Comments on: Windows XP File Association Web Service

By: Scott Williams

Scott Williams — Wed, 17 Nov 2004 15:09:39 +0000

Thanks!

By: Matt Berther

Matt Berther — Wed, 17 Nov 2004 14:58:05 +0000

I just tested against a Windows 2003 machine, and both options 1 and 2 work.

By: Scott Williams

Scott Williams — Wed, 17 Nov 2004 14:53:18 +0000

Does this work on Server 2003 as well?

By: Matt Berther

Matt Berther — Wed, 17 Nov 2004 04:10:17 +0000

That makes even more sense.

The other thing thats bizarre here is that the slight difference in wording between options 1 and 2. Option 1 is InternetOpenWith and option 2 is NoInternetOpenWith.

Given that, it almost seems that option 2 should be used at the domain/machine level, and option 1 should be used to override it.

Maybe??? :=)

By: Dean Harding

Dean Harding — Wed, 17 Nov 2004 04:04:47 +0000

Actually, if I had to guess, I’d say the second option can probably be specified at a domain level and overridden on a per-machine basis. But that doesn’t explain why Option 1 exists at all (since you can also specify policies on a per-user basis as well)

By: Matt Berther

Matt Berther — Wed, 17 Nov 2004 03:41:19 +0000

I’m not going to claim that I understand what goes on in the minds at Microsoft.

I’m going to guess that you can create something for the entire system using Option 2 and then override it with a per-user in Option 1. (Maybe even vice-versa).

By: Dean Harding

Dean Harding — Wed, 17 Nov 2004 03:32:16 +0000

Why, O why are there two options that control the same thing?

By: Steve Makofsky's WebLog

Steve Makofsky's WebLog — Wed, 17 Nov 2004 02:57:36 +0000

A Great Tip (and more)