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RE: quoting windows pathnames
- From: "Gary R. Van Sickle" <g dot r dot vansickle at worldnet dot att dot net>
- To: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 23:14:13 -0500
- Subject: RE: quoting windows pathnames
> The following warning is enough to discourage me:
>
> WARNING: Microsoft strongly recommends against renaming any system
> folder. Catastrophic system failure or an unstable computer could
> result if you rename system folders.
What if you never changed the names and still have catastrophic system failure
and an unstable computer? Oh, right: A typical day in the land of Microsoft.
;-)
I KID! I KID! ;-) I have to say that XP is about as rock solid as they come.
IIRC, 3 bluescreens since I've been using it, all due to my own driver
development[1] or 3rd party beta drivers.
> If you are brave enough to try it,
BAAAAAAAAAHHAHHAHHAHAHAHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That sentence fragment should begin EVERY MS document!
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Gary R. Van Sickle
Brewer. Patriot.
[1] CARRY A CYANIDE CAPSULE WITH YOU AT ALL TIMES IN CASE CIRCUMSTANCES RESULT
IN YOU UNDERTAKING A WINDOWS DRIVER DEVELOPMENT PROJECT. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
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