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potential impact could installing this software have on the network?

It sounds like a lot of questions when you just want to install an

application to get some work done or play a game. These questions—and

answers—can make the difference between a happy, functional

computer/network and one really bad day. Keep these questions in mind

when installing applications.

Installing Software in Windows

If you can’t download or access an application over the Internet, it’ll

probably come on an optical disc. Windows supports Autorun, a feature that

enables the operating system to look for and read a special file called—wait

for it—autorun.inf. Immediately after a removable media device (optical disc

or thumb drive) is inserted into your computer, whatever program is listed in

autorun.inf runs automatically. Most applications distributed on removable

media have an autorun file that calls up the installation program (see Figure

14-28). Closely related is AutoPlay, which pops up a little dialog box when

removable media is inserted into the computer. The options the dialog box

provide are based on what Windows finds on the drive, including starting the

Autorun application.

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