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Re: * Damn LiveWare side-effects...

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From: Jason Elmore
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1999 00:00
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or  go to the RUN prompt and type   msconfig     and go to the startup tab and
disable it!

jy99@videotron.ca wrote:

> I installed the latest LiveWare, which adds a new icon in the system tray
> (like we need more icons in the system tray... why is it that every company
> out there thinks it is welcome to clutter our system trays this way?)
>
> This icon seems to check for program updates, and for some ungodly reason
> there seems to be a new update EVERY SINGLE DAY.
>
> This wouldn't be a problem if it wasn't for the fact that EVERY UPDATE
> RESETS OUR AUDIO SETTINGS.  My SoundFont memory, for instance, is something
> I constantly have to re-adjust (on a daily basis) as is the GM Bank I use by
> default.
>
> A DAILY BASIS.  This is not normal.
>
> The only way for me to stop this occurance is to completely disable the
> Creative Launcher.
>
> Why don't we have the choice to check for updates on the web?  Why is this
> forced on us, with such a senseless side effect as resetting all settings an
> issue that remains UNRESOLVED by Creative?
>
> Is it just me?
>
> Why doesn't one of those daily updates fix the issue of resetted settings?
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From: Jason Elmore <telmore@campbellsvil.edu>
Subject: Re: * Damn LiveWare side-effects...
Date: 1999/11/28
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