Re: Could not open Paradox.net

They may be restricting users for "obvious" reasons, my friend, but I 
have always had a pet peeve about software and/or OS's protecting me 
from myself. M$ has made a fortune by developing software that assumes 
stupidity on the part of its users.  Vista is a prime example IMHO

Michelle

Sundial Services wrote:
> Thorak wrote:
>> Thanks for the reply. I already knew this information... and did
>> mention in my original post that I tried some of these things. I guess
>> I dont know how to get the web server to talk to the Paradox computers
>> paradox.net OR pdoxusrs.net because they are located at c:\paradox.net
>> and c:\pdoxusrs.net. And I am unsure how to "share" a file in the root
>> of c:\
> 
> Generally speaking, "after all these years Windows is finally
recognizing
> and using its own security features."  :-)  Things no longer get run "as
an
> Administrator" just because it's more-convenient.
> 
> So, basically, you need to be certain that all of the software
components
> you are using know where to put the network control files, and that they
> have read/write/create/delete access to that location.  Web-servers
> typically run as very-restricted user accounts for obvious reasons.
> 
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