Hello Sam, the following scenario might sound slightly paranoid, but why not spread yet another conspiracy theory :-) The 'disk' where the ramdrive is located on obviously doesn't have a serial number, unlike the hard disk. If Microsoft wanted to prevent users with non-microsoft browsers from dialing in to their isp, they could query the HDD serial number during logon (no doubt they'd love to do that, along with MAC address, registry information etc). If the query returns no serial number, login fails. As current MS Internet Explorer versions never would fit in RAM of a reasonably equipped machine, a browser that runs in RAM can hardly ever be a MS browser *g*
Ok, forget it - probably, there's a logical reason why I have problems dialing in with MSN from the ramdrive and not with other ISPs. But who cares ... Greetings, Thomas On Sun, 07 Oct 2001 01:41:11 -0500, Samuel W. Heywood wrote: >This is indeed very puzzling. If MSN requires authentication >protocols when logging in while using a program in the G drive >it should require the same protocols when logging in by using >the same program located on the C drive. I have no idea how >they can tell whether you are trying to log in using a program >in the C drive or the G drive. Furthermore, I don't know why >they should even care. Nothing like this has ever happened to >me. With my ISP I can log in even by using a program in a >floppy drive, even with an XT! Greetings, Thomas -- Arachne V1.70;rev.3, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
