Hi all,<br/>Is there a way to update Window's registry in Cmd (Commad/Dos/Emulator) mode?<br/>Thank you,<br/>Biasha

Hi all!I have a problem with using WaitableTimersVC60 doesn't want to compile it even if i do like MSDN said: #define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0500 #include <windows.h> Maybe someone knows other ways to compile functions like CreateWaitableTimer()Answer me please...p.s. My NT2000 build is 1251...

hi i am using mysql and my problem is that when i execute a query for more then 1 user connected to my server it return a garbage value .so help me out plz

I am new at Windows programming and I tried searching FAQs and previous posts, but I am not sure how to even ask this question.I need to have the ability to have real time output in a Windows program. The problem is that in the message loop, if there is no message from the OS to my program, the cont...

Hi!<br/>I have in my computer one modem and I have defined a Dial-up connection (to my ISP).<br/>Can I create a .BAT file that can open and close this connection automatic.<br/>Thanks for your time.<br/>Jaime

Hello,I am writing a simple program that generates a raw packet via the winsock api. The specific nature of this application requires that the Type field of the Ethernet header be set to a specific value (not IP). Basically, I want to send out a packet that is not an IP packet via winsock. I would...

Is it possible for me to use WM_ERASEBKGND to load a bitmap ? If OK, could you tell me how ? Any help please ? Thanks. :( :( :( :(

We have a local area network and a webserver which requires a user name and password. One of the computers in our network has decided to ask for a domain name in addition to the user name and password. No domain name I enter will work and the computer cannot access our web site. It's network co...

Hi all, I am trying to write a Perl script which lists all the applicaitons I have on my computer. I already have a list of all the .exe files on my computer in a .txt file. Also, I have to use different perl modules ( or .sad file ) for each applicaion, so that if I add a new application I can...

Hi,<br/> I want to check if the value exists in a hash table in perl or not? Is there any quick way to do it?<br/>Thanks,<br/>-Mehul

Hi.. i hosted a ActiveX dll component on MTS on Win 2K Server.. If i logout in the Server,, and try to create an object from client machine object will not be created..if i login to Server and access from the client i'm able to create the object.Can u pl. help me in resolving thisthanks in adv....

Problem solved.<br/>A Microsoft specialist answered my question in the Microsoft WMI forum.

With .Net and all...

Hi all,I'm trying to add a browser toolbar button that calls a VB.Net object. The object is implemented and works just fine. All I need is to figure out a way to instantiate it from the toolbar button of a browser.I'm almost sure that there's a different way to do this for IE and Nets...

Help !!!<br/>Does enybody know how to run other program from service in Windows 2000. I will be extremaly pleased for any kind of help

HI,<br/>Has anyone used the CertMgr.exe to automate an import of a cert file ( .pfx ) ? I need to import a cert into the Personal Store and I can't find any online examples of how to do this.<br/>Many thanks for any suggestions !!

Hey there:I have some C code that creates a scrolling list box containing the names of all of the fonts installed in the system. Each font name is displayed in the typeface of the font, ie. Arial will be displayed in Arial, etc.For symbol, or multi-byte fonts, the name of the font will appear in w...

In developing software/ windoew progrsmming, can you answer if DNA are well for these thing. What is the advandtaages ? <br/>Thank U very much...<br/>Nina.

In IIS there is a "Default SMTP Virtual Server", what is it used for :rolleyes: ?<br/>How do i make an SMTP server on my local machine and use it to send e-mail message ??:confused:

Hi,I am attempting to write some C++ code to determine the version of my audio driver. I am using SetupDiGetClassDevs(), SetupDiEnumDeviceInfo(), and SetupDiGetDeviceRegistryProperty().This API allows me to get the list of ALL drivers on the system, their names and versions. The only thing I can...

hi<br/> I want to know what defines a kernel mode driver. how can u say one as a kernel mode driver. what features it should have in it.

Please tell me <br/>How to create a batch file that uploads a file on FTP server, and returns success or failure message.<br/>Thanks in advance

Hi forum,I'm new to this forum (and to Shell-prgramming) and tried to find a solution for my problem, but wasn't succesfull, so please excuse if this question sounds too familiar to you!Here's the problem:I'm using a set of wll's and dll's to enhance Word (Word 97 as we...

So I have an application from a 3rd party that I work on and it includes context sensitive help. I can't edit their help file (NOEDIT.HLP lets call it) so I've created my own MINE.HLP and edited/created CNT files so I can see the contents of both in my index.Now my problem is I can have th...

Hi,For a COM+ Application with any object set to 'Requires' as the Txn Attrib, the Object creation (Not the Method Invocation) takes significant amount of time (for the first time). Subsequent creations is faster. Similarlly, the first connection to the Database also takes significant time...

How would one change/edit a windows context menu to a personalized one with custom commands? Eg. Edit the windows desktop right-click context menu to include a command set like "Lock Desktop", "Goto...", etc etc. I would like to know how to personalize it, also if possible create an entirely new on...

Dear friends ,i am facing a criticalerror,pls help me out :- My MTS component(developed using ATL and using ADO to access SQL Server) running on Win 2k behaving well normally without any error,but sometimes it abort when firing a SQL query before deafult transaction time out period ( 60 sec) and pro...

Hi,I've developped an application generator that allows you to build desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML/DHTML, VBScript, ActiveX.It means that you can put HTML documents, scripts and multimedia documents in a single file, and distribute it as an EXE file. You will be able from the HTML...

I mean the following - if an item was dropped on my application, can I get some information on the application, from where this item was dragged?<br/>For example, if a message from Outlook was dropped on my application, is it possible to determine name of containing folder of this message?

I have a process running as a service that needs to run various other executables. Some of these other executables don't work unless I set the SERVICE_INTERACTIVE_PROCESS flag on my service. According to Microsoft's documentation, running a service with this flag enabled is a security ri...

I am writing a Service in 'C' which has lots of database activity. When the user requests to STOP the Service (within the Service Control Manager) the program simply halts. It does not matter what it is in the middle of doing.How do I recognize that a STOP has been requested? I need thi...

Hello,I'm trying to retrieve the contents of the folder "\My Bluetooth Places\Entire Bluetooth Neighborhood" to see my local Bluetooth devices. I can use the Shell class to access teh "My Bluetooth Places" folder, but the Items collection is empty (which is wrong--it *does* contain "Entire Blu...

Hello,Does anybody know of a way to automate both opening applications and various application calls in Windows 2000 or XP? For example, say I wanted to use this program for testing purposes or to automate repetitive tasks for various applications I am using in Windows. Possibly record an action scr...

i am developing an application, that for various reasons needs the machine to have a certain configuration. i am trying to autmate the following manual setup:1. install two loopback adapaters (client/server)2. unbind file sharing from server3. set ip of client/server to be on the same network4. disa...

I have an HP XW 6000 workstation at 2.66 GHz processor speed.For testing purposes, I need to have its processor run at a lower clock speed.Is there a way to achieve that? I don't mean running a program that just consumes memory, but controlling the clock speed itself.TIA....

I'm creating a multimedia computer to work much like a dvd player. In fact, I have the buttons (play/pause, stop, eject, next, prev). Everything works, but it would work better if users would always hit stop before hitting eject.Currently I have an app mapped to the eject button. This app op...

Hi ,<br/>I have written a VC++ dll.<br/>I want to add the current directory where the dll is stored using a .bat file.<br/>Can any one suggest me how can I do this .<br/>bye,<br/>Sylvester12

Hi, on this site I've read some articles about DLL injection, password stealing and keylogging. Tools for compromising a process security are provided by the OS itself, without any hack. I wonder if a process which handles sensitive data can protect itself from such simple attacks. Do you...

I'm running XP Pro and am systematically tweaking the shell more to my liking. On the Start Menu, have been able to attach Control Panel popup directly to the SM instead of it being appended to Settings. That was easy since all the related strings are in Explore.exe. What I'm trying to do...

Is any way to know if service start because of reboot PC not just restart service. (Or way to know if service stop because of reboot)?<br/>(Parsing Event Log file it is not desirible solution)

I have a browser application that via javascript issues an ActiveX command to start a terminal emulator program residing on the XP system.My problem is that when javascript issues the call, the terminal emulator opens a window, but then the browser takes back focus to complete work. I need to find a...

Anyone know how to retreive a list of the current drives which connect via USB?<br/>C, C++, VB, .Net doesn't matter which language as I'm writting it in a DLL so Java can execute the funcationaility.<br/>Cheers for any hints, pointers or advice people can offer.

Anyone know how to eject a USB mounted drive?<br/>C, C++, VB, .Net doesn't matter which language as I'm writting it in a DLL so Java can execute the funcationaility.<br/>Cheers for any hints, pointers or advice people can offer.

hi there<br/>I'd like to cause a batch file to wait about 10 seconds before executing the next command..<br/>something like "sleep" or "timeout"<br/>does windows 2000 offer a command that will accomplish this ?<br/>thanks<br/>matt

I have modified the PE header to come to some code I have added to an exe file.I display a Dialog (and terminate it) and then jump to the original startup code of the exe file. However, when I do this, the application appears as a background task. Why? How do I make it display in the foreground (...

I want to write a code in win32 which would be invoked by a windows service. This will have a list of executables(list of exe paths i.e. C:\Program Files\xyz.exe) in it.This has to detect any windows process (be it user or system process) which would start after this starts, and if the new process d...

Is the some unique identifier for disk (like manufacturer product key) for disk drive.<br/>SerialNumber that can be obtain with API GetVolumeInformationfunction or via WMI Win32_LogicalDisk unfortunately not unique.<br/>Thank you for looking

I'm trying to find a way to determine the type of media currently loaded in a DVD burner.I have existing code to do this, and I thought it worked. I wrote this some time ago, and tested it. But something may have changed, and it now doesn't work...The existing code uses IOCTL_STORAGE_GET...

I've developed a component (.dll file) on my desktop computer using VC++ 6 running Windows XP SP1. When I run regsvr32 on the the desktop computer, the .dll registers and I'm able to access the component from a client program.When I attempt to register the same component on a laptop compu...

I am anewbie to batch programming and have a couple of questions.I am looking to create a batch file in Windows 2000 which opens up the Terminal Services Client. I then want to open a further program within the termincal services client. Is this possible and , if so, how best should I approach it? o...