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Locating Glossary in Vista Premium
Posted by mdraywelsh at 5/7/2007 7:33:00 PM
Would someone instruct me how to access the Glossary with the computer terminology. Thank you! Mark -- "I know that I do not know."...more >>


Accidentally wiped files
Posted by Matt Finish at 5/7/2007 6:58:01 PM
I was transferring files/documents onto an external hard drive and accidentally wiped my "My Documents" folder with a lot of important files, documents etc. Can anyone tell me how to recover them - system restore won't restore them...more >>

Looking for an exception handle
Posted by John at 5/7/2007 3:07:13 PM
Hi I am looking for an exception handler that can handle all unhanded exceptions in my vb2005 app and also email the exception log to myself. There is one here http://www.codeproject.com/dotnet/ExceptionHandling.asp but it only works with vb2003. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks ...more >>

Cannot uninstall .net 3 beta
Posted by tiggy2 at 5/7/2007 1:05:01 PM
I am trying to install Windows Home Server Connect on my laptop and the install falls over with a message that I have to unintall components (WinFX, Indigo etc) of .Net 3 Beta. I have successfully installed WHS Connect on four other PCs with no problems. I DON'T have this on my laptop, and ...more >>

Querying Exchange
Posted by hecsan07 at 5/7/2007 11:50:00 AM
I am writing an application that queries MS Exchange. I need to get all the mailboxes and all the data related to them. Namely, I need to create account name and the size of the account or folder for each account. - Hector ...more >>

disable USB/FDD/CD
Posted by doc at 5/7/2007 1:41:36 AM
Hi, Is there any way I can programmatically disable the USB ports, FDD and CD/DVD of a remote computer? Thanks ...more >>

How to import ADOX ?
Posted by Guillaume Charhon at 5/7/2007 12:00:00 AM
Hello everybody, I need to use adox classes, and I don't know where to find them. I try to download Microsoft Data Access SDK, but I can't import the libraries in my C# project. How can I do ? Thank you for your help....more >>

How to *force* threads to run on certain processors?
Posted by Jon B at 5/7/2007 12:00:00 AM
Hi There! We have 2 processor server (Not dual core, actual seperate processors). Is it possible from .NET to force some threads to run on certain processor (say on processor #2)? For instance, run UI stuffs on processor #1 and run other background stuffs on processor #2. Possible? T...more >>



Reading file list
Posted by John at 5/6/2007 10:41:03 PM
Hi How can I get all the files matching a mask in the current folder read into an array or list for processing? Thanks Regards ...more >>

Restarting app after exception
Posted by John at 5/6/2007 10:29:33 PM
Hi Is it possible to restart a vb.net winform app form within the same app? I have noticed that sometimes even after app has ended it stays "running" and is still visible in the task manager list of processes. Is there a way to completely end all such instances before restarting? Thanks...more >>

Will this do the global error handling?
Posted by John at 5/6/2007 10:08:47 PM
Hi My vb.net winform app has frmMyForm as the start-up form. I have enclosed My.Forms.frmMyForm.Show() within try/catch. Will this do the trick of handling all exceptions that have not been handled elsewhere? Thanks Regards Private Sub MyApplication_Startup(ByVal sender As Object, ...more >>

XSD object generator for .Net framework 2.0?
Posted by Aniruddha at 5/6/2007 9:03:02 PM
Hi, I am building an web application using Visual Studio 2005. I would like to generate C# classes from XSD schema for DTOs. I used XSDObjectGenerator tool for .Net Framework 1.0. Can anyone suggest me if there any equivalent tool available for generating classes from XSD schema in .Net Frame...more >>

Currency issue
Posted by Chris at 5/6/2007 8:21:00 PM
Hi, I want to achieve $10,000 and not $10,000.00. I currently have Decimal.Round(my Value).ToString("C") Any ideas? Thanks...more >>

Start-up from Sub Main problem
Posted by John at 5/6/2007 3:54:18 PM
Hi I have created below class with a Sub Main to use for start-up. Problem is when I go into project->properties->Application and drop down the 'Startup form', my class isn't listed so I can't select it. How can I set the app to use Sub Main as the starting point? Thanks Regards ...more >>

Windows XP Start Up programmes
Posted by Trevor T at 5/6/2007 9:16:00 AM
How can I find out what programmes are opened when I start my PC ? And is there a list of what programmes are needed and Can I delete any surplous ones?...more >>

mozilla firefox
Posted by smurf at 5/6/2007 4:36:01 AM
i have installed it what is the difference between google and this it has made laptop really slow do u think i should uninstall as it came when i downloaded google pack i have already uninstalled the desktop as that was slow as well...more >>

System.exe entry point not found
Posted by V at 5/6/2007 1:18:01 AM
I just ran the windows update and on completion it asked me to restart the computer. When i did the error message "System.exe entry point not found" came up and i cannot find the log in to my computer, the screen is just blank. i dont know wat to do and cannot find out how to fix it. any help...more >>

Using MAPI to send emails with Outlook
Posted by nagar NO[at]SPAM community.nospam at 5/6/2007 12:00:00 AM
I'm using MAPI to control the email application from my application. I've tested it with many applications (Thunderbird, Eudora, The Bat) and it works fine. If Outlook (both 2003 or 2007) is the active application, nothing happens. Any idea on how to handle this? Thanks Andrea...more >>

Error installing published app
Posted by John at 5/6/2007 12:00:00 AM
Hi When I try to install a published app using a url like http://www.mydomain.com/publish.htm, it starts the download but then comes up with the eror given at the end below. I am installing the app on an sbs 2003 (windows 2003 + ISA 2000) server. I suspect ISA 2000 is the problem but don'...more >>

Can't add deployment project
Posted by Peter A at 5/5/2007 1:10:06 PM
It's time to deploy my project. According to the help documentation, I should select File, Add, New Project and then, under Other Project Types, select Setup and Deployment Projects. However, this last choice is not listed. Any ideas? TIA, -- Peter Aitken...more >>

Outlook Express - Not Connecting to Server
Posted by MarkSki at 5/5/2007 8:56:01 AM
For about a month now, I have had trouble with Outlook Express. When logging in to Outlook Express, I get an error message stating that the connection to server has failed. My internet connection works (same server), but Outlook Express is unable to connect. If I restart the computer, Outlo...more >>

Strange FileWatch problem
Posted by Rudy at 5/4/2007 6:51:01 PM
Hello All! I may have posted this problem before, but it was awhile ago. I'm working in VS 2003. I have 10 file watch process going. It seems that I can only about 6or 7 to run at the same time. I made a test program to isolate the problem from my program. Still same thing Basicly I have ...more >>

Radomize and RND not really random... Weird ?
Posted by Radu at 5/4/2007 2:14:15 PM
As simple-to-remember-but-unique confirmation numbers, I need to generate six random characters (ASCII 65 to 90, inclusive): Randomize() objStringBuilder.Append(Chr(CInt(Int((25 * Rnd()) + 65)))) Randomize() objStringBuilder.Append(Chr(CInt(Int((25 * Rnd()) + 65)))) Randomize() objStr...more >>

ActiveX components
Posted by jscholl at 5/4/2007 11:20:01 AM
I have Access 2003 installed and everything worked fine several months ago. Now, anytime I try to use any of the wizards, I get this message: "ActiveX component can't create object" What do I need to do to fix this? I uninstalled Office 2003, then installed it again, but no luck....more >>

Field Name
Posted by Ken Kast at 5/4/2007 10:28:35 AM
I want to be able to determine to which field in a class a particular object refers. In other words, I have (in C#) class MyClass { private object myField; } x = new MyClass(); object y = new object(); x.myField = y; I want to pass y into a method, which knows about MyClass, and ...more >>

Regular Expression - Need a simple pattern!
Posted by mehdi at 5/4/2007 8:40:26 AM
Hi, Consider the following string: <div>whatever text goes here, and maybe it contains a carriage return and/or line feed and it spans in multiple lines</div> How am I supposed to write an expression that returns the div's content? Any help would be highly appreciated, TIA, Mehdi ...more >>

WCF/Remoting on IPC
Posted by Oriane at 5/4/2007 12:00:00 AM
Hi there, What is the "best" way to make to process communicate on the same = machine, with .NET 2.0/3.0! - remoting on IPC ? Have you experienced this ? - WCF on IPC ? - any alternatives ? Thanks...more >>

Good Shutdown Mechanism
Posted by Derek Hart at 5/3/2007 9:45:30 PM
I send a database out to a client, and I need a good methodology for a shut down mechanism. I thought about simply using an encryption algorithm to encrypt/descrypt a date, and then require an encrypted password to enter a new date into the system. Any good ideas on this? I am using SQL Serv...more >>

File busy after sent via email
Posted by John at 5/3/2007 9:14:07 PM
Hi I am emailing a text file as attachment via the below code. The problem is that after the file has been emailed, it becomes locked and can not be accessed by further code such as IO.File.AppendAllText(FileName, Content) which gives the error 'file is in use by another process' or somethi...more >>

CSS does not load
Posted by Alberto Brivio at 5/3/2007 6:42:16 PM
Dear All, I know my question could be not too much detailed, but we have migrated a web site from win 2000 to win 2003 (ASP.NET 1.0) and every thing has gone well but for CSS. Style sheets don't load , so html pages don't appear right. Please , anyone of you could give me some ideas ? ...more >>

Listing properties of an object
Posted by John at 5/3/2007 5:08:09 PM
Hi Is there an easy or a built-in way to collect all properties of an object into a string variable for debugging purpose? I am looking for something similar to this; "Property1: Property1value Property2: Property2value Property3: Property3value ..... Propertyn: Propertynvalue" Than...more >>

Unable to create App_Data folder for new FTP Website VS 2005.
Posted by Mr. Arnold at 5/3/2007 4:27:07 PM
I am using VS 2005, Vista Ultimate, IIS 7.0 and SQL Server Express Edition. I get the *Unable to create App_Data folder for Website* message when creating a new FTP Website project. I have seen talk about this issue out on Google which seems to be a Vista issue, but nothing I have seen has ...more >>

Code working in 1.1 stops working in 2.0
Posted by Piyush Daiya at 5/3/2007 4:04:46 PM
Hi All, I have this following code which works fine in 1.1 but gives runtime exception 2.0:- Reflection Code to get One Property from COM Object ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dim objSession as Interop.ComObj.Session Dim objAgent...more >>

2.0: "Debugging failed because integrated Windows authentication in not enabled."
Posted by R.A.M. at 5/3/2007 12:01:33 PM
Hello, I am writing my first ASP.NET application (I use .NET 2.0, Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition and SQL Server 2005 Express Edition). The application builds successfully but when I try to start debugging from Visual Web Developer I receive message box: Unable to start debugging ...more >>

General questions
Posted by Oriane at 5/3/2007 12:00:00 AM
Hi there, I have a few unanswered questions ! 1> Can I create an ActiveX control with .NET ?=20 2> .NET is supposed to provide the COM functionalities. So how can I = build a "COM server" in .NET ? I mean: suppose I build a .NET = application/product, and I want to give my customers an tool...more >>

custom Inteliisence xsd for IDE
Posted by Abhi at 5/2/2007 11:04:01 PM
Hi all, i want to include my own xsd's to create intellisence for designer view(HTML) of VS.NET IDE. please help how can i do that. Thanks...more >>

Regarding VB 6 installation After VB 2005 installation
Posted by marindkesavan NO[at]SPAM gmail.com at 5/2/2007 9:53:00 PM
Sir, I currently have vs.net installed on my computer, but I need to install vb. I face some Dll issue. Please give me a perfect solution ...more >>

Internet hanging all the time
Posted by Lil Weed at 5/2/2007 12:14:00 PM
error message "Fault Bucket 372852869" or "hang module hungapp" in fact have whole host of error messages and have no idea how to solve the problem - can anyone help me please - Err! I'm not very technical....more >>

global variable
Posted by martelpa at 5/2/2007 11:44:00 AM
Hi, I would like to store data for a specific user in multi-user environnment. I need the data to be accessible to all class for a specific user but not the others. In need something like a class with static variables, but for each user independently. In a Web app it would probably be th...more >>

Conditional AssemblyNames
Posted by KalliMan at 5/2/2007 6:37:02 AM
Hi all, I have a simple .NET(C#) project and I want to make different names of my output assemblies depending from Current Configuration. I mean Assembly named "NameDebug.exe", if i'm in Debug mode and "NameRelease.exe" if I'm in Release mode :). Is it possible to do that and if it is not,...more >>

User impersonation in C#
Posted by Chris at 5/2/2007 6:36:01 AM
Hi, I am using a win32 function, LogonUser, to impersonate a user across a WCF service. I have noticed that everytime I call this function, a new logon session is created for that user, meaning that multiple calls yields multiple sessions. I cache a WindowsIdentity object that represents ...more >>

Can Win CE.net(ver 4.1) application work on Win CE 5.0 handheld?
Posted by CWebb at 5/2/2007 12:00:00 AM
Thanks ...more >>

Error while running the application using Enterprise Services Transactions.
Posted by srinivasan.shanmugapillai NO[at]SPAM gmail.com at 5/1/2007 6:37:40 PM
Hi, I'm running a VB.NET windows applicatrion that is using the enterprise services transactions. While running this application without enterprise services support, a connection is established and data is retrieved sucessfully. when the class is configured to run inside enterprise servic...more >>

Development Environment setup?
Posted by Daniel DiVita at 5/1/2007 11:20:00 AM
I had asked this question about a week ago, but never got any feedback. I am going to post it again: I need some advice on how I should setup my development environment. I am developing in ASP.Net with VB.net (.NET 2.0). I am working with multiple sites. Some sites that use SSL are on two ...more >>

C++ Interop - Getting String value back from ATL COM Server
Posted by spd3001 at 5/1/2007 9:09:00 AM
I have a C++/CLI app that uses a logging control in an ATL COM Server. C++ Interop seems to work just fine to pass data from the C++/CLI app to the ATL Control but I can't seem to figure out how to get a string value back from the ATL Control. When debugging the code seen below, I see that th...more >>

Running a console application in Windows Scheduler - .NET Runtime Error EventID: 5000
Posted by kplkumar at 5/1/2007 7:36:51 AM
Hi all I am fairly new to windows scheduler. I have an .exe console application that needs to be run 1st of every month. I created a scheduled task in Windows Schduler and called the .exe. The application is supposed to pull some report data and make a webservice call to sent out thi...more >>

Can I install Win2K on a machine already running XP?
Posted by Tanaka Oshi at 5/1/2007 5:25:00 AM
I currently have XP pro on a machine and have a need to install Win2K on the same machine. I don't want to loose my XP if I install Win2K with SP4 on the same machine for a dual boot system last? Any help would be greatly appreciated. -- I didn''''''''t'''''''' do it, you can''''''''t prove...more >>

Money 2004
Posted by GoodTrouble at 5/1/2007 3:50:01 AM
Anyone know if / how it is possible to either disable, or reset the "trended items" in Microsoft Money 2004?? It is very frustrating, I know the program would work if I could clear out all the old numbers from previous income and such. Please help. ...more >>

help on Windows Service ?
Posted by calderara at 5/1/2007 12:20:00 AM
Dear all, I have a process named P1 ( windows form or console app) which need to send a command to a windows service and then my servcie will proceed that command and do proper opertaion. For instance P1 could send DATAREADY, my service shoulld receive that command and handle it. Wha...more >>


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