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to: Frank Haber
from: Geo
date: 2005-01-06 18:10:24
subject: Re: Machinename, Username the Same?

From: "Geo" 

"Frank Haber"  wrote in message
news:41dd6b29$1{at}w3.nls.net...

> the idea of identical users and machines is just instinctively anathema to
me,
> but seemed natural to hubby?  Funny, this interface design, eh?

Well there are lots of things you learn by doing, for example since I
worked with dos I know never to name a printer or print server PRN because
that's a reserved DOS name. I don't actually know if naming a machine PRN
would be a bad thing but it just seems like asking for trouble to me, sort
of like using spaces in machine names..

How many problems did MS cause by naming a folder "Program Files"
with that stupid space in there? You know, I see things like that show up
in NT and I just cringe knowing they have someone on the NT team who should
not be in charge of making those decisions..

Geo.

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