Re: Disable CD Rom requirement

[beechf33a]

You can diable the startup video. (read the readme file)
Anybody know how to disable the startup program portion that requires you to
insert the CD Rom? If one does a full install, the rom should'nt be needed.

You CAN'T disable the startup program. The CD Rom must be in the CD drive to
run CFS. This is a copyright-protection feature installed by Microsoft to CFS.

[sveny]

You can diable the startup video. (read the readme file)
Anybody know how to disable the startup program portion that requires you to
insert the CD Rom? If one does a full install, the rom should'nt be needed.

You CAN'T disable the startup program. The CD Rom must be in the CD drive to
run CFS. This is a copyright-protection feature installed by Microsoft to CFS.



I remove mine after its started and pop in some tunes and it works for me.

Sven

[mbaker]

You have GOT to be kidding. With all this cool technology and HUGE hard drives
for next to nothing, M$ expects me to keep my CD handy to stick into my drive
because they are paranoid that they didn't get their #@%$ money? I have a
shelf full of flight sim boxes, ALL OF WHICH I PAID FOR, and I don't like to
have to keep a CD out just because Bill G. is paranoid he didn't get a few
dollars to help pay the electricity bill on his 50+ million dollar home. This
is absolutely amazing. Maybe the CD will just stay in the box and gather dust.
There. I feel much better now. I just had to say that. We will now return
to normal programming...

Mike Baker





You can diable the startup video. (read the readme file)
Anybody know how to disable the startup program portion that requires you to
insert the CD Rom? If one does a full install, the rom should'nt be needed.

You CAN'T disable the startup program. The CD Rom must be in the CD drive to
run CFS. This is a copyright-protection feature installed by Microsoft to CFS.





I remove mine after its started and pop in some tunes and it works for me.

Sven

[awheeler]

You have GOT to be kidding. With all this cool technology and HUGE hard drives


for next to nothing, M$ expects me to keep my CD handy to stick into my drive
because they are paranoid that they didn't get their #@%$ money? I have a
shelf full of flight sim boxes, ALL OF WHICH I PAID FOR, and I don't like to
have to keep a CD out just because Bill G. is paranoid he didn't get a few
dollars to help pay the electricity bill on his 50+ million dollar home. This
is absolutely amazing. Maybe the CD will just stay in the box and gather dust.


There. I feel much better now. I just had to say that. We will now return
to normal programming...

Mike Baker


Mike, CFS accesses the CD-ROM at various times when running so kind of needs
to be available. I think this is something we're going to have to get used
to as this software gets more complex. There is so darned much data that
a complete install to the hard drive is just getting too bulky. A good
example is the NorthWest Mega Scenery I just installed: A full install to
avoid the requirement for having the CD-ROM available takes up just over
.7 gig of HD space. Even with a 25 gig HD about to hit the streets, that's
getting kind of impractical. I really doubt that MS's primary concern was
piracy although it would have been nice if we'd had the option of running
CFS in a reduced feature mode without the need for the CD-ROM in the drive.

Al

[petestepanoff]

You have GOT to be kidding. With all this cool technology and HUGE hard drives


for next to nothing, M$ expects me to keep my CD handy to stick into my drive
because they are paranoid that they didn't get their #@%$ money? I have a
shelf full of flight sim boxes, ALL OF WHICH I PAID FOR, and I don't like to
have to keep a CD out just because Bill G. is paranoid he didn't get a few
dollars to help pay the electricity bill on his 50+ million dollar home. This
is absolutely amazing. Maybe the CD will just stay in the box and gather dust.


There. I feel much better now. I just had to say that. We will now return
to normal programming...

Mike Baker



Geez,

I hope you are not that animated every time you need to put the ignition key in
your car to start it. LOL

Pete S.

[degiorgio]

You have GOT to be kidding. With all this cool technology and HUGE hard drives




for next to nothing, M$ expects me to keep my CD handy to stick into my drive
because they are paranoid that they didn't get their #@%$ money? I have a
shelf full of flight sim boxes, ALL OF WHICH I PAID FOR, and I don't like to
have to keep a CD out just because Bill G. is paranoid he didn't get a few
dollars to help pay the electricity bill on his 50+ million dollar home. This
is absolutely amazing. Maybe the CD will just stay in the box and gather dust.




There. I feel much better now. I just had to say that. We will now return
to normal programming...

Mike Baker



Geez,

I hope you are not that animated every time you need to put the ignition key in


your car to start it. LOL

Pete S.
I suppose you also hit Start to stop it!
John.