On 19/11/04 2:06 am, "Dan Frakes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 11/18/2004 1:42 PM, "Eddie Hargreaves" wrote: >> After using Microsoft AutoUpdate to update Office 2004, Update Logs are left >> in the root directory of my hard drive. Since these are just text files that >> list the updated components, I assume they don't need to remain there. Yet >> they are owned by 'system' so any attempt to move them just copies them to >> the destination folder. If I drag using the Command key (copy to >> destination, remove from originating) I am prompted for my password. Is >> there are reason why these files are owned by system and I have to enter a >> password to move them? It seems especially unnecessary since the majority of >> updates that have come through MAU so far have been to update the Microsoft >> AutoUpdate.app itself. > > I've been annoyed by this behavior, as well. For a number of reasons, an > installer should *never* place such a file at the root level of the boot > volume in OS X. If it needs to create a log file in a "public" location -- > meaning not the home directory of the current user -- it should at least use > the Shared user folder. > Better still, would be the 'logs' folder, or at least, the office Application folder. I have heard that this logging behaviour is a function of the installer that MS use (one they buy in), rather than their own decision. -- Barry Wainwright Microsoft MVP (see http://mvp.support.microsoft.com for details) Seen the All-New Entourage Help Pages? - Check them out: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/> -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
