![]() ![]() The default option is to use the file association Web service. As Figure 1 shows, XP lets users choose to use the Web service to find an appropriate program or select the program from a list. ![]() This Web service is triggered when users try to open a file by double-clicking it in Windows Explorer, but there isn't enough information about which application to use to open that file. XP Service Pack 1 (SP1) introduced the file association Web service. I recently experienced a real-life example of how making a task too easy can do more harm than good. The unfortunate side effect of this illusion is that the requirements for getting into the "know enough to be dangerous" group just dropped and it's easier for users to get themselves into trouble. Having been involved with supporting PC users for the past decade and a half, I've certainly run across my share of users who, by their own admission, know "just enough to be dangerous." I appreciate their honesty, but I'm often dismayed that they didn't know "just enough to stay out of trouble." Some new features in Windows XP that are supposed to make users more self-sufficient are resulting in the illusion that end users don't really need to know what they're doing.
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