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To: Spots who wrote (7398)	5/5/1999 9:56:00 PM
From: Clarence Dodge	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14778

Spots I suspect a reason in your case; you installed them while running an OS located on scsita yup The result of that will be that the registries in both OSs will reflect the install to the same location. Sean suggested this to have one program folder for Backup Exec accessable from either drive by installing twice(once to each drive) from the same location. But the changing drive letters upon a reboot was messing up BE s catalog as Sean said it would. His fix for the problem was over my head so I went back to one install of BE. IF these aps update the registry and/or ini files in the Windows directory, you're two os's will get out of synch. That's exactly why running the same app from multiple OSs makes a mad man under the bleachers with a sharp stick feel like your buddy by comparison. Ouch..lol, interesting phraseology Spots... So.. then installing from the other OS is not recommended, I take it. Then we're back from wence we came..or am I misunderstanding you. Since I don't know 'IF these aps update the registry and/or ini files in the Windows directory', seems like sometime somewhere they would, then that would be reason enough not to install from the other drive.

To: Spots who wrote (7398)	5/5/1999 10:25:00 PM
From: PMS Witch	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

Off topic: Way off topic. ... a mad man under the bleachers with a sharp stick ... Wasn't a Scottish king once murdered by a man with a sword hiding down the hole in the castle john? Makes one wonder who was the unfortunate one in the story. And we think we've had shitty jobs! Cheerios, PW.

To: Spots who wrote (7398)	5/7/1999 8:58:00 AM
From: Clarence Dodge	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

Reinstall them to the same location(s) on scsita while running the other os you'd like to run them from. The result of that will be that the registries in both OSs will reflect the install to the same location. IF these aps update the registry and/or ini files in the Windows directory, you're two os's will get out of synch. Wouldn't I then delete the OS on ScsiTA, running the scsi drive apps from the primary NT install? Thus avoiding the out-of-sync problem? Clarence

To: Spots who wrote (7398)	5/7/1999 9:38:00 PM
From: Sean W. Smith	Respond to of 14778

As Sean would put it (I know, I've heard him say it), no REAL os pulls this kind of crap on it's users. Only Windows. In truth, though, windows applications developers could avoid this if they took the trouble, it's all part of what professional software developers call the "selfish culture" of the windows environment and the apps that run there: Every one of them believe they own you and your machine, that it only exists so you can run THEIR ap, and anything they do to it is just ducky. Microsoft apps are among the most egregious offenders, but They Are Not Alone. I will spare you my personal catalog of prime miscreants, but I assure you it is long and contains many (most) industry software leaders. That's why swapping OSs back and forth becomes too painful to maintain. Spots Absolutely.... Windows is a not a network friendly OS. install once and run anywhere is a foregin concept in windows. not so in other moderm OS's.... Sean