windows-xp

Deploying a Hello Word Silverlight app to IIS5, Win XP

Besides adding these File Types to IIS and installing the .NET framework 4.0 to the Web Server, what else do I need to do to get a Hello Word Silver Light web app to work? is there a separate Silverlight installation needed? Though the web site works when I deploy locally, I am getting the following error after deploying to a remote web...

Log off from Remote Desktop Session does not closing Session, showing the login screen again on Windows XP 32 Bit - SP2

As per requirement we have written one custom GINA. I have observed one interesting behavior in Windows XP 32 Bit(SP2). Customized GINA internally calls windows default Windows GINA (msgina.dll) and shows one extra window as per our requirement. I used to do remote desktop to XP machine from my machine. After replacing Windows GINA with...

SSPI from Windows XP Mode to Windows 7 SQL Server

I currently have to maintain some legacy code in Visual Studio 2003 and .NET 1.1. It uses integrated security to connect to a database. I am using WinXP mode in Windows 7 for the VS2003 install. I have the SQL Server 2008 installed on the Windows 7 machine. However when I try and connect to the SQL Server from VS2003 I always get the...

Silverlight and IIS5 on XP

Besides modifying IIS to serve XAML extensions is there anything else that I need to do to allow IIS5 to server Silverlight pages? Do I actually need to run some Silverlight setup on the IIS5 web server or are all the setups intended for development machines and /or machines that end up consuming/browsing Silverlight pages? ...

How to create own XP printer driver

How would I create my own XP printer driver which will do the following: print to file (probably XPS format) put this file into a password protected ZIP file email the zip file to a configured email address ...

Porting getifaddrs to Win XP

Hi all, I'm trying to port a MacOSX app to windows and I've come up against a problem around getifaddrs. Basically windows does not support it. I'm trying to figure a way to re-implement it (for AF_INET and AF_INET6) but the "equivalent" functionality on windows appears to be nothing like the MacOSX support. Has someone done this sor...

Displaying Unicode/ASCII Characters on console or window

I couldn't display a 'bullet' of character code DEC 149 which can be found on ASCII Chart. cout << char(149) << endl; it comes out as ò on console window. I know a few characters from charmap that I'd like to use but how would i know their character codes? ...

Extra character added in batch script

So, I think I may be going insane. This batch script: @Echo on dir > dir.txt generates the following on the console it is run from: dir 1>dir.txt I expected to see simply dir > dir.txt. Any ideas why this is happening? This is on Windows XP SP2 in the standard command prompt. ...

Need a Java Script for default download manager of firefox browser

Java script to automatically terminate a download in default download manager of firefox if it becomes inactive i.e. if download speed becomes 0 for x number of seconds. ...

Sharing violation on file which really should be closed

I have an application that modifies an XML file by: (a) opening it, (b) creating a temporary file and writing a modified version to it, (c) closing both files, and (d) replacing the original file with the temporary file. When I test it on my laptop running Vista, everything works just as it should. On an embedded PC running XP Profe...

How to program a bootloader..? Want a USB Flash Drive with Windows 7, XP, Vista, and perhaps 98 SE on it to use for installs

Hello again my fellow StackOverflow friends! What I would very much like to do is copy the contents of my Windows 7, Windows XP (Pro and Home SP3), Windows Vista, and assuming I have space left for it my most updated copy of 98 SE installation CDs onto a flash drive so that I can use that for any OS installs that I need to perform. Obv...

Why does subscript 2 not appear on Windows XP?

I am trying to display CO2 in a static text control on a .NET application, but on some Windows XP system, the subscript-2 (unicode 2082) appears as a square). I suspect that it may be a font issue as it appears on some Windows XP systems but not on all. It always displays on Windows 7 and Vista. It's available on MS Gothic font. Ideas ve...

Best opensource CSS interface for web systems

I am looking for a good open source professional css design layout interface to use in my web-based system. Maybe something similar to an XP classic theme. Does anyone know such a theme? ...

Thread creation time on windows xp

Can any one help me in identifying the total time consumed while creating a thread and deleting a thread on windows xp, assuming the same configurations. Thanks. ...

How to retrieve Unicode CSV Clipboard data MS Windows XP?

I am writing a test app for a larger project and cant seem to retrieve Unicode CSV data from the Windows Clipboard, I am successful at retrieving CF_UNICODETEXT, using the built in GetClipboardData api call, however when I place Unicode CSV on the clipboard in MSExcel and try to retrieve with CSV format, I get bad data. Here is some code...

Make test error (Festival 2.0.95 & Windows XP & Cygwin)

I am following these instructions: http://www.cstr.ed.ac.uk/downloads/festival/2.0.95/do_test And after cd ../speech_tools make test I have this: ___________ Test Failed hash regression status. FAILED Any Idea? After that,if I try: cd ../festival make test I get: ... voice script status: CORRECT test modes (script) text mo...

Explanation why MessageBox is owned by CSRSS process

In my application I catch exceptions using an exceptionfilter, then show a MessageBox telling the user that the application has crashed and giving him some additional information. I use a MessageBox instead of an explicitly constructed dialog because I want to minimize the logic executed after a crash. Initially I had the problem that i...

Windows2008 server folder versus XP

What is the alternate path for C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data in XP to windows 2008 server machine.In C:\Users i can see only different users .Any one have idea about this? ...

Flow of execution of file in WINDOWS

My question is: What is the flow of execution of an executable file in WINDOWS? (i.e. What happens when we start a application.) How does the OS integrate with the application to operate or handle the application? Does it have a central control place that checks execution of each file or process? Is the process registered in the execu...

Long Delay when acces to Network Printer.

I have some Delay to access My remote printer, a RICOH offimatic point. I think this delay become from domain autentification. When I call PrintDialog, this delay is about 3 to 5 seconds. I use some .Net programs. Then when I print a report, delay becomes 4x the PrintDialog Delay (15-20 seconds). Standard Programs (c++) get a 1x del...