CreateFile() and fopen issues on vista

[Eric Blake]

> 2) When I issue a CreateFile() function call against f: which is a USB drive an 
> invalid handle error is returned.

In general, it is a bad idea to mix Windows APIs with cygwin, since
you are going behind cygwin's back, and can no longer guarantee
cygwin's POSIX-y behavior.  Using CreateFile from a cygwin program
is asking for problems.  Use fopen() or open() instead.

-- 
Eric Blake

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