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Microsoft get a new patent 7,269,853
This describe how to force user to accept new rules of a board. Please look into it and check if you run in problems with the 'Force Users to Accept Rules on Next Visit?'
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can't see how it would affect M$ or vice-versa - got nothing to do with them.
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It is truly amazing what you can patent these days
Mike
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I post this becaus MS have a patent how to force existing users to acceppt new rules. This is a feature in 7.2.2 too. On the first read this looks like the same feature to me. If Threads not affected by this, its fine.
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but then so does VB, FusionBB and probably other forums.
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'm moving this down to the "admin" forum
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It was filed in 2003. We have pre-existing use.
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