🚀 go-pugleaf

In <Dn72C2.74B@world.std.com>, denbeste@world.std.com (Steven Den Beste) writes:
>In article <1tQLxYWCll5R089yn@ibm.net>,
>Steve Withers <steve.withers@ibm.net> wrote:
>>Now......those virus-infested CDs are only days away from completion.
>>
>>You just pop one in, and within 30 seconds, you have loaded at least
>>50 popular virii!
>>
>>We'll call it "Adults '95 Only" and sell it through magazines.... :-)
>>
>>Recovering costs and demonstrating technology....though VFAT users
>>may not know the difference for a day or two.
>>
>
>In WIN 95:
>
>Right-click "My Computer", select Properties.
>Select the DEVICE MANAGER and select the CDROM drive.
>Click PROPERTIES, and select SETTINGS.
>
>If you make sure that "AUTO-INSERT NOTOFICATION" is not selected, then
>autoplay is disabled in Win 95.
>
>Thus when you insert a CD you can look at it to see what's on it. If you want
>to run whatever "AUTOPLAY" would have run, double-click "My Computer",
>right-click the CDROM drive, and select "AUTOPLAY". This menu entry will only
>appear if the CD has autoplay.
>-- 
>Steven Den Beste        "The only difference between men and boys is
>denbeste@world.std.com   the size of their lies and the price of their toys."


Obviously, few people will know how to do this, let alone know that it can be done.

I thought this was a bad idea when I first heard of it. I still do.

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Jerry L. Rowe
JLRowe@holli.com -- www.holli.com/~jlrowe
Team OS/2 - IBM BESTeam
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