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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.   
   >   
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   > http://www.sundialservices.com   
      
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