I had a problem with my XP so I borrowed a CD to try and repair it but I re-installed it by some stupid mistake. Anyway, XP was on the pc when I bought it and it came with no CDs and now I don't have a product key. Anything I can do here or did I just make a $100+ mistake...more >>

so, I have a private object as system.threading.AutoResetEvent, and I would like to read it's current status. currently I have an another boolean object wich I update together with an AutoResetEvent, but I don't think it's the best practice.... ...more >>

I purchased an iPAQ 212 Enterprise and am tearing my hair out because nowhere can I find instructions to sync my data to an SDIO card instead of the unit itself. Also is it correct that once I have transferred the data through the folder on my desktop that I should empty this folder? Any he...more >>

Hi I have a context menu with several menu items. When the user selects the menu item they want, then I obviously want to identify which menu item was selected. I've managed to handle the event that fires when the context menu closes, but can't seem to identify which sub-menu item was s...more >>

[Didn't get an official response from MS...so am reposting after setting up alias] I have a method in a common class library that reads the application config file. If the library is used by a Windows app, it should use ConfigurationManager to read the app.config file. If the library is u...more >>

I need to be able to play audio (probably .wav) files in a browser using ASP.NET 2.0. This has to be in a non-OS, non-Browser specific way. Can anyone point me to info on how to do this? ...more >>

Hello. I frequently need to create private dependency properties to facilitate data binding. For example, I recently bound the "IsEnabled" property of the OK button to a private Boolean property indicating whether or not a login is currently in process. So, time after time, I'm writing code...more >>

Hi i;m migarting my appliacation from VS 2003 to VS 2005 I've coverted it but now i'm getting the error "Error 1 The type or namespace name 'EncriptDecript' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?) C: \Inetpub\wwwroot\ \Login.aspx.cs ...more >>

Hello, On a new Asus motherboard, (two Xeon dual core 5050), following the usual procedure to install the hardware (including the "Wireless Intellimouse Explorer 2) I did not succeed to make the keyboard working ! The mouse is OK, The keybord seams to be recongnized as "Desktop Elite Keyboa...more >>

Help - I ran a file from Kelly's Korner, regopen.vbs and now my taskbar is permanantly locked. how can I undo this registry entry? -- oumalou...more >>

I cannot see older avatar named Melandra when main game screen comes up. I was in Act II with her and 3 other characters and I do not want to start over. Current avatar named Goober is there, but not Melandra. ...more >>

I'm currently facing a problem when runnning an application on Vista from a logical drive (created with "subst"). The problem occurs when the application is run from command prompt. All is ok if the application is run from the debugger. Say I have an application that is located under C:\te...more >>

Hello, I am writing an application that processes and sends electronic mail using Visual Basic that has no issues as is. However, when running concurrently with an antivirus package that is installed (such as Symantec Antivirus Corp. Client) any mail that the application sends th...more >>

I'm developing an application that accepts XML input from a diverse set of clients. Some clients specify values as an attribute, and some specify values as a sub-element. The XmlSerializer doesn't seem to handle both cases (attribute vs. element) by default. Is there a way to get the Deser...more >>

I am wondering if there is a way to enumerate all the members of a object For instance to list all the properties of System.drawing.color Thanks ...more >>

I created a C# assembly with no security permissions, started it from a mapped network drive and execute a file io algorithm - it fails with a SecurityException (FileIOPermission). If I added a FileIOPermissionAttribute and a ClickOnce Manifest, it fails with the same error. Next step was that...more >>

I am looking for a regular expression for finding a certain content presnt in a HTML page The html page looks something like this: <div class="info"> <h5>Genre:</h5> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Genres/Action/">Action</a> / <a href="http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Genres/Adventure/">...more >>

I am running Windows XP and I have an administration log in that works fine and is password protected. If I turn on Guest or create a new account they do not appear on the log in window or when I start the computer....more >>

I am using Visual Studio 2003 Enterprise Edition. Now that VS 2008 is out in beta, I figure 2005 is stable enough for us. :-) Which version of Visual Studio 2005 is the logical upgrade path for us? Thanx, -- Anil Gupte www.keeninc.net www.icinema.com ...more >>

I have an XmlDocument object, xdReportGroups, and I would like to find and remove a node with a particular ID from the document. The node could be several levels down the tree. I have tried the below code: Dim xnNodeToRemove As XmlNode = xdReportGroups.DocumentElement.SelectSingleNode(St...more >>

Be nice...I'm not a programmer or developer, I'm a hardware guy who is very confused about the .NET versions. An application I use installed .NET 2.0. Everything is great, but the app is a bit fuzzy in certain areas. I'm told that the application will run much better if I update to .NET 3.5...more >>

Dear All, I have deployed VB.NET application at our client place using click once deployment. If I download via LAN it is working fine. But if I download via internet (very low bandwidth), exactly after one hour I am receiving this error. Can anyone please let me out to resolve this? ...more >>

Does anyone have sample VB.NET code using WCF to communicate between two running apps on the same machine? I have no experience with WCF and a very, very simple example would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Dave ...more >>

I have a window with multiple ListViews in them. When someone right-clicks on any of the listview items, then I want a context menu to appear and one of the options is to copy the data displayed to the clipboard. For a single listView this is simple - I just use the right-mouse-click eve...more >>

Hi, I'm adding an icon file programmaticlly to a Clickonce application manifest. How do I, or what classes do I use to, generate the SHA1 hash of the file? I looked into using the SHA1 property of an instantiated Hash class. However the Hash constructor only accepts an instance of type As...more >>

Is VS2008 more stable than VS2005 SP1 on large VB projects? We get out of memory exceptions and strange errors throughout the day in 2005 and it's getting annoying. We are all running Vista x64 with 4 gig of ram (quad core processors) and it runs fast and smooth, but every once in a while it just...more >>

When I go to open a Word Document, the following error comes up "Blahblah.doc is being used by another user. Do you want to make a copy?" I click OK and then it says "Word cannot open this document. The document might be in use or might not be a valid Word document." I've been using Offic...more >>

I happen to think so, most especially if Microsoft is successful acquiring and integrating Yahoo!'s assets which I don't think is going to happen but that's another issue ainna? My reason? Google has become the world's largest land dump full and what are land dumps full of? Garbage! Using G...more >>

I have a method in a common class library that reads the application config file. If the library is used by a Windows app, it should use ConfigurationManager to read the app.config file. If the library is used by a Web app, it should use WebConfigurationManager to read the web.config file. ...more >>

Hi, We have a problem with the startup delay of a VB web application. The site is made of 31 toplevel .vb files (containing vb classes), plus 68 pages (one .aspx and one .vb file for each page). We don't use external dlls or webservices or any uncommon stuff. The overall weight of .vb files...more >>

It is time to replace my laptop and I want to future proof it as much as possible. My current spec is 4Gb Ram and 1400x1040 screen. It will be used primarily for software development, but one app I am working on handles a few***very*** large byte arrays. Apparently Dell do not do any lapt...more >>

When I am in the middle of typing an email my outlook just shuts off or when I hit reply it does it too sometimes. Can anyone help?...more >>

I want to use ClickOnce to deploy a word document. It is not a help doc so I don't want to use that. It cannot be converted to a text file since it has bookmarks, which I use later on. I understand and see how to deploy a ico or a txt from the resources folder, but I don't get how to deploy...more >>

My outlook express shuts down and turns off when I hit reply to an email or when I am in the middle of typing my email. It is very frusterating. Does anyone have a solution to this or experiencing the same thing?...more >>

First, sorry about the cross post but I desperately need an answer. I have a VB.Net application which uses a SQLServer DTS package which I am trying to get running on a SQLServer Express host (running Vista). I have installed the DTS services for 2005 (SQLServer2005_DTS), but the app is th...more >>

It isn't clear this is the right place to post this, but it IS related to ..NET CONFIG files... Windows Explorer (at least on W2003Server) doesn't seem to know that .config files exist. Searching for them as .config, *.*config, *.exe.config and other combinations, even when you can see the...more >>

Hi,this is whisky i have a problem with my pc. It appears that (3) items have been removed by accident. the following items showed as pop-ups. 1.Tcpip,netbt,(715e364-8f65-4ffe-b430-65c629597e64). Is there a way to reinstall just these (3) item,s. I have a gateway recovery dvd but it says ...more >>

i cant get the playstation 3 to connect to call of duty 4 online through the router but i am able to connect to the game online through the modem. I am able to still get on the internet through the router on my playstation just cannot connect to the game online. ...more >>

Hi Is it possible to query a structured file that is a FIXED WIDTH file rather than a delimited file? I think it would be great to first define how many columns one is expecting and the width (in characters) of each column, and then to be able to write WHERE clauses in the Linq query e.g...more >>

Hi, i need to know what classes I have to use to list all the computers and devices (including shared printers on a network). thank you ...more >>

Sorry if this is off-topic but I can't find a better MSFT-managed newsgroup for the question. I'm looking for contact info for Microsoft's campus rep for the University of Washington in Seattle. This isn't specifically "academic alliance"-related. The most appropriate person would be a rep ...more >>

Automatic Update has started installing XP SP3 on my Dell P4-2800 running XP Home. It has been at the same point "Finishing Installation" with details of "Running Processes after install" for over 30 hours. Is that normal? Should I worry, yet? Thanks!...more >>

_Grp.DrawString(S, F, Brushes.Black, X, Y) F is a font that included the underline style. S is a string right-padded with spaces to give it a desired width. Unfortunately, the undeline only appears witht the left part of the string. All the trailing spaces are ignored. I get around the probl...more >>

just recentely every time i start a search when im taken to resuts i click the one i want but instead of taking me to that site im taken to something completely different like ebay or some other site thats not even connected to what im looking for dont know why its happening -- peterp...more >>

We have a solution that is mainly in ASP3 under VS 2003. I need to create a separate environment for the next version. How do I create this solution from the existing files? Thanks in advance Oded...more >>

Twice I have tried to manually turn off my computer, and a Windows msg box appears saying "Other people are using this computer (might have said connection), all work will be lost...are you sure you want to shut down computer? What does this mean? Who else is using the computer? Thanks!...more >>

Since I installed OneCare I have noticed my computer slowing down significantly. Has anyone else experieced this?...more >>

Why is Adaware suddely incomaptible with OneCare? Just about two weeks ago I began to get a warning, indicating that I should remove adaware because it dangerously interferes with OneCare (up until then I had Adaware on my computer for at least a year, with no "warning"). The red warning persi...more >>

Hi I'm having a problem accessing my dotnet projects through Visual Studio 2008 & SourceSafe 2005 (Internet) on XP Pro. Firstly, I've set up the Source Control in VS2008's Tools -> Options for both: 1. Current source control plug-in = Microsoft Visual SourceSafe (Internat) 2. Always use S...more >>

I have tried to share two computers with router and assigned both same workgroup and cannot link them together. I have tried network troubleshooter and network connection wizard no luck.... what am I missing I run xp one one compter and xp home on the other...more >>