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Under Windows, why are UNC paths better than drive letters?

Rush - TD FAQ
It is highly recommended you use UNC paths for all renders when windows platforms are involved. UNC paths are better than drive letters for many reasons: If a user isn't logged in, or logs out, drive letters 'disappear', unexpectedly causing background renders to suddenly fail. Drive letters are connections associated with the logged in user. Unix cannot be made to understand or redirect paths with drive letters in them (z:/foo/bar).

How do I make UNC paths work the same on Windows and Unix?

Rush - TD FAQ
The trick is to tweak the unix side, using symbolic links or making mount directories that simulate the windows path layout. The best thing is to create the mounts to match the UNC paths. On my network, windows machines see the server's disk as //tahoe/jobs. On the unix machines, I can organize my mount points this way: Or, if your mounts are in a directory like /mnt/jobs and you don't want to change that, you can work around easily enough with symbolic link(s) to make UNC paths work under unix.

What are my drive letters?

FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
Your drive letters are determined by your system. Factors include any local peripheral devices (CD-ROM drives) and any network drive mappings configured during logon. To determine the drive letters under Windows 95, 98 or NT, right click the Start button and then click Explore. Or, double-click on My Computer to view your drive letters.

NetKeeper Captain - Use: Can I use UNC to name paths?

Frequently Asked Questions
NetKeeper Captain - Upgrades: My standard service requests have disappeared, but the categories and subcategories are still there NetKeeper Captain - CapCom - Email and Page communications Server: Call-back home feature is triggered Report Writers - Creating Reports: Could you tell me if I can use wildcards (like *, ., % or _) in the reportwriter. When I start a report a runtime field should appear, and when you leave it blank, I'd like to see all the items.

After copying a Windows system drive to a new drive, I cannot boot from the copy. Why not?

FAQ | Casper Tech Edition - Easy-to-use Hard Disk Cloning So...
The most common reason for this problem is the absence of a bootable master boot record or active partition on the target disk. When using the Copy a specific drive method to copy one drive to another, Casper Tech Edition does not replace the master boot record or change the active partition status on the target disk. In order to ensure the target disk contains a valid master boot record and the appropriate partition is marked active, it is necessary to use the Copy an entire hard disk method.

How do I convert between Windows and UNIX paths?

Cygwin FAQ
Use the 'cygpath' utility. Type 'cygpath --help' for information. For example (on my installation): bash$ cygpath --windows ~/.bashrc D:\starksb\.bashrc bash$ cygpath --unix C:/cygwin/bin/cygwin.bat /usr/bin/cygwin.bat bash$ cygpath --unix C:\\cygwin\\bin\\cygwin.bat /usr/bin/cygwin.bat Note that bash interprets the backslash '\' as an escape character, so you must type it twice in the bash shell if you want it to be recognized as such.

What are the upgrade paths for Windows Server 2003?

ActiveWin.com: Windows Server 2003 Family - FAQ
Windows Server 2003 will be upgradeable from its compatible version of Windows 2000 server. Windows 2000 server will be upgradeable to Windows Server 2003. You are not allowed to downgrade the server class (Windows 2000 Advanced Server to Windows Server 2003).

What are the upgrade paths?

ActiveWin.com: Frequently Asked Questions - Windows XP "...
Both Home and Professional can be upgraded from Windows 98, Windows 98SE, and Windows ME. Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000 and Windows XP Home can all be upgraded to Windows XP Professional. Windows 95 is not a supported upgrade path from either version.

What can I do to change and keep my drive letters like I want them?

The Broadband Reports Windows XP FAQ - dslreports.com
Below is a series of Microsoft Knowledge Base articles that will help you understand how drive letters are assigned and what you can do to keep yours like you want them. bull;Drive Letters Change Unexpectedly When You Install Windows XP•HOW TO Change Drive Letter Assignments in Windows XP•How the System Restore Utility Uses Drive LettersThe information provided from this WinGuides.com link goes right to the registry source.

How do I assign new drive letters?

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FreeDOS (like any DOS) will assign a letter at boot-time. Starting at C:, DOS assigns a letter to all the primary DOS partitions on each drive, then to each of the logical DOS partitions for each disk.

Is it possible to create a file on a mapped drive using cffile and a UNC path?

ColdFusion FAQ
Yes, but ColdFusion Server needs to be logged on using an account that has access rights to the network (ie not as the default LocalSystem account, which is a security context analogous to a local Administrator with no network rights). The UNC must be the share name, so if the share is "d" then the path should be \\myServer\d\temp\myfile.txt

What are paths?

OPUS FAQ: Introduction
A path is a set of directories used when processing data in the pipeline. Multiple pipelines with identical steps, but with different paths, can be run simultaneously, yet without interference. For example, at STScI it is necessary to operate a real-time pipeline at the same time that a production pipeline is processing, while a reprocessing pipeline may also be simultaneously converting science images in the background, and another pipeline may be processing engineering telemetry.

How is Windows Home Server better than existing backup solutions?

Windows Home Server: Frequently Asked Questions
Windows Home Server provides automated "no touch" backup for all of the PCs in the home. It will automatically backup your home computers, including the operating system, applications and data, and allow you to easily restore the entire computer or an individual file or folder to a previous point in time. The Windows Home Server Backup solution uses an innovative system to backup only the data that has not already been backed up before.

edit] In CCMake, typing full paths is tedious. Is there a better way?

CMake FAQ - KitwarePublic
Since CMake 1.6, you can use tab completion in the path entries in CCMake. All you do is type first couple of characters and press <TAB> key. CCMake will examine the current typed path and try to expand it to some existing path. If that is possible, it will do it. If not, it will not do anything.

Can drive letters also be configured from scripts?

Ext2 IFS For Windows: FAQ
With version 1.11 of the Ext2 IFS software, drive letters can be configured with the Windows mountvol utility (except on Windows NT 4.0). This is useful if you want to control them from a script. The mountvol utility is used just as if the drive letters would correspond to native Windows volumes, regardless of whether the volumes are native Windows volumes or Ext2/Ext3 ones.

My vision is 20/50 in my better eye. Is it okay for me to drive?

BASCOM PALMER EYE INSTITUTE: FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTONS
Driving laws vary from state to state and from country to country. In the State of Florida, drivers must have at least 20/40 vision in both eyes, with or without corrective lenses. If vision is 20/200 or worse in one eye, drivers must have 20/40 vision or better in the other eye. A doctor's referral may be required. For most people, diagnosis of cancer creates emotional distress. Fear of treatment and fear of the future can produce apprehension, anxiety, confusion and depression.

Is it better than a lamington drive?

FAQ
If 500 students bring in $20 each per can, that’s $10,000. 900% return on investment or 9 times your investment, cricky that’s sounds good. (its also a lot of lamingtons)

Is one hard disk drive better then another?

FAQs
Currently the Seagate and Western Digital drives are recommended. Be sure to check with us though as these change with manufacturing moves.

How do I change drive letter assignments in Windows XP?

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Right click on My Computer and choose Manage. In the window that appears, click on Disk Management. Then right click any partition you want to reassign and choose Change Drive Letter and Path. You cannot change the drive letter of the boot or system partitions (typically C:).
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