I just installed XP Pro and M$ Office 2003. How can I auto start Outlook in iconic mode then I boot the computer? I copied a shortcut to my Startup menu -- that works but Outlook doesn't start iconed. Anyone know if that's even possible?<br/>Thanks

Hi<br/>I'm looking for a program that can tell me which process use specify DLL file.

Please don't ask why I need to know, but are there any issues I should be concerned about regarding migrating a PC from Windows XP to 2000?<br/>If you're REALLY curious to know why, PM me.

Hi I have DirectX 9b on my pc. For my most recent applications I will need directX 9c, so I downloaded the latest sdk+runtime (june 2005). But the installer refuses to add the new files (obviously noticing directx 9something thinks it doesn't need to), so i was thinking that there must be way t...

About 6 months ago, the old PC was dropped and we had to get it repaired. Ever since then, whenever the button is switched on to turn the PC on, the CD-Rom drive opens. Anyone have any idea why it does this?

I am working on Sharepoint portal web server. My application, say " http://localhost/helpdocs" opens a page which list all directories. I go to link "open in web folder" and it opens a directory browser on website like windows browser. Here, there is one directory "Documents" which has plenty of dire...

AVG comes up whenever I sign on to my profile (am always connected to the internet) and over the last few days or so I've been continually been getting a message coming up that I have a Trojan horse/virus of some sort. Do try deleting or healing the file but I keep getting told that (for some u...

Hi!! i am using windows 2000 Professional edition in my system. when ever i switch on the system i get a pop up message "could not find file 'c:\winnt\system32\svohost.exe' ". i checked all the files and folders. but i could not find this file. i have also tried on the microsoft site bu...

Hi!! I have an error some times like "Registry size is too small. increase the size of the registry." but i have checked my system and am sure i have installed more softwares. i have recently updated the windows. and i have some softwares like .net, SQL, etc...how can i rectify this error? is it...

Hi all,<br/>I have developed the deskbar like Google Desktop search bar.<br/>Do anybody know how can I show/hide the deskbar programmatically (NOT via taskbar Toolbar menu) ? The Google Deskbar can do that. It can control the deskbar with tray icon menu.<br/>Thanks,<br/>Andrew

I am able to disable Alt-s using RegisterHotKey(Handle, 904, MOD_ALT, VkKeyScan('s'))I am also able to disable Ctrl-v usingRegisterHotKey(Handle, 905, MOD_CONTROL, VkKeyScan('v'))But I am not able to disable Ctrl-esc usingRegisterHotKey(Handle, 906, MOD_CONTROL, VK_ESCAPE) Seems...

I am able to disable Alt-s using RegisterHotKey(Handle, 904, MOD_ALT, VkKeyScan('s'))I am also able to disable Ctrl-v usingRegisterHotKey(Handle, 905, MOD_CONTROL, VkKeyScan('v'))But I am not able to disable Ctrl-esc usingRegisterHotKey(Handle, 906, MOD_CONTROL, VK_ESCAPE) Seems...

Hello all,Im trying to develop a simple/personal firewall using C#. I used Jesus Os ( http://www.thecodeproject.com/managedcpp/packetfilteringnet.asp) class for setting the rules and it is working smoothly. However, Im trying to search for a way to make the application ask the user if a certain prog...

Hai..<br/> I want to find the path of the file which is currently opened in notepad. Is there any way to find. Please let me know.<br/>Thanks,<br/>EVR

Can someone give me a code to implement TRACERT DOS function in windows GUI?<br/>Or at least guide me through?

Have anyone encountered corrupt help files in VB.I have an experience which has left me dazed. The MSDN help is integrated with the VB.I can open it by pressing 'f1' key. But the links like "Related links","Top","Next" etc.. don't work.Infact I can only see a square box with a central...

I have a client application (Windows XP SP2) that uses a mapped drive to a server (windows 2000 domain controller). Each time the user wants to use the application they have to enter username and passwod to login to the mapped drive.There are several Windows 2000 PC's using this app with the s...

Hi , I have a network which has some number around 60 pc's WinXP and are going to connect to a Unix server. I have already configured printer on Unix server to print on PC's. Unix Serever has some 15 printers installed and goal is to be able to print to all of them from any PC.Is there a w...

Doubt this is virus-related but can't think of any other reason why this would happen, anyway:Switched the PC on this morning and as normal went on to my profile, usually, the first things that come up are AVG virus scanner and MSN. This morning they didn't, which I found slightly weird. S...

Hey,I have a Windows 98 workstation that is behaving rather badly. The reason that it is a Windows 98 workstation is that it has an app that runs on it that uses a vxd. For now the computer and its workstation do their job. Normally on a cold boot, I get an hourglass that frequently shows up, and...

I have a network bootable CD that silently ghosts a systems and then reboots to windows. I need to have the same CD execute once the user logs into windows. I do not want the user to have to run the CD-ROM manually. I can not modify the ghost image, b/c there are too many of them. I've been w...

I was facing problems trying to toggle between the 2 radio buttons Local Path and Connect To in Home Folder of the User Profile.As of now, both Local Path and Connect To use the same property HomeDirectory for setting......so irrespective of field where data is added, the radio button pre-selected g...

Ok, here's the problem. I have my DSL connection and it works fine with my Linux OS, but whenever I use it in Windows, it disconnects at random times unexpectedly. My instant messenger simply looses the connection and that's that, I can't view some other page on my browser, but the li...

I have never worked with SBS server but have been warned about its use with MS Office 2003 - possible incompatibility issues ??Is there a problem running these 2 systems together ?I have also developed under VB a Faxing system using MS XP Fax as the basis for faxing so I can send fax broadcasts unde...

Hi everyone. I want to access a remote directory (which is shared), under win2000. Can I do this using simply the Win. Explorer (e.g. using the ip address?).<br/>Regards,<br/>Theodore

I have 512mb of RAM. Why does windows tell me I have 192mb of RAM? Does it use all of the 512mb of RAM?

Hi I'm in a bit of a bind with my DNS server. Currently its returning the wrong information for a few addresses like yahoo and aol. I found this out because we were having problems emailing to those domains and they kept bouncing. When we switched the DNS gateway to another server the emails w...

I am using the Windows SetWindowText() function, to set the text in an edit control.The problem is that the string, which I want to set is 255 characters long, and the visible area of the window is 40 char long.so the window is HScroll.The problem is when I use SetWindowText() , & after that UpdateW...

Hi All Gurus,I have created few html pages, which are linked with a master page for Intranet use.I have installed Tomcate.I have also installed J2SE.Now problem is that I don't have any idea how activate my master page so that user can just enter name rajeevtech.com and the master page get acti...

I'm very new to all this, and could use 3 nice bits of information:1. Where can i download a nice (free) compiler?2. what should i use to program in windows?3. Can someone show me a sample of a script that tells the computer to run a program? like run notepad.exe or something?what i want to do...

hi<br/>I am not a regular C or windows programmer. However, I need c code to read data from webcam that can run on any operating system. Can anyone please help me?<br/>Thanks<br/>Rajesh

hello! which hook procedure do i have to use in order to get the program name or any information, the user is about to open? i am not sure about this..thnx very much..<br/>maybe you can give me any link to this topic...? thanx

Hi All,I have windows XP Pro installed and through control panel/Users I have a password set against the Administrator account.When the system first boots, I need to enter the password set from control panel/users and i am then logged in through administrator. If i leave the machine doing a job and...

Hello I was wondering if I could secure a second hard drive on windows 2k pro. Let me explain, I have 2 hard drives connected to the system With NT file system (not partitions) and I can access the 2nd Hard drive through windows explorer, my computer w/e. I would like to secure the second hard drive...

Hi all,I used to be under the impression that if we select a printer as default, then any application that invokes a print command will automatically select the default printer to print. But something proved me wrong. I opened a notepad and selected print. The first time it correctly highlighted the...

Hello everyone,Is it possible to get the popupmenu handle of window eg., notepad. The problem is i am intercepting the windows app. thru subclassing using windows procedure and i have tried to block the messages WM_CONTEXTMENU,WM_INITMENUPOPUP,WM_RMBUTTONDOWN but no message is actually giving the p...

I want to disable system log to be generated in my Windows XP System. How to do that ? Is there any registry key which I can change for the same ?

Hi all,It is more of a windows question than Visualc++ related.My questions are regarding the windows display settings.[1]How Can I set "large","small" fonts settings under windows.Iam using WinXp & If I go to ControlPanel->Display,(Darstellung Tab,Iam using a German wINxP),I see the font->Nor...

I have an OCX written in VB6 that uses the MS COMM control to communicate with an external device. One version of this device is a bluetooth device which uses a bluetooth serial service. The bluetooth serial service is configured to use a COM port, which the OCX uses to communicate with the device.T...

I would like to know how to do this in dos by creating a batch file:<br/>Moving files from a directory to another directory and deleting the old direcotry and not echoing any commands.<br/>Thanks.

I was wondering how I'd go about greying out a button I've created with CreateWindow(), and, predictably, how to ungrey it out?<br/>Thanks

I have several systems that i ghost in DOS. Some of the existing ghost images have file names longer than 8 characters. My current boot disk can only show 8 characters of a file. If it is anymore then i get xxxxxx~1.gho, where each x is some character. I can not rename them nor can i recreate th...

I want global address book in my outlook contacts..<br/>I have installed Exchange server 2003.<br/>I am not getting global address book.......<br/>what should i do?<br/>This might not be correct place to post this thread...<br/>Sorry.........

Hi everybody,I want to call Windows Media Player from my own program to play multimedia files. That's of course very easy, it's enough to call CreateProcess() function. But then I want to control Media Player from my program: sending comands to start, pause and stop playing. I guess, it sh...

Hello Friends<br/>Can anybody help me out in knowning how to configure Windows Update.<br/>I want that at a stipulated time the Automatic Update should start on its own<br/>On a fixed time<br/>With Rgds<br/>VC++

My XP problem.Whenever I boot and input my password to log in mycomputer, it also says something about NETBIOS*, and that I am unable to change my password. I have never really understood why my system goes crazy like that, since when I has added or wanted to add anything in my NETBIOS anyway...it i...

If you open a SaveDialog box and you save a file to path "C:\example\test.txt" for example, then you cannot rename or delete the folder "example" until you close the application. An error message appears and tells us that the folder is in use by another application. You can see the problem if you s...

My X-Setup trial software ran out. I did nothing to the registry functions or accessibility yet now I cannot run regedt32.exe. I try running it but it will not open. Anyone got any clues why and how to fix it?

Hi. I am using msconfig in XP to add\remove programs from startup. How can I do this in win 2000 server? I tried run-->msconfig but didn't work.<br/>Thanx in advance,<br/>Theodore

Hi there!I am writing a program to interface with a third party web form that has to be filled out multiple times per session. The form is basicly a 4 col by 12 row matrix of information with a radio button with 2 choices and 2 submit button options at the bottom. As of now I can write to the form...