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Date:      Sun, 16 Aug 2009 10:28:01 -0700
From:      George Davidovich <freebsd@optimis.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: please help to uninstall FreeBSD!!!
Message-ID:  <20090816172801.GA84244@marvin.optimis.net>
In-Reply-To: <003601ca1e89$deda1ef0$9c8e5cd0$@com>
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On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 11:54:41AM -0400, Charles Oppermann wrote:
> 
> I assume your use of "MICROS~1" is some sort of clever dig at
> Microsoft, but this is 2009 - not 1995 

Sorry, but while I agree the MICROS~1 pejorative can be a bit juvenile
and uncalled for, your assertion that 8.3 filenames are a thing of the
past is incorrect.  If browsing an installation CD or the contents of
your local drive isn't enough to raise a few questions ...

[george@XP] # regtool list '/HKLM/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Control/FileSystem'
NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation 
Win31FileSystem
Win95TruncatedExtensions

The default value for NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation is 0.

Obviously, there's reasons for that, but this is one of those situations
where an admonition of "Go ahead and laugh -- it's funny!" might be
appropriate.

-- 
George



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