On Sun, 2003-03-09 at 00:41, Adam Smith wrote: > On Sat, Mar 08, 2003 at 11:13:49PM -0500, Anthony Abby said: > > But if I followed this thread correctly it sounded like all he needed to > > do was log on as administrator, then take ownership of the directory > > structure. Then delete it. > > The only problem being that Windows doesn't know how to handle filenames > which are named after 'reserved words.' > > Try the good old test where you try and copy a file called 'con.' > > C:\> COPY CON FOO > > It just won't work because 'CON' is a reserved word, just like LPT1, LPT2, > COM1, COM2, and various others. >
Ahh got ya. I evidently missed some of the thread then. :) > > because as we all know, there simply isn't > > anything administrator can't do. > > That's extremely debatable :-) How many times have you tried to kill a > process in task manager and have it tell you "Access is denied." If an > administrator can't kill a process just because the Operating System is > stopping him, who says he can do 'anything?' Granted you can always go and > get a third party utility which somehow overrides that security Windows has > put in place to 'protect itself' but as a Windows Administrator it is > frequently frustrating just to find the things you *can't* do. Yes, but that's a feature of Windows which protects system files. You obviously can't delete a system file thats in use by the system, and some of the processes too. I know exactly what you mean about Windows being frustrating at times too... that's why I use Linux most of the time... I'm writing this from my laptop with Mandrake 9.1RC1 installed. I don't have to put up with any of the headaches most associated with Windows and I have a lot more flexability to boot. -- Anthony Abby http://www.comicsnsuch.com | http://www.aplusdata.com Comic Book Community News | Web Programming Inventory Control, Auction, Management | Cold Fusion | PHP & ASP ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
