My biggest whinge is when I preach to people that they should back up their emails they can't find them because they are in a hidden folder - now where is the sense in that!!!!
John Weller 01380 723235 07976 393631 . > > I think the Microsoft standard (yes those are generally contradictory > terms) is to put data in c:\documents and settings\all users\application > data\<application name>. So you may want to do some searching down that > tree. To make matters worse, I think the "Application Data" branch may be > set up to be 'hidden' or 'system' by default. So normal searching may not > reveal the right location. > > You, and everyone, on this list needs to make a huge stink about this to > every person we know. Putting data in a "common" place give > hackers a head > start on getting into your system. Of course, it gives MS a head start on > getting into your system as well (hmmm.... I wonder if there > really is much > of a difference between hackers and MS... they both seem to want to get > into your personal computing assets to do things for their own > benefit.....) > > I swear, MS really REALLY needs to simply go away. Everyone's > life would be > sooooo much better. > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
