Re: [WinMac] making a mac cd-rom AUTO-start/play/run
Daniel L. Schwartz(expresso[at]snip.net)
Wed, 15 Dec 1999 22:22:45 -0500
Bzzzt... Wrong Answer!
Check the MacInTouch archives on the AutoStart 9805 Worm...
At 11:51 AM 12/15/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Dan...did you send a bug report to Apple, or is your venom reserved for our
>exclusive enjoyment
>
>> From: "Daniel L. Schwartz" <expresso@snip.net>
>> Reply-To: winmac@lists.best.com
>> Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 09:42:16 -0500
>> To: winmac@lists.best.com
>> Subject: Re: [WinMac] making a mac cd-rom AUTO-start/play/run
>>
>>
>> Dear Tom,
>>
>> Autostart is enabled & disabled in the QuickTime Control Panel... But
>> there's a known bug that was entered with - And acknowledged by - Apple 19
>> months ago when the AutoStart 9805 worm came out. Apple claimed they fixed
>> it by setting the default to *DISABLE* autoplay in the QT3 control panel.
>>
>> Guess what?
>>
>> I just took delivery at a customer site YESTERDAY of a G4/400 Sawtooth
>> w/MacOS9... And in my initial setup, the QuickTime Control Panel had
>> autoplay ENABLED.
>>
>> Those assholes...
>>
>> At 08:27 AM 12/15/99 -0500, you wrote:
>>> is it possible to make a mac cd-rom (using toast) that will auto-start,
>> run, play -- when the user puts it into their mac??
>>>
>>> the concept i'm working on/with is the windows autorun.inf file that tells
>> the computer what to do...
>>>
>>> yes, i know autorun is not universally loved, but the people i work for
>> don't know very much about software in the first place, sigh...
>>>
>>> thank you!!
>>>
>>> :) tom
>>>
>>> --
>>> tom@visualwave.com
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