I've been running with service pack 2 installed for a long time. Lately my system got unstable and I had to do a Windows XP Pro reinstall using the repair option. My system has automatically been reinstalling updates except Service Pack 2. When I go to the download site it says I already ha...more >>

I guess my thing is that if you let the warnings sit then what's the point of having them, so I like to clear them and I have a couple that I can't seem to. 1) Access of shared member, constant member, enum member or nested type through an instance; qualifying expression will not be evaluated...more >>

Firstly: When I leave my windows xpsp2 computer open at the windows desktop for an hour or so, (say I go to lunch or something), when I return, the computer is totally hung up (frozen). I cannot do anything, cannot use any program, cannot open start, cannot shut it down. The mouse is not act...more >>

Hello all! So a few days ago in VS 2003, working on a windows app in vb.net. I have a tab in my main window. The same place where your form window is, vb window, start page, etc. What is this and why is it there? When I run my program, it comes up with two of them. One with (Enter an addr...more >>

I installed Vista Ultimate (oem) on mij old 80 GB hdd. I had lots of problems (continues errors and bleu screens) and finaly I discovered that my hdd was broken or not up to date. So, I got a new hdd (the best I could afford: Western Digital, wdc wd1500ahfd-00RAR1 sata) But...after re-instal...more >>

when I leave my windows xp computer open at the desktop for an hour or so, (say I go to lunch or something), when I return, the computer is totally hung up (frozen). I cannot do anything, cannot use any program, cannot open start, cannot even shut it down. The mouse is not active. The only way...more >>

When I call up Task Master by Crt-Alt-Delete, I now have a bLank grey line at the top of the menu box, below line any programes that are running and at the bottom I Have - End Task - Switch To - New Task, how can I restore it to how it was? -- JRG...more >>

Hello, I'm not sure what group to post this in. I couldn't find a localization discussion group. Briefly: I open 'myFile.resx' in WinRes. I modify the resource and save to Spanish in Visual Studio File Mode. The result is 'myFile.es.resx'. I then Open 'myFile.es.resx' in WinRes. Win...more >>

I am new to vb.net coming from vb6 I built and published an app that work fine on the production machine. I try installing it on a clean machine and I installed NETFramework2.0.50727 ( i am using Vb.net 2005 no sp1 and these are the references of the compiled program). I check that these re...more >>

I currently have a .asp on a 2k server that calls calls a .ocx with parameters that process data and returns info back to the .asp. I have rewritten the .ocx using VS2005 vb which creates a dll that would replace the ..ocx. Problem is since the dll cannot be registered the asp cannot access i...more >>

Any info about a .NET 2.0 service pack or 2.1 version? The .NET 3.0 is great, but the bugs in 2.0 persist ... Thanks you all in advance. Alejandro http://addsp.com ...more >>

Using C# and JavaScript Framework 2.0 My users want to be able to start a search by clicking the enter key. Since the page uses View control, I placed an onkeypress event on the table for each view to check for keyCode 13. If it detects the enter key, then it calls a JS function that does s...more >>

I am using the Configuration Application Block, and I want to keep my config files in a folder off of the app root called config. I have modified the app.config to point to the folder with a relative path (see example below) <storageProvider xsi:type="XmlFileStorageProviderData" name="XML Fi...more >>

When selected="true" is declared in the CheckBoxList ListItem FireFox does not display checked list items. Even more curious is the absence of the checked="checked" attribute in the source which is present and generated when the page is requested using IE. Confusing. Anything I can do? <...more >>

Unbelievable - I called Microsoft and they verified that I have a legal copy of the software, but they couldn't give me a new product key because they've changed the format of the product key from a 25 character key to a 10 character key. They agreed that I am entitled to the use of the software, b...more >>

I am changing over to a cdo email messages for my site because they do not support cdonts anymore - but I have one form that submits to my phone and my email so the code looks like this <% sch = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/" Set cdoConfig = CreateObject("CDO.Conf...more >>

Probably an easy question but here goes: A 2.0 winform. How (on startup) should I properly make the width, the max of the user's screen? ... ...more >>

I'm not sure this is the group that I should post my questions, if not, please refer me to the right one. Thanks I have .net 2.0 in Microsoft Window Server 2003 Web Edition server, I'm using mage.exe to update the manifest for my ClickOnce application. The following is the commands that I u...more >>

Can terminal server properties be accessed through directory services? If so, how. I can read the "standard" properties, just not the TS ones....more >>

I am incorporating three existing programs into a new "all in one" program. I have added the three projects to the new all in one project. How do I instruct the new initial menu to launch the main menu in each one? I have tried using the DIM statement with .ShowDialog, however, the forms are...more >>

Hello All, I have a requirement of converting some asp files to asp.net files. The server is IIS 5. So ultimately both ASP and ASp.net files should work on IIS 5. What changes do I need to make on the server. Is possible without upgrading to IIS6.0? Thanks in Advance, Anandhi ...more >>

Hi, I try to load an assembly, use it and then release it. I am wondering if there is a way to release the assembly? I've read that if you use the current AppDomain this is not possible, so you have to create a second domain to load the assembly, use it and unload the domain. I use the fol...more >>

I need to assing some value from the java script variable in the .aspx page to a server side variable in the .aspx.cs page. Can any one help me with this? Thanks, Ravi ...more >>

Hi I want to make an interactive macro that will popup a form with buttons, checkboxes etc. How can I do that? Any examples will be appreciated. Thank you ...more >>

I have XP Home SP2 and want to use some software that is only available in Mac. Can I put the Mac operating system on an external drive and run the software that way? -- Michael Q...more >>

I have a relatively long command that I'm attempting to get process.start to execute. When executing the command, I get a "The system cannot find the file specified" error. I've gone to the trouble of making sure the entire command is fully qualified etc. but the error still occurs. Her...more >>

my husband was on the computer tring to save data ,but he some how lost the files. If someone could please contact me to help me because i really don't known much about computers. THANKS!!!!!...more >>

i cannot delete some user accounts on my laptop. i am the computer administrator and these accounts im trying to delete are limited accounts. i select delete account in the user accounts and it asks if i want to delete or keep files. i select delete files and then confirm the deletion of th...more >>

I have the following message when I start up my computer after a windows update:\\ RTHDCPL.EXE – Illegal System DLL Relocation. The system DLL user32.dll was relocated in memory. The application will not run properly. The relocation occurred because the DLL C:Windows\system32\HHC...more >>

I am currently using the following code to make sure a file is writable (i.e. is not in use) by using the CanWrite method of the FileStream object. Using the code below, the TextWriter is still trying to write to the file and is throwing an exception (File... in use by another process) whenever...more >>

I am trying to precompile a working website, developed using VS2005 with the intention of deploying to an IIS webserver. I first tried right clicking on the project, selecting "Publish Web Site" - this asked me for the target directory which I dutifully browsed to and clicked OK. Nothing ha...more >>

Hi, I need to download files from the FTP location. This FTP location is readonly n I dont hv access to delete files from this location once downloaded. The files to the ftp location keeps adding n I need to download the recently uploaded files only each time my schedular runs ingnoring the...more >>

I have an application that runs fine on my machine(of course) that access the local Sql Server. However, when trying to run this application from another machine I receive a Sql timeout error. I thought it was my stored procedure but that doesn't seem to be the case. The following are the conn...more >>

I have the misfortune of using the buggy software embarrassment known as Visual Studio.NET 2003. One of the things that drives me insane with this software is how I cannot type the function IsWindow(). As soon as I try typing that word the UI "helps" me by turning it into IsWindowEnabled(). I...more >>

Starting my computer this morning I got the following message. RTHDCP.EXE-Illegal system DLL relocation The system DLL usesr was relocated in memory. The application will not run properly. The relocation occured because the DLl C:\windows\system 32\HHCTRL.OCX occupied and address range res...more >>

The following snippet (vb.net 2005) is working just fine in xp but not in vista in xp it lists all related sub keys in the registry just fine. in vista it doesn't list certain ones (like Unimodem) Dim rk As Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey rk = My.Computer.Registry.L...more >>

Hi, I am using System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient to send mail. I used localhost as the host but this did not work. For my app to work on a installed PC do I have specify the SMTP server of the PC???? Do I need to have a config setting for this or can I somehow use something like localhost.?? ...more >>

somehow the Remote Access Auto Communication Manager....as shown from start/run/services.msc.....will not stay "started".....if the system is shut down....it reverts to "stopped" and I cannot sign on to aol until I go in and manually change it back to "started".. Is it possible to replace j...more >>

I have just upgraded from Visual Studio 2003 to 2005 and am now trying to make my web apps work. My web app compiles and works fine in Visual Studio but once I publish it out to my server (which used to work) it gives me a server error "Runtime Error" and tells me to change my web.config by ad...more >>

Hi I'm new to C# , I'm using VS2005 and .NET2.0 .Here is my issue i just developed a simple application with app.config , and a simple class library and following is my app.configfile <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <configuration> <appSettings> <add key="Setti...more >>

We are experiencing timeout problems with 2 of the reports on our website at present. Basically what is happening is , we have a request to the SQL Server database to run a stored procedure to return the data. Some of the requests are quite complecated & we expect them to take some time so we...more >>

I have a string with some escape charaecters that need to be processed in our file Say for example the string might have something like following <escape V=".sp2" /> step 1: This has to be replaced to "escape V=".sp2" step 2: Later it has to be reversed as original(<escape V=".sp2" />) afte...more >>

We have an asp.net application that will also use MSMQ. When a client makes a request, we want to check several databases and put each response in MSMQ. We don't want the client to wait for all responses to come back. We were wondering if there is some component (maybe activex) that will si...more >>

Hey guys I am trying to develop an application which would open an word file (.doc) and split it into multiple files. I want to create seperate file for tables, so the application should just make two seperate files one contaning tables and other contaning normal text. It is possible with ...more >>

Hi, I am new to web services and i am facing a problem. I am interested in downloading some file from internet and use it for furthur processing For eg. i have a file at a the following URL and i want to download that file in the web service which i am coding and use it for f...more >>

Hi, I have a Nteir project in C#. I am creating a ExceptionHandling assembly to use throughout the app. My problem is I want to be able to log exceptions in a XML file and I want the xml file to be a in the application install folder. How do I get the startup folder dynamically becasue ...more >>

When I get a list of drives using the Directory.GetLogicalDrives(), it gives me all drives including disconnected network drives. When I attempt to use Directory.GetDirectories() on a disconnected drive, the GetDirectories Method stops responding. I also tried to use properties such as Dir...more >>

Hi Is it possible to find out if another process is using a paticular file (xml)? There does not seem to be anything useful in the File och Filestream class for this purpose. regards Carl ...more >>

hi, I have a serious problem with my computer. Whenever i start any games on fullscreen, (like counter strike or WOW) I get a pop up saying "hibernation is unchecked. do you want to hibernate?" I keep geting this as long as i play games. But I dont have hibernation on. When i try to have hi...more >>

Is there a variable in .NET that gives the number of CPUs in a machine? -- Dr Jon D Harrop, Flying Frog Consultancy OCaml for Scientists http://www.ffconsultancy.com/products/ocaml_for_scientists/index.html?usenet...more >>

For those of you who are looking for a Domino Connector for Outlook, take a look at IBM's website .... http://www-142.ibm.com/software/sw-lotus/products/product1.nsf/wdocs/accessmsoutlookhome I am using it with 2003 and it works great (even better than Microsoft's) -- Jeff Pierce...more >>

I have a c# project as part of a larger VS 2005 solution that always gets build optimized and I therefore can not evaluate any values while debugging through the code ("Cannot evaluate expression because the code of the current method is optimized."). This happens alltough the checkbock "optimiz...more >>

When clicking on a link, the relevant dialogue box appears, but sometimes for only a fraction of a second and then disappears. I then have to click on the relevant icon in the task bar and if I am quick enough in bringing the cursor and clicking it in the box when it reappears, it will stay pu...more >>

VS2005 SP1: CWinFormsDialog is an MFC class that is intended to allow an VC++/MFC - based program to host a C# Windows Forms window as a dialog box. Online help says about the CWinFormsDialog::OnInitDialog() method : "It creates an instance of a UserControl control on the dialog box and ...more >>

If .net Framework 3.0 is installed on a server, is it also necessary to install previous versions of the Framework? Thanks. ...more >>

Greeting. We have a 6 year old application, which contains both managed (C#) and unmanaged code (C++). For all the new components we try to create them in C#. We build all projects (both C++ and C# code) into a solution from visual studio .net 2003. In out solution we have a project implem...more >>

I have created a setup project for a forms application that I will be deploying in the near future. I have added the primary output to the setup project and all dependencies have been correctly identified and included in the setup. Initial deployment on a workstation works fine all files bei...more >>

Hi, This is Govadhan, i am a begginer for web services using c#.net. I have written a small web service where in i have created a listview item in the web service method and added some data to the listview item. Now i have problem. I want this listview to be passed as a return value to the ...more >>

hi guys, i am having a weird problem here with my laptop. i am using windows xp home edition service pack2. the problem occur since i updated my windows xp tru internet. The windows "Default Beep" keep beeping every 3 second. it still happen even i restart my laptop.And til today i realise...more >>

What is the order of install for these? I am wanting to install GSE, and it requires VC# Express to be installed, I already have VS.Net2005 Pro installed. Do I need to remove Pro to install Express, or can Express be installed after Pro?...more >>

I'VE ALREADY CHANGED INK CARTRIDGES, UNINSTALLED AND REINSTALLED THE PRINTER, RESTARTED MY COMPUTER ETC... AND STILL PAGES COME OUT BLANK... THIS PRINTER WAS WORKING FINE JUST BEFORE!! CAN SOMEBODY HELP?? THANKS! -- Cyntia...more >>

I have an older version of XP, and when I try to format my new 320GB hard drive, the OS only recognizes 137GB. It appears that the rest of the drive is "lost space." How can I regain this lost space? With downloading SP1 or higher, can I recover the part that is not recognized? Thanks....more >>

Why does VB.NET UDP sockets send data on random ports?. If I set a simple socket up to transmit a UDP packet on a port, look at the packet with a sniffer, the actual packets source port and dest.port are diff. The packets destination port is correct, but the packets source port it is actually...more >>

When i have started up my Vaio laptop, once the desktop screen is on, i get a message 'unable to load configuration' on a pop up message 'launch application'. I can use everything on my computer without any problems - i just don't know what this message means. I am not a techy so please bear t...more >>

Hi, I made a 'windows services' which works well. When I added a notificaton icon, the icon apeared in the tray bar but when I clicked it, no events came into my service. (I did allowed the service to intercat with the desktop). Can you tell me why I can't receive the events? Thank you -- ...more >>