U3 apps and rev

[Jeffrey Reynolds]

Richard,

thanks for this post, it was a real breath of fresh air to me. it  
seemed exactly what i thought was the case with U3, flash drives and  
rev and was a very direct and honest assessment/path to this kind of  
technology and the possibilities. I am glad you dont speak  
marketspeak, i'm tired of trying to learn new dialects and translate!

cheers,

jeff

On Jun 25, 2006, at 10:41 PM, use-revolution-request at lists.runrev.com  
wrote:

> U3 is a new application of a very old Windows-specific technology:   
> the
> autorun.inf file.
>
> On any locked volume, Windows will look for an autorun.inf file  
> and, if
> found, will launch whatever executable is specified in the file.
>
> A "U3" drive is essentially a flash drive partitioned into two parts:
> one read-only with the autorun.inf file and the Launchpad app, and the
> other partition the user writes to.  Windows sees the locked  
> partition,
> finds the autorun.inf, opens Launchpad, and for anyone who's never  
> seen
> a CD do this in Windows it looks like magic. :)

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