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Article #40376Re: Can MultiFinder turn itself on?
From: Bob Hablutzel
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 1989 13:31
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 1989 13:31
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> One of our users has experienced a problem where MultiFinder was set > as the startup option. She KNOWS that she didn't turn it on, and > she's VIRTUALLY CERTAIN that no one else would have done it (she's > the only one who has physical access to the computer most of the time, > as it's in a locked enclosure). Could this happen any other way? Is > there a procedure that would allow software to change this setting? If > so, does anyone know of any software that's rude enough to do so? Well, the Installer _might_ be, not sure. Or if you don't use the installer, but have upgraded the system recently by dragging, this could definately cause problems. The deal is that copying a system file and finder from one disk to another causes the boot blocks from the first disk to be copied to the second. Some if the information in the boot block (at offset $5A, btw), is the startup application - Finder or Multifinder on Apple system disks. Of course, there could just be disk gnomes running wild. Bob Hablutzel Wildwood Software BOB@NUACC.ACNS.NWU.EDU
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!shadooby!accuvax.nwu.edu!elvin!nucsrl!accuvax.nwu.edu!bob From: bob@accuvax.nwu.edu (Bob Hablutzel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Can MultiFinder turn itself on? Message-ID: <10330160@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 5 Apr 89 13:31:18 GMT References: <7671@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> Organization: Northwestern U, Evanston IL, USA Lines: 18