mapped drive letters get re used plugging usb thumb

Mapped drive letters get re used when plugging in USB Thumb

Assume PC layout as follows:
C: Hard Drive D: CDROM E: not used F: Mapped to a network share
Plug in a USB device with 2 partitions, one CDROM with autorun files. 2nd partition is R/W with application.
The 2nd Partition on the USB device will use the same F: drive as the network share.
This was to be fixed in Vista, same bug appears in Win2K and XP SP2

Hmm... just change the mapped network drive to something else?
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Assume PC layout as follows:
C: Hard Drive D: CDROM E: not used F: Mapped to a network share
Plug in a USB device with 2 partitions, one CDROM with autorun files. 2nd partition is R/W with application.
The 2nd Partition on the USB device will use the same F: drive as the network share.
This was to be fixed in Vista, same bug appears in Win2K and XP SP2

Windows Vista

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