How can I report a bug to Microsoft , regarding Windows XP ?

[Will Denny]

Hi

it may have already been reported - what is the problem. You can't report
'bugs' directly to MS.

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[Will Denny]

Hi

11 characters is the maximum for a volume label.

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[Will Denny]

Then Y try to enter more than 11 characters?

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[Will Denny]

Hi

I can't test your problem here as I haven't got any floppy drives on any of
my systems. Have asked elsewhere and will get back to you.

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[Will Denny]

When you're up and about again I'll forward an explanation to you.

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Thanks man , goodnight .

Lior .

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[Lior Bobrov]

Hi .

How can I report a "bug" (don't know if to call it a bug) to Microsoft ,
regarding Windows XP ? (an email address which I could describe the bug
there ?)

Thanks in advance,
Lior .

 

[Lior Bobrov]

Ok :

My computer -> choosing A:\ drive (Floppy Disk) , mouse right click ->
Format -> When choosing a volume label greater than 11 letters , it
*first* formats the diskette and *then* tells that the Volume label is
invalid .
One should not know that (that a volume label's max. length is 11
characters) ,
and the user has to know that *before* Windows XP starts formatting the
diskette .

Thanks in advance ,
Lior .

 

[philb]

so when your system hangs uncontrollably, and the only place u can boot from
is a floppy?? what then?

 

[Lior Bobrov]

I know it is , but why don't let the user type the Volume label correctly
first ,
and *only then* format the disk , instead of formatting the disk *first* ,
and then tell the user that he/she doesn't enter the volume label correctly
?

Lior .

 

[Jim]

so when your system hangs uncontrollably, and the only place u can boot
from is a floppy?? what then?

Install a CD drive and boot from it.
Jim

 

[Lior Bobrov]

Well , while formatting a diskette , Windows XP does not warn the user that
he/she has to enter more than 11 characters .

I am not talking about me , I am talking about every simple user who doesn't
know that - I recommend to block the user from entering more than 11
characters for Volume label *before* formatting (but in the format diskette
window) . Block by making this textbox 11 characters max .

Lior .

 

[Lior Bobrov]

Thanks man , goodnight .

Lior .

Hi

I can't test your problem here as I haven't got any floppy drives on any
of my systems. Have asked elsewhere and will get back to you.

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[Will Denny]

Hi

All systems should bootable from a CD if the boot sequence via the BIOS has
been set correctly.

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[Michel Merlin]

Lior,

Yes the label is limited to 11 characters.

Label and Formatting are actually independent of each other, users are mislead by their dialogs being not independent. This has been waiting for 12 years for a correction - may be it will eventually get fixed...

BTW, it seems your clock is wrong; the error must be in your TOG (Time Offset from Greenwich), that you set to -0200: that value matches no country AFAIK, so I guess you are actually writing from US Pacific coast (-0700), which would explain the 5-hour error. This seems confirmed when comparing the clocks in the dependent messages of this thread (if in Outlook Express, hit <Ctrl><F3> in a message to see its source): clocks of Will Denny, Jim, philb, seem coherent with each others, only yours is incompatible.

Paris, Sun 17 Sep 2006 15:40:35 +0200


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Subject: Re: How can I report a bug to Microsoft , regarding Windows XP ?

Ok :

My computer -> choosing A:\ drive (Floppy Disk) , mouse right click -> Format -> When choosing a volume label greater than 11 letters , it *first* formats the diskette and *then* tells that the Volume label is invalid .
One should not know that (that a volume label's max. length is 11 characters) , and the user has to know that *before* Windows XP starts formatting the diskette .

Thanks in advance ,
Lior .


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Subject: Re: How can I report a bug to Microsoft , regarding Windows XP ?

Hi

it may have already been reported - what is the problem. You can't report 'bugs' directly to MS.

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Sent: Sat 16 Sep 2006 20:19:14 -0200 (22:19:14 GMT)
Subject: How can I report a bug to Microsoft , regarding Windows XP ?

Hi .

How can I report a "bug" (don't know if to call it a bug) to Microsoft , regarding Windows XP ? (an email address which I could describe the bug there ?)

Thanks in advance,
Lior .

 

[Bob I]

So open floppy disk Properties and type in label desired, the formatting
is complete already.