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|    Michelle Burnore to Sundial Services    |
|    Re: Could not open Paradox.net    |
|    04 Jan 08 21:20:14    |
      From: michelljb@aol.com              They may be restricting users for "obvious" reasons, my friend, but I       have always had a pet peeve about software and/or OS's protecting me       from myself. M$ has made a fortune by developing software that assumes       stupidity on the part of its users. Vista is a prime example IMHO              Michelle              Sundial Services wrote:       > Thorak wrote:       >> Thanks for the reply. I already knew this information... and did       >> mention in my original post that I tried some of these things. I guess       >> I dont know how to get the web server to talk to the Paradox computers       >> paradox.net OR pdoxusrs.net because they are located at c:\paradox.net       >> and c:\pdoxusrs.net. And I am unsure how to "share" a file in the root       >> of c:\       >       > Generally speaking, "after all these years Windows is finally recognizing       > and using its own security features." :-) Things no longer get run "as an       > Administrator" just because it's more-convenient.       >       > So, basically, you need to be certain that all of the software components       > you are using know where to put the network control files, and that they       > have read/write/create/delete access to that location. Web-servers       > typically run as very-restricted user accounts for obvious reasons.       >       > ----       > ChimneySweep(R): Fast(!) table repair at a click of the mouse!       > http://www.sundialservices.com              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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