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yustr · 07-01-2009, 09:40 PM

Tea Timer in Spybot S&D already does this. Works great. Good idea though.

That's one stupid - I call it lazy - bit of programming that's been a fundamental flaw with MS since the first Win program 20 years ago that MS has never bothered to change. In my view, programs should request info from the OS but never be able to change anything in the OS. Basically a one-way flow of data from the OS out to the programs not a two-way flow.

07-01-2009, 09:40 PM	#4 (permalink)
yustr Asst. Manager, The Conversation Pit Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Connecticut shore Posts: 6,050 OS: XP Pro My System	Re: Ah, crazy idea for a program! Tea Timer in Spybot S&D already does this. Works great. Good idea though. That's one stupid - I call it lazy - bit of programming that's been a fundamental flaw with MS since the first Win program 20 years ago that MS has never bothered to change. In my view, programs should request info from the OS but never be able to change anything in the OS. Basically a one-way flow of data from the OS out to the programs not a two-way flow. __________________ If there are lawyers or politicians involved, logic may be a very poor tool for reaching a conclusion.