On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 7:04 PM, Jonathan Aquilina <[email protected]>wrote:
> On 27/08/2011 19:02, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote: > >> On 08/27/2011 11:22 AM, Jonathan Aquilina wrote: >> >>> On 27/08/2011 15:04, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>> You have your terminology incorrect here, the term is auto play, which >>> all operating systems do from Linux to windows to mac. i have played dvd's >>> of games and auto play seems to work none the less. What windows OS are you >>> talking about. I am on windows 7 ultimate 64bit >>> >>> >> >> As for my "word use", having survived 3 strokes tend to mess thing up >> sometimes on what are the correct words and phrases are the correct ones to >> use. That is way I do not like to write documentation or even take notes at >> meetings. So please forgive me improper word usage or terminology. If it >> passes my spell checker in Thunderbird, I may not catch the error. >> >> My apologies if i came off a bit harsh that wasn't my intention :( as > well i wasn't aware of your given situation :( > > ----------- >> >> There is a MS security patch that prevents certain "auto play" options >> from happening. This was created to stop those nasties from >> "auto-installing" when you insert a CD or DVD into a drive, or the same with >> Thumb-drives or camera cards. >> >> I do not know all the ins-and-outs of what the patch does, but it was >> meant to stop users from having their computer infected by so nasty program. >> I know that it work on XP and Vista systems though. Most of my driver and >> software install CDs no longer automatically run after I place them into the >> drive. >> >> Music and Video discs are exempt from this security option, but I did not >> hear anything about game discs. >> >> I think I remember Drew was one thinking about having a distribution disc >> auto-play, or some term describing the following: Place the disc in the >> drive, computer reads the disc auto-play file[s], package determines what OS >> you have installed, then it asks you if you want to install the proper >> package for your system's OS. Windows install shown for Windows systems, >> Mac Intel or PPC if it was one of those, DEB or RPM for the Linux systems. >> At least that was my opinion on what he was thinking a few months back. >> That would be nice for some people with limited computer skills, but could >> be a dangerous security issue for others. >> >> Personally, I would prefer not having a software package "auto play" when >> I place the disc into my drive. I may want to browse the disk instead of >> installing the default software. >> >> For the "distribution CD/DVD" I like the option to either open the HTML >> files in my default browser, OR just browse the disc to see what all it on >> it. For those who need help and guidance, having the install information >> and what is one the disk, spelled out by using easy to use browser-based >> pages is useful. Also for those who know what is on the disc and just needs >> to read some documentation file or install a dictionary or other add-on, >> having the choice it important. >> >> What i wanted to do in simple terms: flash auto-play works as i use it at work (and i have an ACA in flash) - the autoplay will have these links - Install Libreoffice, System Requirements, Documentation in english for now till i finish translating the disc and its current contents in Maltese. now since Libreoffice needs java on that pc it will be with Step 1: Install Java, Step 2: install Libreoffice Step 3: install LO Help files, additional steps(links): step 4: download extensions, Step 5; download templates and social networking links facebook/twitter all this for a windows PC, i can burn dvds as well as disks i'll start of with the DVD as is but add an auto-play (and program it according to its contents) once i get to look into the files that is, also if you may send me link to download the ISO if possible i am also open to assistance and constructive criticism. as for the Linux part, Jonathan when your not so busy that area is where i will be needing you. the reason why i will be shipping it as is, as MS has just signed a contract with the government on windows and other apps, as for office it is not clear yet, so i wanted to get a foot into that race... -- Warren Camilleri Founding Father Mobile: +356 7991 2004 Skype: ossmalta | Twitter: @ossmalta -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/website/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
