it won't delete. If I hold [Shift] and press [Delete], I get an
error message that reads that the file cannot be deleted since it's in
use. If, on the other hand, I press [Delete] without hold [Shift], no
error message shows, but the file doesn't actually delete.

That's Duh number 1.

Duh number 2 follows.

I was browsing the "My Documents" folder of this hard disc, from another
box on the local network.

Now, the path for "My Documents" on here is: "C:\Documents and
Settings\Tom\My Documents".

When I browse to the "C:\Documents and Settings\Tom" directory from the
other box, which is running under another username (not "Tom"), there is
no "My Documents" folder there.

Instead, there is [other box's username]'s Documents. I then
double-click this to get access to "[...]\Tom\My Documents". Duh!

"Tom B." wrote:

What varient of doze?

os2@www.com wrote:

The other box is running XP Home and this one is running XP Home SP1.

Tom B. wrote:

That explains it. M$ Home isn't called 'Home' for nothing. Its networking
capabilities suck.

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john wrote:

It's laughable really -- XP Home has some major features missing
compared to XP Pro, but these features have been part of *n?x since day
one, AFAIK.

"Tom B." <tom@invalid.address> wrote in message news:<c26hf0$eri$1@news7.svr.pol.co.uk>...
rtfm, idiot.

On Thu, Mar 04, 2004 at 08:02:36AM -0800, cola_moderator wrote:
Oh, will there be an explanation of the above, where one user can run
willy-nilly through anothers private files? Perhaps it will link to a
site where you can sign up for some MCSE classes and learn all about
enabling system policies to keep this sort of thing from happening. If
it's even possible.

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cola masturbator wrote:

So you actually think this is acceptable behaviour from windows, just
incorrectly used? No surprise then that you dimwits are plagued by 65000
viruses
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On Thu, 04 Mar 2004 16:02:52 GMT, Billy O'Connor wrote:

Yes. It's called not using NTFS.
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Milo T. wrote:

What use would an NTFS file system be in this case? Don't forget -- XP
Home doesn't allow setting file permissions, even is NTFS *is* used!

On Fri, 05 Mar 2004 04:40:28 +0000, Tom B. wrote:

No, XP Home *does* allow setting file permissions. However, you have to
turn *on* the ability to do fine-grained permissions - you do this by
changing the option in the Folder Options item in the Control Panel.

By default, if you don't uncheck that option, when you use NTFS and add
passwords to all user accounts XP Home will ask you if you want to make
your files private as well.
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Milo T. wrote:

You're right; my mistake. I confused myself by thinking of something
slightly different while writing that.

Peter Köhlmann <Peter.Koehlmann@t-online.de> wrote in message news:<c27kam$2f1$05$4@news.t-online.com>...
if terrorists continusly attack my house with rocket propelled
granades, no doubt they are going to open holes on every wall ...
should i contact my home builder to tell him that he built a shity
house? of course not, i should instead call the police or the fbi to
report terrorist attacks ... if terrorist hackers target the world's
leading operating system (windows, of course) to create chaos, we
should focus on finding the terrorists and putting them in jail
instead of bashing microsoft ... if the same terrorists once decided
to target linux, they would bring linus servers down to their knees
.... linux is not any better or any more secure than windows, it is
just not popular at all and so hackers don't target it, nobody cares
about it ... be very very carefull with linux, it is not that secure
.... if you don't believe me, send your best linux hacks to my home, i
will test them on a redhat 9 linux machine and i will give you my
results ... send your hacks to cola_moderator, hintere talstr. 15
mainz a rhein, 55130.

On Fri, Mar 05, 2004 at 01:30:30PM -0800, cola_moderator wrote:
If your house could be turned into a missile launching facility that
could be used to attack everyone else's house just by tapping on a few
shingles, yes, you should not buy houses built that way. And the
builder should be jailed for criminal negligence. Such is the case with
the architecture of windows.

Yes, I can see how windows is far outselling GNU/Linux systems.

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