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Re: Question About "autoexec.nt" and "config.nt" (in Vista)
On Feb 20, 7:45 am, Jesper <Jes...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > These files are read-only to users by default. Only administrative programs
> > can modify them.
>
> Modifying the contents of these files is fine. Modifying the behavior of
> them is not a good plan. The fact that nobody has reported problems is most
> likely due to the fact that your app is the only 16-bit app these users have,
> so you are saved by writing to a 15-year old model. That said, I think you
> should update the app to 32-bits, or better yet, both 32 and 64\. You will
> lose a significant portion of the market otherwise as 64-bit Vista does not
> have a 16-bit subsystem.
We don't modify these file's behavior nor their contents; we only make
them Read-Only.
We have to support several thousand users who are still using some
legacy-ware that we have no control over.
By the way, I checked the properties of "autoexec.nt" and "config.nt"
in Vista and it shows the owner of these files as "SYSTEM". Also,
even though we set the attribute of both files to Read-Only, "SYSTEM"
still has full modifying priviledges according to Vista's properties
for these files.
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