Vista puts out a new security preventing Session 0 from accessing hardware like the video card, and the user no longer logs into session 0. I know this means that I cannot show the user a GUI, however, does that also mean I can't show one at all? The way my code is set up right now, it would be more work to make it command line only, ho...
I am writing a Filemanager in (wx)python - a lot already works. When copying files there is already a progress dialog, overwrite handling etc. Now in Vista when the user wants to copy a file to certain directories (eg %Program Files%) the application/script needs elevation, which cannot be asked for at runtime. So i have to start anothe...
I get the following error in Vista while trying to start/stop a Windows Service that I created. Cannot open ServiceName service on computer '.'. The same code works for XP. What should I do to solve this problem? ...
I have created a Windows service that will run an exe file periodically to check for files on an FTP site, process any that are found, enter data into an SQL database and print a label to a local printer. Currently we are running Windows XP Professional but if we moved to Vista (or Windows 7) would the increased security prevent my serv...