Hello, I have a windows service running under the local system account. I want to be able to impersonate the current user logged onto windows. How can I determine the current user. APIs all seem to return the name of the user running the current process. ".\LocalSystem" which is not what I ...more >>

I lost the information with my network key on it. Is there any place in my system where the key is readable. If I go into Wireless Connection Properties it shows where the network key is entered BUT it only displays a series of black dots How can I recover this information ? I am still c...more >>

Is there an alternative process to detect when an application is launched and close it (in .net 2.0)? Is there some kind of event I can use to watch when an app is about to be launched? Currently I am looking into FindWindow then GetWindowThreadProcessId then OpenProcess and then Tr...more >>

I'm getting this pop-up window at start-up( C:\windows\system32\gzmrotate.dll, the spacific module could not be found.) I have run every kind of scan I can think of,spyware and virus. I am not a computer pro ,so I'm looking for an easy fix if there is one....more >>

Hi. If you delete your cookies does it make the computer run faster, & should you always keep your cookies....more >>

Using VS2005, VB.NET, I have a worker thread (started by main UI thread) that in turn spawns and monitors child threads to execute several long running process. The problem is that the worker thread's children are entering WaitSleepJoin and thus my worker thread just hangs doing nothing and ju...more >>

After removing no longer reqd., arc impressions and nvidia software, message comes up stating "Fail to load nvcpl.dll" at startup, also have lost system restore and standby,also there is this slow flickering when going down pages on the net. Used search and found a whole heap of nvidia files i...more >>

Look at Microsoft and Windows apps in Vista.... They aren't .Net. If .Net is so great, why doesn't MS use it more? In fact, what desktop applications does Microsoft code in .Net? I think Microsoft avoids major desktop apps in .Net because the performance sucks. Look at Symantec's antivi...more >>

What is the meaning of "RCO"... as used at this and other IIS 7 links? http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2007/09/27/iis-7-0-hits-rc0-lots-of-cool-new-iis7-extensions-also-now-available.aspxThanks. ...more >>

Simple question I hope. class A { void SomePropertyName { set { string NameOfThisProperty = ??? // what code here to get "SomePropertyName" at runtime? } } } ...more >>

Hi, I've come across a small issue related to the DateTime class. It seems to not take daylight savings here (Israel, GMT+2\+3 with DST) into consideration, No matter the form used. I've tried the default formats used by ToString, ToShortTimeString and ToLongTimeString. All of them currently c...more >>

This is probably the wrong group to post this in, but I'm not sure where it should go. If you have suggestions as to another group to post it let me know. In our Nant build file for our application. I want to first delete 2 folders if they exist. These folders then later get created. If th...more >>

We are about to design an application, which will used by 10,000 people world-wide, mainly hospitals, doctors and scientists. There will be multiple language Versions. The app will be about 1 MB, it will be distributed via download. Now we are considering to write it in C#, with .Net 1.1.4...more >>

I've upgraded from VS 2003 to VS 2005. I can run VS 2003 and VS 2005 side by side with one problem. With VS 2003, the Office XP EULA now pops up and I have to accept it or VS 2003 will shut down. Prior to installing VS 2005, I never got the EULA when running VS 2003. I dont get the EULA wi...more >>

using VB express, I have a form with 18 pictureboxes in that form, I load BMP files into the pictureboxes, when I first run/debug the program it runs, then I start getting memory errors, if I try and save it or run it again, anybody know why this is? Thanks, Jerry...more >>

When my Network manager built a new 2003 server for me, I asked him to put 1.1 and 2.0 on it. When he tried to put 1.1 on it said that it was "already installed". Is that the case? Does w2003s have .NET 1.1 preinstalled? (We've been on w2k so long, I don't have much experience with w20...more >>

I have a small block of code that uses DllImport tags to call methods in a dll written in C. I'm not sure how the dll works internally, but when I call some of these methods from a windows console application I get an error, but when I call them from a windows forms application I don't get th...more >>

Do any of you have experience working with virtual channels through RDP sessions? I am looking for bi-directional communications though the channel using C# or VB.Net. I have found a couple articles on the subject but they are all one sided conversations. One alludes to the client wri...more >>

I have a ListBox, and have changed the DrawMode to DrawMode.OwnerDrawFixed. I'm using the ListBox.DrawItem event to do some custom coloring in my ListBox object. My item strings contain tabs, but after drawing the items myself, the tabs are not intepreted. Currently I'm just using the sam...more >>

Im posting this in both the .NET general group and SQL group since several other post mention that this may be a problem with ASP.NET and not SQL Out of the blue, any SQL 2005 SPs we have that execute dynamic SQL generate the following error: A severe error occurred on the current command....more >>

hi i need the code to move files from directory to another directory on sam local machine or to a network path, thank you. -- Ammar S. Mitoori IT Head QIMCO Co. Tel : +9744831199 Mobile : +9745378400 Fax : +9744831643...more >>

Hi, I've really struggled with this. Using Hyperterminal everything works fine. But if I write my own program I can't get "OnDataReceived" to be fired. MS samples from the SDK gives me the same result. I can read data by waiting and whiling - but that's just bad. I want to use the Event!...more >>

In VB6 I used the MSCript control to expose VB scripting, Do I do the same with DotNet. Do I use the same ActiveX control or is there a class in DotNet? -Lou ...more >>

I want to create a Solution that has 2 projects. The solution is named MySolution.sln and the projects are named MyProject1 and MyProject2. How do I do this like a C++ has a workspace with multiple projects in them? -Lou ...more >>

Hi, does anyone know why .Net incorrectly handles time zone conversion when passing DateTime through web services? The problem is that it seems to ignore the time zone part. My time zone is CEST, that is GMT +01:00 + daylight saving. And the web service handles datetimes correctly provided that ...more >>

Subject 'test', Account: 'pop.east.cox.net', Server: 'smtp.east.cox.net', Protocol: SMTP, Server Response: '250 OK', Port: 25, Secure(SSL): Yes, Server Error: 250, Error Number: 0x800CCC7D Above is the message I get. Thanks,...more >>

I know there are several steps envolved in establishing a connection to a DB and then creating a DropDown List from Sql. I am using Visual Studio 2003 7.1.3088 and I am trying to connect and create a drop down list from a table.column in the db. Could you point me in the right direction fo...more >>

I have created a sub routine to programmatically add an indefinite number of combo boxes to a form. The combo boxes are bound in code to a view for displaying the available options. This routine works good until you add the second combo box. At that point it changes the first combo box's se...more >>

I have no deleted messages in my deleted folder, and i am completely unable to delete any message. please help -- lgindi...more >>

Given an object of type Mutex, what method or property should be called to determine if it is currently owned? I could call WaitOne(0,false) -- and if the return value is false, I could deduce that the Mutex is already owned... but this has the unwanted side effect of seizing ownership of t...more >>

I had a preloaded XP 32 on SATA HDD from DELL. I added a new SATA HDD to the system to install XP 64. The PC has no floppy drive and when running the OEM x64 CD, no disk drives were found (no SATA drivers - I'm guessing). I put the SATA HDD in a different DELL machine and X64 installed just ...more >>

Hello, I have three servers that exist in a DMZ and I use the Kanguru data bank (external hard drive) as the place to store the data. There are two drives and I have 156GB free space on one drive and 212GB of free space on the other; the file system is NTFS and it's attached via USB to ser...more >>

My app has so far only encountered IPv4 addresses and I use: Dns.GetHostByName( "someOtherComputer", portNumber ).AddressList[0]. Can someone please point me to an example of how to turn this into an IPv6 address? Thanks in advance. Chris Hough ...more >>

We have a .NET program that interacts with a COM+ program. The installer of the .NET program puts the .NET assemblies in GAC. However, the installer of the COM+ program also puts the COM .dll file in GAC. I believe GAC is a storage for .NET assemblies, but not for COM .dlls. Therefore, the ...more >>

How to fill "Name , value" pairs in resource file (.resx) at runtime?...more >>

When I did some trial conversions of a .Net 1.1 c# web app earlier this year I got the expected Deprecation warnings, e.g. for Page.RegisterStartupScript. Now I am doing the real conversion and the first thing I notice is that I am not getting any warnings, even though the Page.RegisterStart...more >>

It looks like one should be able to connect to a Cisco VPN using the native Mobile 5 IPsec connection option. Alas, I cannot get it to work and web searches turn up multiple messages where others have had the same problem. I even found one where the poster mentioned the Cisco 3000 concentra...more >>

I have a subroutine I need to convert from vb.net 2005 to visual C++ ( .net 2005) The function only allows specific characters to be typed into a textbox. the backspace and 0 -9. Private Sub textbox1_KeyPress(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyPressEventArgs) Handles T...more >>

The active desktop won't display properly on my monitor. Both ends are "cut-off". Part of the icons are obscured and the left and right sides of the tool bar are also "cut off". It seems as if the display is in widescreen but the monitor is in 4:3 aspect. I've tried changing the resolution and...more >>

Read somewhere that using TaskManager to monitor a .NET (version 1.0) application's memory usage might not give the most accurat result. Is this true? Would perfmon be a better application for such task? What properties within perfmon would yield the most reliable indication of memory usage? May...more >>

I some how hit some magicall key combination which turned on some annoying formatting in the IDE and I'm not sure how to turn it off. Everywhere there is a space character in the text editor, a dot shows up (a period only in the middle instead of at the bottom). Everywhere there is a tab cha...more >>

Im having a problem on msn live people are not seeing me online when they add me and if i add a new contact to my list it deletes it after i log out of it what would i do this thing is full of bugs....more >>

Is there a way to create one report of all the tasks assigned by different views? I'm trying to send a report that will depict all the tasks I've assigned either by simple list, detailed list, assignment, by person responsible, etc. I can't find a way to do this, HELP! Rhonda...more >>

hi i want the user when he opens the dialog for selecting file i like it to open in specific network path and he cant change the path to another folder, haw can that be done -- Ammar S. Mitoori IT Head QIMCO Co. Tel : +9744831199 Mobile : +9745378400 Fax : +9744831643...more >>

hi i have an application that allow users to attch documents to records, what i like to do is when user select a local copy of the file i like it automatically be moved to a specific path on the network, and put it in a new folder or an existing one, -- Ammar S. Mitoori IT Head QIMCO C...more >>

I'm trying to update my program to manage bitmap file written in vb 6.0 For bmp files accessing i used functions like those... Open NameBmp For Binary As #1 Get #1, 11, pixelOffset Get #1, 19, w 'Width Get #1, 23, h 'Height declaring dim w as long dim h as long dim ...more >>

Hello, all. I recently downloaded and installed the Visual Studio 2005 trial. For whatever reason, the documentation didn't get installed along with the application. I loaded the DVD again and found an option to modify the MSDN documentation. I chose to install the complete documentation,...more >>

do release builds have the same amount of info in exceptions? e.g. will exceptions cought in release builds contain stack trace etc.? ...more >>

Hey there, Can anyone please refer to some good article about creating a WebSetup project for a .NET 2.0 application. Right now I add a new WebSetup project to an existing web application and when I've added the "Project Output" from my main application to my WebSetup application....bas...more >>

I have a new Outlook Express account. I can send email, but not receive email. Asked repeatedly for the password, then error that password is rejected. I have checked tools,accounts,mail,properties,servers. All seems correct. I have deleted the identity and created a new one. Same story. Any ...more >>