Re: [WinMac] making a mac cd-rom AUTO-start/play/run
Welch, John C.(jwelch[at]aer.com)
Thu, 16 Dec 1999 12:17:48 -0500
thanks for the Family Feud flashback...but if you think you have found a
BUG, why not take constructive action and REPORT it, instead of sitting
there like a squab, and being uselessly loud?
> From: "Daniel L. Schwartz" <expresso@snip.net>
> Reply-To: winmac@lists.best.com
> Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 22:22:45 -0500
> To: winmac@lists.best.com
> Subject: Re: [WinMac] making a mac cd-rom AUTO-start/play/run
>
>
> 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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