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We deleted the folder altogether and made a blank SimpleText document called
Servers, put that in the the System Folder and locked it. The System Folder
needs something called Servers, but not necessarily an unlocked folder.
Works great.
HTH,
David A. Beaudet
Current USA, Inc.
1005 E. Woodmen Rd.
Colorado Springs, CO 80920
(719)531-2160
dabeaudet@currentinc.com
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> From: tomroth@wfubmc.edu
> Reply To: winmac@iffy.com
> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 9:50 AM
> To: winmac@iffy.com
> Subject: Re: [WinMac] preventing autologin
>
>
> > > Tom Roth wrote:
> > >I used to just go to Preferences and delete the file "AppleShare Prep".
> > >I've even locked that file to prevent it from being changed. That
> > >worked, but now with OS 9, it doesn't work anymore. HELP!
>
>
> > krushing replied:
> >
> > In the newer MacOS, there exists in the system folder a folder
> > labeled "Servers."
> >
> > Inside the "Servers" folder are installed alias files for the
> > servers. These aliases are created when the auto sign-on blocks are
> > checked. Drag those aliases from the "Servers" folder into the
> > trash, empty the trash, and the problem is solved.
>
> Thanks! That worked. I saw that folder and wondered just what that was
> all about.
>
> > No, that's not right, the problem is not really solved until folks
> > who're signing on stop checking those insipid little boxes!
>
> I agree!! Any new file I can try locking that you know of?
>
> --
> Tom Roth * tomroth@wfubmc.edu * tel 336.716.4493
> Wake Forest University School of Medicine
> Dept of Biomedical Communications
> Medical Center Blvd * Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1011
> http://www.wfubmc.edu/biomed/
>
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