>
>*On a side note why can't I open Linux conf files with notepad? There
>are strange characters. I have to open it with WordPad. I can not save
>or edit using either notepad or WordPad because they seem to add strange
>characters also. Just curious.*

Its the Line Feed/Carriage Return problem.

*nix does it one way MS another.

Notepad doesn't like displaying it.

The answer is to get a decent editor that can open/save files in its native format.
If your used to vi on *nix then the latest MS version is a great relief.

See www.vim.org for all things vim.
I think Notetab at www.notetab.com is good at native file support if you don't want vi.


On my own side note most conf file reside in /etc and you want to be careful about 
sharing
conf files even in a trustworthy network.

--
Carl

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