I recently compiled a vb6 application with inno setup that when i install, works fine on winxp when i tried it on vista, i got error message i noticed it was a dll registration problem, so i try to register the dll manually to see if it corrects the problem. when i tried that, i got this error is there anyway i can correct the prob...
When a setup program(built by like Inno Setup) does launch a process, the process always be run as administrator privilege. -because setup program had been run as admin. I want to run the child process as current user's privilege. Is there a good way? ...
I need to write a shortcut in the automatic startup folder for all users. The scenario is that a user with administrator privileges, through the configuration dialog of the application, must be able to set the application to start automatically for all normal users when they log in. I get the startup folder using SHGetSpecialFolderPa...
I have a Windows Vista Sony Laptop. When I turn it on, the screen shows up for one second and then disappears and never comes back. Can anybody help me please. I really need your help. Thanks. ...
Hi, I'm supporting a customer with strange, very specific mdb access slowdowns. We have a big ( > 100MB) mdb file which is read by our app through ADO, and on some Vista machines (and only on those Vista machines), some, but not all queries take a very long time to execute. The slow query: SELECT * FROM [Table] WHERE [FieldA] = _numbe...
Hi Folks, I want to practice Unix (mostly Korn Shell Scription and VI Editor) on a windows Vista machine. Whats the best solution for this? I dont like Cygwin.. so anything other than Cygwin which gives the closest feel of Unix Environment without re-installing the OS. Thanks. ...
I am running Boot Camp 2.2 (just updated the software and restarted) on my Mac Mini, which has 2GB of RAM in it. When I launch Windows Vista, my available RAM is only 1GB (it lists 1.00GB in Computer -> Properties, and only 876MB of TOTAL Physical Memory in Performance under Task Manager). I'm curious as to why this happens...is this a b...
When sending the WM_MOUSEMOVE message to the client area of an application (in this case Open Office Writer) the image will flicker as if the mouse is over the specified coordinates, but does not stay in that state. The code is: PostMessage(hWndClient, WM_MOUSEMOVE, 0, MAKEWORD(x, y)) where x and y are relative to the client area. S...
Hi folks, I just got done installing Ubuntu 10.10 on my Windows Vista as a separate partition and now my Vista wont boot (in fact I am not seeing an option to choose another OS, every time it defaults to Ubuntu) I really dont want to loose all my data on Vista. How do I get my Vista back? Steps I took: From Windows, Disk managem...
I am trying to debug a service in VS 2005 running. Service is running under SYSTEM username. I have opened VS as administrator. The error I am getting is: Unable to attach the process. The system cannot find the file specified I am running on Windows Vista. ...
Hi Folks, By mistake I formatted my Windows Vista while installing Ubuntu. Few people suggested me to use Photorec to get the data back. I just installed TestDisk on my machine. My question is: I want to recover the lost data onto an External Harddrive, but when I am trying to connect this drive, its giving me an icon on the desktop and ...
Hi, I am using Eclipse helios. When I try to use the update it could not connect to the update site giving error, Unable to read repository at http://download.eclipse.org/releases/helios/content.xml. Unable to read repository at http://download.eclipse.org/releases/helios/content.xml. Permission denied: connect I am using Widnows vist...
I have a computer running Windows Vista setup as a kiosk. It runs Firefox and RKiosk addon and in it, there's splash page made of html with a bunch of images acting as links leading to pages with contents (PDFs, videos and images). When a user browses and leaves the kiosk at any content page, upon idling for a period, a Javascript functi...
Hello! I want to get list of installed updates on Vista Business using WSH Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\.\root\cimv2") Set colQuickFixes = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_QuickFixEngineering") Set objDateTime = CreateObject("WbemScripting.SWbemDateTime") For Each objQuickFix in...
I am trying to create a TCP connection from an embedded controller to a Windows Vista server. I am writing the Windows server part of the application. When the controller attempts to connect, it can take many attempts to establish the connection. I have used Wireshark to debug the problem and it appears that the Windows TCP stack is not...
I have a program that converts files. It takes an input file name and an output file name, reads from one and writes to the other, with some modifications. I have the source, but it is huge and I don't have the clear picture of its operation. I can tell that files are opened using _wsopen_s in read-write mode (_O_RDWR) and there does not...