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Windows Logoff Event c++

Hello, I need to catch windows logoff event, I'm using c++. I dont know where to start searching, thanks for any help, Dani. ...

PHP on Windows: How to use web services with the logged on user's identity?

Hello, I have a Windows 2008R2 based intranet server running a PHP based intranet application in IIS. We want to improve the intranet now and integrate data from external systems, for instance data retrieved from the Exchange web services or information from a Sharepoint webservice. Log in for the users with their windows credentials wo...

MySQL backup in shared hosting on windows that does not allow remote connection

Hi all, after googling for a long time, I decided to ask this: I've uploaded a site to a shared hosting that does not allow remote DB connection due to security issues (according to them). the Data is very important to me and I'd like to back it up automatically on a daily basis (in addition to the hosts daily backup). I'm writing the ...

PHP foreach($_POST as $key => $value) windows server 2003 IIS 6 problem

In my database connection include I use the code foreach ($_POST as $key => $value) { $_POST[$key] = mysql_real_escape_string($value); } foreach ($_GET as $key => $value) { $_GET[$key] = mysql_real_escape_string($value); } This runs fine on my linux testing server (Cent OS 5.5) however, when it is transferred to the productio...

Avoiding Denial of Service attack

Hello guys, when I use recv from windows sockets does using recv can lead to denial of service attack ? If it waits for data forever? So what is the best way for solving this (alarms ?) Thanks & Regards, Mousey. ...

How can I make the start menu apear anywhere on the screen?

I am creating a taskbar. For now want to use the windows start menu and only relpace the taskbar. I saw that there's an docklet for object dock that can open the start menu and it opens just above the mouse. So I know that ths is possible, but I can't find anything on the internet. How can I do this? I am using the .net framework ...

Windows temp directory details (Java)

I'm writing a program that needs a generic temp folder. I'm trying to find details about the Windows Temp folders. There are two paths that I know about - In each user directory under AppData\Local\Temp\ This may change depending Windows version? In the system folder under Temp\ (C:\Windows\Temp) I'm wondering exactly what Windows do...

Anyone else using msysgit netinstall for general development environment on windows ?

The mingw site is kind of confusing and the installation instructions convoluted. I had been using the codeblocks distribution of mingw.I had also tried the development environment that comes with octave. But the msysgit netinstall seems to work better out of the box for building most things that require: ./configure ; make ; make instal...

Start dialer process in dotnetcf 2.0 (WM6)

Hi, I want to bring up the phone dialer from my application. The app is developed in dot net compact framework 2.0 and targeted to run on Windows Mobile 6 devices. I do not want to initiate and handle calls from inside my application. I just want to bring up the native phone dialer on a key press. For example, when I want to bring up bro...

Creating a Key Command in Python

I'm writing my own simple key logger based on a script I found online. However, I'm trying to write a key command so that the logger program will close when this command is typed. How should I go about this? (Also I know it's not secure at all, however that's not a concern with this program) For example Ctrl + 'exit' would close the pro...

windows service debugging

Hi Everyone, I am trying to debug a windows service using the Debugger.Break() method.On the service OnStart() method i am calling my business logic(QueueProcessor.StartProcessing() ) to process the message queue items every 1sec.I have kept my breakpoint(Debugger.Break())in the startprocessing method. Now When i starting the service th...

How to extract zip file using dotnet framework 4.0 without using third party dlls.

Im in a fix. need to download a zip file from network location and then decompress it on local machine and use the files. The only constraint is i cannot use any third party dll. Please reply fast. its very urgent. ...

What are limitations of side-by-side COM?

We need to adapt our application to be usable through ClickOnce. The application consists of a .exe file, and a huge set of Visual C++ libraries, some of them are in-proc COM servers used by other libraries. Currently our installer does regsvr32 to register the COM servers, but looks like ClickOnce applications are not allowed to modify...

SetupDiGetDeviceProperty

Dear friends.. Can anybody provide me the example of using SetupDiGetDeviceProperty () I have searched via google but i cant get it to work.. Thank you ...

Developing an automated software deployment program through Samba or Active Directory

I'm a web developer that needs to build a piece of software for my local office of about 20-30 Windows computers. It needs to automatically and silently run software updates and deployments on all computers. The Windows computers run on a local network. I'm not sure where to start putting my hands on with something like this... I'm an...

Is there a version of `patch` for Windows that outputs CRLF files?

I am using patch from UnxUtils (on Windows), which works (my file patches fine) but the outputted file has LF instead of CRLF line endings. Is there an equivilent to patch which outputs using CRLF instead of LF? ...

How to get logged-in user's full name in windows?

How to get logged-in user's full name (the one he/she entered as his/her real name) using windows API or something else? For example how to get "John Smith", not "john" (as it were his username). GetUserName(...) doesn't do the job because it returns the username, not the full name. ...

Installing BHO for current user only

I have a Browser Helper Object that I would like to be installable by limited (non-administrator) users. Unfortunately, it seems that the COM object must be registered in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and it must be listed as BHO there as well. The respective HKEY_CURRENT_USER keys don't seem to have any effect. I also tried some well-known extens...

windows app, using SQL Server, need to it work on PCs on a different domain

Part of our company has moved to another area and they are being set up as a separate domain. The users can VPN in to our domain to run the app, but when they try to access the database it fails, because SQL Server is set for Windows Authentication, and they are on a different domain. It is a Windows C# app, we are using SQL Server 2005 ...

Developing a kernel patch or driver for windows?

How long, approximately, would it take to develop a kernel patch or driver for the windows NT kernel/series of kernels, that would introduce new functionality, or replace existing functionality? For example, to add in a different encryption algorithm, or to implement some sort of new security model. What are the advantages/disadvantag...