Hugh wrote me off-list. He ran a registry editor without knowing what it does.
He no longer thinks its a Microsoft conspiracy - and he appologized for cussing. On 3/29/06, Simon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This can also happens if you open a doc file from Explorer by right > clicking and finding the program to open it with, commonly the tick box > to make the association permanent is defaulted to on > > ------------------------------------ > OLMC > Simon Bryan > IT Manager > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > LMB 14 > North Parramatta > Direct Number:88381200 > SwitchBoard: 96833300 > fax: 98901466 > mobile: 0414238002 > ------------------------------------ > > > -----Original Message----- > From: news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rod Engelsman > Sent: Wed, 29. March 2006 6:15 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [users] Re: All Hell Has Broken Loose on My Computer! > > > Lars D. Noodén wrote: > > Some Windows users I know have mentioned that more than ocassionally > > 'patches' and 'upgrades' from MS will break file associations. > > > > Maybe those still using Windows can keep an eye open for such problems > > this year. If it turns out to be common, then this may be a topic to > be > > covered by the FAQ, if not elsewhere. > > > > I have MSO 2000 installed alongside OOo and I've never experienced this > problem. I would be interested to see if it depends on the version of > MSO that the user has installed. My thinking is that 2000 may be getting > > a little long in the tooth for a lot more automatic updates. > > -- > > Rod > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- - Chad Smith http://www.gimpshop.net/ http://www.whatisopenoffice.org/ Because everyone loves free software! http://www.chadwsmith.com/ Because, admit it, you've got nothing better to do right now...
