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DVD player problem
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Jo-Anne wrote: "BillW50" wrote in message ... In , Jo-Anne wrote: Thank you, Patok! I've reached the point of wanting to disable AutoPlay. Is there a global way to do this, or will I need to do it for every type of file on every drive? The easiest way Jo-Anne, is through TweakUI. My Computer AutoPlay Drives Now unselect A through Z. And while you are there, just under Drives is Types. Unselect those too. So...here's what happened. I unselected all the drives and both of the drive types in TweakUI. I then inserted a normal DVD into its drive, and it worked as it should. That is, it spun and then stopped and nothing more happened. After that, I inserted the "bad" DVD, and it immediately opened PowerDVD. I exited PowerDVD and used Windows Explorer to see what was on this DVD. The other DVD in the series had only one folder--VIDEO_TS. The bad DVD has the VIDEO_TS folder, but it also has a folder labeled DVDROM with several subfolders and several executable files (I did a screenprint of each folder, so I can say exactly what files are in them). Given that I probably want to continue viewing the DVD itself, would it be reasonable to try "stopping" everything in the DVDROM folder? Perhaps I could rename it to DVDROMbak? I welcome your suggestions! Jo-Anne Movie DVDs should only have one or two folders called: AUDIO_TS (this one could be missing) VIDEO_TS If you DVD has any TS folder and more, then it is a hybrid DVD. Meaning it has video and data mix. And I am assuming these DVDs are from the store right? Then no, you can't rename, delete, or save on commercial movie DVDs. As they are read only and that is the only thing it will let you do with them. And you now have everything set correctly under Windows to not autoplay anything. So Windows can't be blamed for this. Maybe that service by PowerDVD is the cause of the autoplay. Say are these DVDs by Sony? As Sony has a long history of putting on what some would define as malware on your computer. They only put this on a small number of titles and not all of them. Sony claims they do this for extra copy protection or extra features. But since Sony never makes the source code available, who knows what this stuff really does. -- Bill Gateway M465e ('06 era) - OE-QuoteFix v1.19.2 Centrino Core Duo 1.83G - 2GB - Windows XP SP3 |
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DVD player problem
"BillW50" wrote in message
... In , Jo-Anne wrote: "BillW50" wrote in message ... In , Jo-Anne wrote: Thank you, Patok! I've reached the point of wanting to disable AutoPlay. Is there a global way to do this, or will I need to do it for every type of file on every drive? The easiest way Jo-Anne, is through TweakUI. My Computer AutoPlay Drives Now unselect A through Z. And while you are there, just under Drives is Types. Unselect those too. So...here's what happened. I unselected all the drives and both of the drive types in TweakUI. I then inserted a normal DVD into its drive, and it worked as it should. That is, it spun and then stopped and nothing more happened. After that, I inserted the "bad" DVD, and it immediately opened PowerDVD. I exited PowerDVD and used Windows Explorer to see what was on this DVD. The other DVD in the series had only one folder--VIDEO_TS. The bad DVD has the VIDEO_TS folder, but it also has a folder labeled DVDROM with several subfolders and several executable files (I did a screenprint of each folder, so I can say exactly what files are in them). Given that I probably want to continue viewing the DVD itself, would it be reasonable to try "stopping" everything in the DVDROM folder? Perhaps I could rename it to DVDROMbak? I welcome your suggestions! Jo-Anne Movie DVDs should only have one or two folders called: AUDIO_TS (this one could be missing) VIDEO_TS If you DVD has any TS folder and more, then it is a hybrid DVD. Meaning it has video and data mix. And I am assuming these DVDs are from the store right? Then no, you can't rename, delete, or save on commercial movie DVDs. As they are read only and that is the only thing it will let you do with them. And you now have everything set correctly under Windows to not autoplay anything. So Windows can't be blamed for this. Maybe that service by PowerDVD is the cause of the autoplay. Say are these DVDs by Sony? As Sony has a long history of putting on what some would define as malware on your computer. They only put this on a small number of titles and not all of them. Sony claims they do this for extra copy protection or extra features. But since Sony never makes the source code available, who knows what this stuff really does. -- Bill Gateway M465e ('06 era) - OE-QuoteFix v1.19.2 Centrino Core Duo 1.83G - 2GB - Windows XP SP3 These are TV episodes from Fox, so not a Sony issue. It's disappointing that there's nothing I can do to keep this DVD from starting to Autoplay... I suspect the problem is related to the last item listed on the DVD's case: "DVD-ROM Link to Exclusive Online Content." Thank you! Jo-Anne |
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DVD player problem
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Jo-Anne wrote: "BillW50" wrote in message ... In , Jo-Anne wrote: "BillW50" wrote in message ... In , Jo-Anne wrote: Thank you, Patok! I've reached the point of wanting to disable AutoPlay. Is there a global way to do this, or will I need to do it for every type of file on every drive? The easiest way Jo-Anne, is through TweakUI. My Computer AutoPlay Drives Now unselect A through Z. And while you are there, just under Drives is Types. Unselect those too. So...here's what happened. I unselected all the drives and both of the drive types in TweakUI. I then inserted a normal DVD into its drive, and it worked as it should. That is, it spun and then stopped and nothing more happened. After that, I inserted the "bad" DVD, and it immediately opened PowerDVD. I exited PowerDVD and used Windows Explorer to see what was on this DVD. The other DVD in the series had only one folder--VIDEO_TS. The bad DVD has the VIDEO_TS folder, but it also has a folder labeled DVDROM with several subfolders and several executable files (I did a screenprint of each folder, so I can say exactly what files are in them). Given that I probably want to continue viewing the DVD itself, would it be reasonable to try "stopping" everything in the DVDROM folder? Perhaps I could rename it to DVDROMbak? I welcome your suggestions! Jo-Anne Movie DVDs should only have one or two folders called: AUDIO_TS (this one could be missing) VIDEO_TS If you DVD has any TS folder and more, then it is a hybrid DVD. Meaning it has video and data mix. And I am assuming these DVDs are from the store right? Then no, you can't rename, delete, or save on commercial movie DVDs. As they are read only and that is the only thing it will let you do with them. And you now have everything set correctly under Windows to not autoplay anything. So Windows can't be blamed for this. Maybe that service by PowerDVD is the cause of the autoplay. Say are these DVDs by Sony? As Sony has a long history of putting on what some would define as malware on your computer. They only put this on a small number of titles and not all of them. Sony claims they do this for extra copy protection or extra features. But since Sony never makes the source code available, who knows what this stuff really does. These are TV episodes from Fox, so not a Sony issue. It's disappointing that there's nothing I can do to keep this DVD from starting to Autoplay... I suspect the problem is related to the last item listed on the DVD's case: "DVD-ROM Link to Exclusive Online Content." Thank you! Jo-Anne That automatically goes to a website for extra content. Say do you have an install CD for PowerDVD? If you do, why not delete PowerDVD (since it sounds like you don't use it anyway)? And then you can install it again if you end up needing it again someday. -- Bill Gateway M465e ('06 era) - OE-QuoteFix v1.19.2 Centrino Core Duo 1.83G - 2GB - Windows XP SP3 |
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DVD player problem
"BillW50" wrote in message
... In , Jo-Anne wrote: "BillW50" wrote in message ... In , Jo-Anne wrote: "BillW50" wrote in message ... In , Jo-Anne wrote: Thank you, Patok! I've reached the point of wanting to disable AutoPlay. Is there a global way to do this, or will I need to do it for every type of file on every drive? The easiest way Jo-Anne, is through TweakUI. My Computer AutoPlay Drives Now unselect A through Z. And while you are there, just under Drives is Types. Unselect those too. So...here's what happened. I unselected all the drives and both of the drive types in TweakUI. I then inserted a normal DVD into its drive, and it worked as it should. That is, it spun and then stopped and nothing more happened. After that, I inserted the "bad" DVD, and it immediately opened PowerDVD. I exited PowerDVD and used Windows Explorer to see what was on this DVD. The other DVD in the series had only one folder--VIDEO_TS. The bad DVD has the VIDEO_TS folder, but it also has a folder labeled DVDROM with several subfolders and several executable files (I did a screenprint of each folder, so I can say exactly what files are in them). Given that I probably want to continue viewing the DVD itself, would it be reasonable to try "stopping" everything in the DVDROM folder? Perhaps I could rename it to DVDROMbak? I welcome your suggestions! Jo-Anne Movie DVDs should only have one or two folders called: AUDIO_TS (this one could be missing) VIDEO_TS If you DVD has any TS folder and more, then it is a hybrid DVD. Meaning it has video and data mix. And I am assuming these DVDs are from the store right? Then no, you can't rename, delete, or save on commercial movie DVDs. As they are read only and that is the only thing it will let you do with them. And you now have everything set correctly under Windows to not autoplay anything. So Windows can't be blamed for this. Maybe that service by PowerDVD is the cause of the autoplay. Say are these DVDs by Sony? As Sony has a long history of putting on what some would define as malware on your computer. They only put this on a small number of titles and not all of them. Sony claims they do this for extra copy protection or extra features. But since Sony never makes the source code available, who knows what this stuff really does. These are TV episodes from Fox, so not a Sony issue. It's disappointing that there's nothing I can do to keep this DVD from starting to Autoplay... I suspect the problem is related to the last item listed on the DVD's case: "DVD-ROM Link to Exclusive Online Content." Thank you! Jo-Anne That automatically goes to a website for extra content. Say do you have an install CD for PowerDVD? If you do, why not delete PowerDVD (since it sounds like you don't use it anyway)? And then you can install it again if you end up needing it again someday. -- Bill Gateway M465e ('06 era) - OE-QuoteFix v1.19.2 Centrino Core Duo 1.83G - 2GB - Windows XP SP3 Yes, it turns out I do have an install disk for PowerDVD. However, when I stopped the PowerDVD Service process in Task Manager, the DVD wanted to install HotLlama in its place. I suspect the same thing would happen if I removed PowerDVD completely. Jo-Anne |
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DVD player problem
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Jo-Anne wrote: "BillW50" wrote in message ... In , Jo-Anne wrote: "BillW50" wrote in message ... In , Jo-Anne wrote: "BillW50" wrote in message ... In , Jo-Anne wrote: Thank you, Patok! I've reached the point of wanting to disable AutoPlay. Is there a global way to do this, or will I need to do it for every type of file on every drive? The easiest way Jo-Anne, is through TweakUI. My Computer AutoPlay Drives Now unselect A through Z. And while you are there, just under Drives is Types. Unselect those too. So...here's what happened. I unselected all the drives and both of the drive types in TweakUI. I then inserted a normal DVD into its drive, and it worked as it should. That is, it spun and then stopped and nothing more happened. After that, I inserted the "bad" DVD, and it immediately opened PowerDVD. I exited PowerDVD and used Windows Explorer to see what was on this DVD. The other DVD in the series had only one folder--VIDEO_TS. The bad DVD has the VIDEO_TS folder, but it also has a folder labeled DVDROM with several subfolders and several executable files (I did a screenprint of each folder, so I can say exactly what files are in them). Given that I probably want to continue viewing the DVD itself, would it be reasonable to try "stopping" everything in the DVDROM folder? Perhaps I could rename it to DVDROMbak? I welcome your suggestions! Jo-Anne Movie DVDs should only have one or two folders called: AUDIO_TS (this one could be missing) VIDEO_TS If you DVD has any TS folder and more, then it is a hybrid DVD. Meaning it has video and data mix. And I am assuming these DVDs are from the store right? Then no, you can't rename, delete, or save on commercial movie DVDs. As they are read only and that is the only thing it will let you do with them. And you now have everything set correctly under Windows to not autoplay anything. So Windows can't be blamed for this. Maybe that service by PowerDVD is the cause of the autoplay. Say are these DVDs by Sony? As Sony has a long history of putting on what some would define as malware on your computer. They only put this on a small number of titles and not all of them. Sony claims they do this for extra copy protection or extra features. But since Sony never makes the source code available, who knows what this stuff really does. These are TV episodes from Fox, so not a Sony issue. It's disappointing that there's nothing I can do to keep this DVD from starting to Autoplay... I suspect the problem is related to the last item listed on the DVD's case: "DVD-ROM Link to Exclusive Online Content." Thank you! Jo-Anne That automatically goes to a website for extra content. Say do you have an install CD for PowerDVD? If you do, why not delete PowerDVD (since it sounds like you don't use it anyway)? And then you can install it again if you end up needing it again someday. Yes, it turns out I do have an install disk for PowerDVD. However, when I stopped the PowerDVD Service process in Task Manager, the DVD wanted to install HotLlama in its place. I suspect the same thing would happen if I removed PowerDVD completely. Jo-Anne Oh yes, I believe you are indeed correct. So what version is your PowerDVD anyway? I have both v4 and v6. But I never used v6. Here it tells you more about this autoplay stuff. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AutoRun Near the bottom called "Issues and security" is where it really gets interesting. -- Bill Gateway M465e ('06 era) - OE-QuoteFix v1.19.2 Centrino Core Duo 1.83G - 2GB - Windows XP SP3 |
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DVD player problem
"BillW50" wrote in message
... In , Jo-Anne wrote: "BillW50" wrote in message ... In , Jo-Anne wrote: "BillW50" wrote in message ... In , Jo-Anne wrote: "BillW50" wrote in message ... In , Jo-Anne wrote: Thank you, Patok! I've reached the point of wanting to disable AutoPlay. Is there a global way to do this, or will I need to do it for every type of file on every drive? The easiest way Jo-Anne, is through TweakUI. My Computer AutoPlay Drives Now unselect A through Z. And while you are there, just under Drives is Types. Unselect those too. So...here's what happened. I unselected all the drives and both of the drive types in TweakUI. I then inserted a normal DVD into its drive, and it worked as it should. That is, it spun and then stopped and nothing more happened. After that, I inserted the "bad" DVD, and it immediately opened PowerDVD. I exited PowerDVD and used Windows Explorer to see what was on this DVD. The other DVD in the series had only one folder--VIDEO_TS. The bad DVD has the VIDEO_TS folder, but it also has a folder labeled DVDROM with several subfolders and several executable files (I did a screenprint of each folder, so I can say exactly what files are in them). Given that I probably want to continue viewing the DVD itself, would it be reasonable to try "stopping" everything in the DVDROM folder? Perhaps I could rename it to DVDROMbak? I welcome your suggestions! Jo-Anne Movie DVDs should only have one or two folders called: AUDIO_TS (this one could be missing) VIDEO_TS If you DVD has any TS folder and more, then it is a hybrid DVD. Meaning it has video and data mix. And I am assuming these DVDs are from the store right? Then no, you can't rename, delete, or save on commercial movie DVDs. As they are read only and that is the only thing it will let you do with them. And you now have everything set correctly under Windows to not autoplay anything. So Windows can't be blamed for this. Maybe that service by PowerDVD is the cause of the autoplay. Say are these DVDs by Sony? As Sony has a long history of putting on what some would define as malware on your computer. They only put this on a small number of titles and not all of them. Sony claims they do this for extra copy protection or extra features. But since Sony never makes the source code available, who knows what this stuff really does. These are TV episodes from Fox, so not a Sony issue. It's disappointing that there's nothing I can do to keep this DVD from starting to Autoplay... I suspect the problem is related to the last item listed on the DVD's case: "DVD-ROM Link to Exclusive Online Content." Thank you! Jo-Anne That automatically goes to a website for extra content. Say do you have an install CD for PowerDVD? If you do, why not delete PowerDVD (since it sounds like you don't use it anyway)? And then you can install it again if you end up needing it again someday. Yes, it turns out I do have an install disk for PowerDVD. However, when I stopped the PowerDVD Service process in Task Manager, the DVD wanted to install HotLlama in its place. I suspect the same thing would happen if I removed PowerDVD completely. Jo-Anne Oh yes, I believe you are indeed correct. So what version is your PowerDVD anyway? I have both v4 and v6. But I never used v6. Here it tells you more about this autoplay stuff. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AutoRun Near the bottom called "Issues and security" is where it really gets interesting. -- Bill Gateway M465e ('06 era) - OE-QuoteFix v1.19.2 Centrino Core Duo 1.83G - 2GB - Windows XP SP3 I have version 8.2.5202, according to the info in Add/Remove Programs; it came with my Dell laptop in 2008. I looked at the AutoRun wiki and got confused. Seems to me that AutoRun (or AutoPlay) makes one more susceptible to malware rather than less susceptible, as the wiki seems to be saying. Also, when you buy a DVD that uses this "feature," you apparently can't disable it; so you can be stuck with events happening that you don't want... Jo-Anne |
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Jo-Anne wrote:
"BillW50" wrote in message ... In , Jo-Anne wrote: "BillW50" wrote in message ... In , Jo-Anne wrote: "BillW50" wrote in message ... In , Jo-Anne wrote: "BillW50" wrote in message ... In , Jo-Anne wrote: Thank you, Patok! I've reached the point of wanting to disable AutoPlay. Is there a global way to do this, or will I need to do it for every type of file on every drive? The easiest way Jo-Anne, is through TweakUI. My Computer AutoPlay Drives Now unselect A through Z. And while you are there, just under Drives is Types. Unselect those too. So...here's what happened. I unselected all the drives and both of the drive types in TweakUI. I then inserted a normal DVD into its drive, and it worked as it should. That is, it spun and then stopped and nothing more happened. After that, I inserted the "bad" DVD, and it immediately opened PowerDVD. I exited PowerDVD and used Windows Explorer to see what was on this DVD. The other DVD in the series had only one folder--VIDEO_TS. The bad DVD has the VIDEO_TS folder, but it also has a folder labeled DVDROM with several subfolders and several executable files (I did a screenprint of each folder, so I can say exactly what files are in them). Given that I probably want to continue viewing the DVD itself, would it be reasonable to try "stopping" everything in the DVDROM folder? Perhaps I could rename it to DVDROMbak? I welcome your suggestions! Jo-Anne Movie DVDs should only have one or two folders called: AUDIO_TS (this one could be missing) VIDEO_TS If you DVD has any TS folder and more, then it is a hybrid DVD. Meaning it has video and data mix. And I am assuming these DVDs are from the store right? Then no, you can't rename, delete, or save on commercial movie DVDs. As they are read only and that is the only thing it will let you do with them. And you now have everything set correctly under Windows to not autoplay anything. So Windows can't be blamed for this. Maybe that service by PowerDVD is the cause of the autoplay. Say are these DVDs by Sony? As Sony has a long history of putting on what some would define as malware on your computer. They only put this on a small number of titles and not all of them. Sony claims they do this for extra copy protection or extra features. But since Sony never makes the source code available, who knows what this stuff really does. These are TV episodes from Fox, so not a Sony issue. It's disappointing that there's nothing I can do to keep this DVD from starting to Autoplay... I suspect the problem is related to the last item listed on the DVD's case: "DVD-ROM Link to Exclusive Online Content." Thank you! Jo-Anne That automatically goes to a website for extra content. Say do you have an install CD for PowerDVD? If you do, why not delete PowerDVD (since it sounds like you don't use it anyway)? And then you can install it again if you end up needing it again someday. Yes, it turns out I do have an install disk for PowerDVD. However, when I stopped the PowerDVD Service process in Task Manager, the DVD wanted to install HotLlama in its place. I suspect the same thing would happen if I removed PowerDVD completely. Jo-Anne Oh yes, I believe you are indeed correct. So what version is your PowerDVD anyway? I have both v4 and v6. But I never used v6. Here it tells you more about this autoplay stuff. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AutoRun Near the bottom called "Issues and security" is where it really gets interesting. -- Bill Gateway M465e ('06 era) - OE-QuoteFix v1.19.2 Centrino Core Duo 1.83G - 2GB - Windows XP SP3 I have version 8.2.5202, according to the info in Add/Remove Programs; it came with my Dell laptop in 2008. I looked at the AutoRun wiki and got confused. Seems to me that AutoRun (or AutoPlay) makes one more susceptible to malware rather than less susceptible, as the wiki seems to be saying. Also, when you buy a DVD that uses this "feature," you apparently can't disable it; so you can be stuck with events happening that you don't want... Jo-Anne There is a "Fixit" in this article, that can disable Autorun. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967715 Paul |
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"Paul" wrote in message
... Jo-Anne wrote: "BillW50" wrote in message ... In , Jo-Anne wrote: "BillW50" wrote in message ... In , Jo-Anne wrote: "BillW50" wrote in message ... In , Jo-Anne wrote: "BillW50" wrote in message ... In , Jo-Anne wrote: Thank you, Patok! I've reached the point of wanting to disable AutoPlay. Is there a global way to do this, or will I need to do it for every type of file on every drive? The easiest way Jo-Anne, is through TweakUI. My Computer AutoPlay Drives Now unselect A through Z. And while you are there, just under Drives is Types. Unselect those too. So...here's what happened. I unselected all the drives and both of the drive types in TweakUI. I then inserted a normal DVD into its drive, and it worked as it should. That is, it spun and then stopped and nothing more happened. After that, I inserted the "bad" DVD, and it immediately opened PowerDVD. I exited PowerDVD and used Windows Explorer to see what was on this DVD. The other DVD in the series had only one folder--VIDEO_TS. The bad DVD has the VIDEO_TS folder, but it also has a folder labeled DVDROM with several subfolders and several executable files (I did a screenprint of each folder, so I can say exactly what files are in them). Given that I probably want to continue viewing the DVD itself, would it be reasonable to try "stopping" everything in the DVDROM folder? Perhaps I could rename it to DVDROMbak? I welcome your suggestions! Jo-Anne Movie DVDs should only have one or two folders called: AUDIO_TS (this one could be missing) VIDEO_TS If you DVD has any TS folder and more, then it is a hybrid DVD. Meaning it has video and data mix. And I am assuming these DVDs are from the store right? Then no, you can't rename, delete, or save on commercial movie DVDs. As they are read only and that is the only thing it will let you do with them. And you now have everything set correctly under Windows to not autoplay anything. So Windows can't be blamed for this. Maybe that service by PowerDVD is the cause of the autoplay. Say are these DVDs by Sony? As Sony has a long history of putting on what some would define as malware on your computer. They only put this on a small number of titles and not all of them. Sony claims they do this for extra copy protection or extra features. But since Sony never makes the source code available, who knows what this stuff really does. These are TV episodes from Fox, so not a Sony issue. It's disappointing that there's nothing I can do to keep this DVD from starting to Autoplay... I suspect the problem is related to the last item listed on the DVD's case: "DVD-ROM Link to Exclusive Online Content." Thank you! Jo-Anne That automatically goes to a website for extra content. Say do you have an install CD for PowerDVD? If you do, why not delete PowerDVD (since it sounds like you don't use it anyway)? And then you can install it again if you end up needing it again someday. Yes, it turns out I do have an install disk for PowerDVD. However, when I stopped the PowerDVD Service process in Task Manager, the DVD wanted to install HotLlama in its place. I suspect the same thing would happen if I removed PowerDVD completely. Jo-Anne Oh yes, I believe you are indeed correct. So what version is your PowerDVD anyway? I have both v4 and v6. But I never used v6. Here it tells you more about this autoplay stuff. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AutoRun Near the bottom called "Issues and security" is where it really gets interesting. -- Bill Gateway M465e ('06 era) - OE-QuoteFix v1.19.2 Centrino Core Duo 1.83G - 2GB - Windows XP SP3 I have version 8.2.5202, according to the info in Add/Remove Programs; it came with my Dell laptop in 2008. I looked at the AutoRun wiki and got confused. Seems to me that AutoRun (or AutoPlay) makes one more susceptible to malware rather than less susceptible, as the wiki seems to be saying. Also, when you buy a DVD that uses this "feature," you apparently can't disable it; so you can be stuck with events happening that you don't want... Jo-Anne There is a "Fixit" in this article, that can disable Autorun. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967715 Paul Thank you, Paul! I've bookmarked the article but am very nervous about trying the fix(es) myself. Jo-Anne |
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