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From: bob@accuvax.nwu.edu (Bob Hablutzel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Can MultiFinder turn itself on?
Message-ID: <10330160@accuvax.nwu.edu>
Date: 5 Apr 89 13:31:18 GMT
References: <7671@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Organization: Northwestern U, Evanston IL, USA
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> One of our users has experienced a problem where MultiFinder was set
> as the startup option.  She KNOWS that she didn't turn it on, and
> she's VIRTUALLY CERTAIN that no one else would have done it (she's
> the only one who has physical access to the computer most of the time, 
> as it's in a locked enclosure).  Could this happen any other way?  Is
> there a procedure that would allow software to change this setting?  If
> so, does anyone know of any software that's rude enough to do so?

 Well, the Installer _might_ be, not sure. Or if you don't use the installer,
but have upgraded the system recently by dragging, this could definately
cause problems. The deal is that copying a system file and finder from one
disk to another causes the boot blocks from the first disk to be copied to the
second. Some if the information in the boot block (at offset $5A, btw), is
the startup application - Finder or Multifinder on Apple system disks.

  Of course, there could just be disk gnomes running wild.

Bob Hablutzel	Wildwood Software	BOB@NUACC.ACNS.NWU.EDU