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 application, rather than double-clicking the file. And I may not know exactly what I am looking for. What I don't want the computer to do is index the contents of the flash drive and store the index on the computer, which is what XP seems to want to do with every external drive that is plugged in, flash drive, hard drive, etc. I gather Windows 7 has even more automation? I really don't like any automation that I haven't programmed myself. Default-enabled automation is usually a hook that a hacker can use to my detriment. Fred Holmes ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
