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Posted Oct 5, 2012 16:38 UTC (Fri) by corbet (editor, #1)
In reply to: Samsung's F2FS filesystem by yokem_55
Parent article: Samsung's F2FS filesystem

It would not be surprising to see such drivers included directly on removable media devices. Windows users actually do things like install drivers from a random USB stick...


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Posted Oct 7, 2012 23:50 UTC (Sun) by efraim (subscriber, #65977) [Link]

Used to be true, but since Windows XP SP3 at least the default is not to run anything from removable media automatically. (without confirmation)

And when user interaction is required the chances of things going wrong increase dramatically. This cannot be called seamless experience.

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