Hi<br/>Is there a way to deny access to certain ip address?<br/>Some website use clever scripting to pass my pop-up blocker and pop ads<br/>I was wondering if there is a way to deny their ip address altogether

Is there a way to register a COM server that will be available to all users? I use REGSVR32.EXE to register a DLL. But that means every user has to have ADMIN rights on the machine to install the software.<br/>Do I have other options?<br/>Thank you.

Hi,I've read there are some new protections if you install SP2 for XP. One of them is DEP (Data Execution Prevention) which is enabled by OS under /noexecute=<option> param in boot.ini. Does anybody know if this feature could be that doesn't allow to execute some programs. I'm t...

I'm trying to download an audio file from the Internet. I know the URL of the actual audio file, but there is no webpage that links to it, so there is no link that I can right-click on and do "Save Target As".When I type the URL into my web browser (Internet Explorer 7) it launches Windows Medi...

Hi All, :) I have a very simple problem, I want to create a Batch File for DOS, which rename an existing file by current Date and Time Stamp. For e.g.If the current Date/Time is 12th Mar 2007 15:30:00Old File Name : abc.txtNew File Name : abc__12032007153000 Please help me out... :confused:...

Hello! I made a setup-project from my c++.net-Application. I tested it several times, installing and uninstalling it, but now I only get a message-box: "An unexceptced error occured, error-number 2714" - no matter if I try to install or uninstall.The application-folder on c:\programs\... has complet...

Considering the Shadow Copy option available starting from Windows Vista Ultimate/Business/Enterprise, all files on the disk drive have a copy in Shadow Copies.How can we remove the System Restore copy of a file from the disk drive, using the Volume Shadow Copy Service, and ensure this System Restor...

Hi!<br/> Is there anywhere I can download the older versions of Microsoft Platform SDK? I could only find the latest (Windows Vista, Server 2003 SP1 and R2) but not the older ones on the Microsoft Downloads site.<br/>Thanks!

Hello, i'm still working on my IT degree so please excuse my ignorance.I'm working in an application that will store encrypted files in a folder. Though the files are encrypted, I would like to prevent anyone from having access to the folder, even seeing what it contains and of course, del...

Is there any way to create a folder synonym of another one?Not a direct access, a real folder but being exactly a second name for an existing one.Why? We have a program with a hardcoded folder that we cannot modify and we want it to point to another place (a shared folder in fact).Thks...

How do you create an user account on Windows XP that only loads one program (not even explorer.exe) at startup? I would like to have 2 accounts on the computer. One has the administrative privilege and can access all programs. The other one only runs the desired program, and no access to any oth...

What can I do to speed up XP? I reformatted my computer and this time only installed Home Edition because I thought it used less memory. I Changed a few of the performance settings so try and speed things up and I upgraded my memory, but its still SLOW! Its a fresh install and there is nothing on th...

I'm using windows server 2003 in Managing Group PolicyI faced problem when I enter Account Lockout duration less thanreset Account Lockout counter after ..the question: why Account Lockout durationmust more thanreset Account Lockout counter after ? many Thanks....

Hi All<br/>I am new in WMI. I want a (free downloadable) Java API by using which I can access WMI. Please help me regarding this.<br/>Regards,<br/>Gourab

Hello. I'am using windows service (which I have writen in C#) to control PC's at internet cafe. It performs desktop lock by creating new desktop and switching to it. The problem is that this service starts only some time after desktop is shown (i'am using autologon). Smarter kids foun...

Is it possible to extend AD schema (i.e. adding new attribute to "user" class) using LDAP APIs ?? I know people mostly use ADSI for that but what about other directories ? <br/>MSDN docs on LDAP API's do not talk about schema extension, is adding new attribute same as adding new entries ??...

Hi,I have an issue where when we unplug a USB mouse when an application is running like notepad.exe, the mouse cursor on the activated notepad application disappears. When we reconnect again the mouse the cursor comes back again.The problem is there only on Windows 2000 with USB support for Keypad a...

Hello<br/> http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9012149<br/>May someone explain about "SendMessage API call"?<br/>Thanks

I have a friend who is using XP to display radiology images that are quite large. He has 4g of memory, but XP only sees 3gb.The problem is that he has an app that needs lots of XMS memory. On my machine, I typed this to the java settings:-Xms 512m I have a gig on my laptop, but when I tried to load...

http://www.5starsupport.com/ipboard/index.php?showtopic=6708&st=0&p=28777&#entry28777<br/>and a follow up : http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=29820

Hi,<br/>I'm new to asp.net and would like to know if there is a way of extracting a user's details(ie. name, phone, email) given their user id without having to authenticate. All the examples I've seen so far require authentication first.<br/>TIA<br/>ritao

Hi all,I am using C# 2.0.Here is my active directory setup:MAIN_DIRECTORY (root)\ SUBDOMAIN1 -> [user1, user2]\ SUBDOMAIN2 -> [user3, user4]From a machine in the SUBDOMAIN1, I want to query user information from all subdomains under the root.I am using the following code: DirectoryEntry oDirE...

Hi All,I would like to set Icon to a file created by CFile (MFC).We can attached Icon to file manullay throughTOOLS-->FOLDER OPTIONS-> FILE TYPESSelect your file type and you can change its icon or program connected to it.But I would like to set Icon programmatically.Thanks-Prakash Joshi....

I know I may sound odd, but I really do NOT like the new treeview used for displaying the folders in windows Vista.Is there any setting or registry thing that I can set to get back my old XP-style folders? The new folder Icons in Vista are chubby and harder to get a quick overview over than in XP.Th...

I am trying to keep ActiveDirectory people info in sync with our corporate database and so I am using the LDAP interface to ActiveDirectory. When I try to change the displayName attribute I get no error back from ActiveDirectory to indicate a problem, but the displayName doesn't change (I can...

Hi all, I am having a strange problem with my computer. It is a laptop with Windows XP installed as the OS and I cannot open a multiple programs. On doing so, it just hangs. Also, after working for a while it just shuts down like a tv set would do on turning it off. I guess this might be due...

hi<br/>how can i get specific user information (display name etc.) according to user name and domain?<br/>i don't know if the domain contain com or extension, so i can't use it. <br/>I have only the domain name. For example DomainA\UserNameA

I have downloaded a microcontroller Development software from Atmel, and during installation I got the message that some dlls failed to register. Seeing those dlls with Dependancy Walker, I found that they need mfc80.dll & msvcr80.dll, that I have not (I have MS Visual Studio 6).I found those dlls i...

Hi everyone. I am trying to use my external usb drive (300GB WD, ATA, using an external USB encosure), without success: in particular, the driver is not even displayed in the computer management->disk management of the administration tools in XP.any ideas?(PS: the usb drive is displayed in the "s...

Is it possible to block all attempts to run an application/process from an external device (e.g. usb disk) on my computer. I am running Win XP and Vista.<br/>Any help is deeply appreciated!<br/>Thanks!

I opened a Single Document with VC++ 5 and Windows XP.The compiler gave no errors.The image loads, but I get an assertion when I get to the line bmp.GetBitmap(&bi);The assertion mentions afxwin1.inl, Line 413.What have I forgotten?// CMyAppView message handlersvoid CMyAppView::OnDip08H() { // TO...

Hello Guys,<br/>I am looking for options for Active Directory, I know Novel eDirectory and Open LDAP server (I have not found installer of open LDAP server though), do you know any other directory service ?

Hi everyone. I keep having my home pc crashing under win xp. I formated hard disk and reinstalled win xp but still the problem occurs. To be more particular, when tha crash occurs, the taskbar is simply dead and inactive to any mouse press (the windows respond to the mouse press but very slow). Any...

VB6 installed, and runs with 0 updates. I try to run SP6 and it fails.<br/>Anybody else had the problem? I even downloaded it again.<br/>Fails after I click the AGREE button. No msg.

Is there any way to create a text (or any) file from the Windows command line? Suppose I wanted a text file located in C:\ called "file.txt" which contains the text "TEXT". I'm thinking of a command similar to this:create C:\file.txt "TEXT"Is there any functionality similar to this?...

Hi,Have you ever heard of this virus. It's effected most of the PC's and was transferd to the USB's in my workplace. It keep on creating files which you cant delete. First we figured it out as an exe file with the size of 284kb. Somehow NOD32 Antivirus software was able to detect it....

I need a solution for LAN network administration...<br/>How to create an unattended concurrent parallel account in WINDOWS XP HOME EDITION<br/>IT WIN XP PRO it is easy but not in XP HOME, is there any way to solve this problem?

Hello I need a script or utility (free) to monitor the disk space into my network. Can you please provide me a script which can fulfill my requirements: I want to run this script remotely from one server to monitor the disk space on all other servers into the network. I'll put this into Schedul...

Hi, I have installed WinCE 5.0 & Platform Builder on a Windows XP desktop computer, having these characteristics: - CPU: Inter(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz - RAM: 512 MB - Hard Disk: 20 GB These are the steps I made: - I followed the procedure mentioned in the Platform Help "How to Configure Hard Dis...

Is there any limit imposed by Windows on the number of concurrent network connections to a given TCP socket?If so, does Windows Server 2003 differ on this aspect from Windows XP (or Vista)?The problem behind this question is the design of a server application which is supposed to listen on a given T...

I open a .mdi file from the IE and it give me the option open or save with Microsoft Office Document Imaging. When I click on Open it got the error Unable to open file "C:\Document and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\4LI349MF\ [filename].mdi". Check file na...

My C: drive only has 900 MB free. Not sure if it is enough for me or not therefore want to increase the free space a little bit. The "Disk Cleanup" wizard was not of much help. It only freed a little bit.The XP 2005 Windows folder is installed in C:I can imagine the Windows folder taking up 1-2 GB....

I have to set the standby timeout value of the system to 10 minutes. To achieve this, I have created a custom power scheme with the required power settings and have set this power scheme as the active one using PowerCfg.exe. Powercfg.exe sets the power scheme for the current user. Please let me know...

HI All,My taskbar has a flashing message saying i have spyware of great threat. I have AVG antivirus software(free edition) but no anti-spyware. I installed the free edition of AVG anti-spyware, and while it scans for any spyware, my system switches off. I can't make it bring to my desktop, unl...

My MSI custom action DLL (C++), using Windows Vista, can not read HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE registry section. While it can read HKEY_CURRENT_USER keys fine. Note that the custom action DLL is working fine on Windows Server 2003.Another interesting fact is that the DLL can read HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE registry o...

Hi All,I have problem while querying indexing service. I can run query using regular expression like this{prop name=filename}{regex}|[0-9].doc{/regex}But it looks like it doesnt work while trying use redex on contents fo files which is exactly what I wan to do. Search for files that contains given p...

Not sure if this is the right forum for this question.I need to create a simple .bat file that when run copies the contents of a directory (and subdirectories) , to a new folder somewhere else. The key issue here is that I would like the batch file to copy the contents to a created folder with the n...

Hi allI m trying to apply IPsec features in a WindowsXP machine. This machine has established a TCP/IP communication with a Unix server. I want to use asymmetric (public key) cryptography, which in general requires a public key for the signature and the encryption and a private key for the decrypti...

Hai Friends,I have created the MSI installer setup using visual studio2005.i created with applicationfolder, Registry and user desktop folder.But i can't launch the Desktop quick icon.I created the desktop icon but can't launch the application.How to read the settings entry and write the...

Every time I right-click a file in Windows Explorer, a long list of actions comes up, with options relating to WinZip, WinRAR, MagicISO, PowerISO, CopyToDVD and so many other programs. A few (like WinZip's "Extract Here...") are actually useful but most of them I don't use at all. What ann...