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In message <1144426228.162793_at_yasure.drizzle.com>, DA Morgan
<damorgan_at_psoug.org> writes
>Jim Smith wrote:
>
>> The issue is not the size of the path on your machine it is the size
>>of the path on the OP's target machines. His path is apparently
>>somewhere between 1023 and 2048.
>
>I am well aware of that. Which is why I have several times asked the OP
>to post the path. Without that any attempt to help is meaningless.
>
>What is critical however is that XP SP2 does NOT increase the path
>length to 2048 characters be default in a manner that chokes OUI. And
>that I think I have established.
I think the only thing you have established is that you can't read. He
never said that XP SP2 was expanding the path and breaking OUI.
>
>> The OP never said the problem was XP SP2 - the problem is with OUI
>>when the path is large.
>
>And he blamed his path length on having a lot of Oracle products
>installed: It is not as my path clearly demonstrates.
All it demonstrates is that your path is shorter than his.
-- Jim Smith I'm afraid you've mistaken me for someone who gives a damn.Received on Fri Apr 07 2006 - 11:21:32 CDT