Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Ah, OK. My database server must by lying when it does a shadow copy 
> backup. Explains a few things...

What makes you think it wasn't backported to a NT service pack?

I don't know, I just looked on wikipedia. MS doesn't really advertise 
the features of older stuff.

Plus, shadow copies weren't persistent on clients until Vista. It's a 
lot easier to make transient shadow copies than persistent ones.

>>> I'd be pretty surprised if it actually works properly.
>> Why?
> Because regular installs don't work properly yet?

All the more reason to be able to back them out cleaning without 
committing any changes, yes?

It seems folks just like bashing Microsoft. "Third party software 
doesn't install right, so it's Microsoft's problem."

Plus, of course, the "MS doesn't make any changes" goes along real well 
with "UAC is so common I turn it off" and "I hate all the changes they 
made."

I mean, really, how many home users actually use the file security? 
Obviously not many, or people wouldn't complain when programs don't run 
under Vista because they write to protected locations.

-- 
Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)

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