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Zilbandy
Zilbandy wrote on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 22:50:27 -0700:
??>> Perhaps I needed to be a little more explicit about
??>> "monitoring" but the only Windows system use of the word
??>> (that I know of) is in the Restore settings and those are
??>> what I was talking about. My updating settings are to
??>> allow download but to choose when to install. My normal
??>> settings for restore monitoring are to only turn it ON for
??>> the system disc, in this case D: and OFF for all other
??>> discs or partitions.
Z> I just downloaded and installed the latest 5 'critical'
Z> updates and they did not mess with my system restore
Z> settings. I monitor c: drive and have it turned off for d:
Z> and e:. After the updates and rebooting, my restore settings
Z> remain on for c: and off for d: and e:.
It is doubtless gratifying that you were able to install the
latest updates without problems. The problem I have and I have
mentioned before is that Windows writes large binary files to my
last named disc and does not seem to be able to use them when it
reboots during the update process. Thus I have to turn off the
USB backup disc that is the last one in the chain. During the
reboot, the disc is remounted with the monitoring status changed
to ON which presumably is a default. If there is some setting
that would prevent the use of the USB disc, I'd like to know it.
I don't care whose "fault" it is and I acknowledge that it may
be some mistake I made in the past.
To also consider another topic you have raised concerning
quoting, I am using FidoLook, an add-in to OE, and I am not the
only one to do so. FidoLook can have problems in quoting
top-posted messages lacking a signature like your second one and
it is sometimes necessary to use standard OE. Thus, in that
case, the quoting style will be mixed. But what the heck does it
matter?
I'd be grateful if you would tell me if this FidoLook reply
meets what you think are standards so that I can post details to
the FidoLook discussion group.
James Silverton
I quoted the entire message for you. No, the reply was not what I
consider "standard". What I consider average, and what I've seen in
countless messages over the years is a reply that starts quoted text
with a ">" or more than one to indicate a second level of quoted text.
The quoted text is also blue in color (my color choice). I use Agent
as a news reader, so it's not an oddball program.
Your "typical" replies have the quoted text starting with a space
character, and then the custom quoting that you use. It does not show
up in color, as I'm used to. It may be the leading space, I don't
know. I think the custom quotes wouldn't bother me if the color was
there... again, I just don't know. You are the only poster I've run
across that I have this issue with.
I've uploaded a couple of screen shots of what I see when I view
Usenet posts. The first link shows the "problem" posts, as I see them.
The second link is typical of what I see with 99+% of Usenet posts.
Here are the links:
http://zilbandy.com/silverton1.gif
http://zilbandy.com/silverton2.gif
I'm not saying your way is wrong, but from my viewpoint, it looks
different than most. I guess I'm just getting old and don't deal well
with changes to the norm... or should I say, the "norm" according to
Zilbandy.