On Tue, 18 Jul 2000 00:28:41 +0200, you wrote:
> Hi !
>
> On Mon, Jul 17, 2000 at 05:38:44PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I got a CD : Atlas routier France that failed to get a proper serial
> > calculated . It looks like all letters are here but not at the good
> > position.
> Ouch !
> It seems the serial is just reversed.
> Maybe some endianness problem.
>
> > Here is what I got from NT cmd prompt :
> >
> > Volume in drive D is France
> > Volume Serial Number is CC6D-56F1
>
> > Here is what I got from wcmd :
> >
> > Volume in drive D is FRANCE
> > Volume Serial Number is f156-6dcc
> Ah. Do you see the difference ?
> It's not only the serial number, but also the label (capital letters).
> Hmm, but why that ?
> Maybe NT cmd converts FRANCE -> France ?
Tried some CD's on Windows '98, NT4, 2000 and wine.
GetVolInformation() in Windows 2000 and NT4 return serial numbers with
the bytes reversed as that on Win'98 and wine.
Strange that we never noticed.
Rein.
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Rein Klazes
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