I recently updated my VB6 application and now include a exe.manifest file to prevent UAC Virtualization. After applying this update some users can't find their data files (Access MDB) and after a system search they end up finding it in C:\Users\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files(x86) What is this folder area for and how/when do f...
I'm trying to figure out how to draw a custom button on the caption bar of windows when using the Aero theme in Vista or Win7. I need to apply this to a number of different applications without changing the original code, so this will be in a hook procedure. Since I can't change the original code, I can't use DwmExtendFrameIntoClientAr...
Here's what I've tried: -Find Vista's ODBC Data Source Manager* through search, -Add a new File Data Source*, selecting Driver for Microsoft Access (*.mdb), and selecting my mdb file of interest, -import pyodbc from python shell and try: pyodbc.connect("DSN=<that Data Source I just created>") I get the following error message (Port...
On a system monitoring project, I am retrieving process memory usage through WMI. I am using Jacob with Java to do the WMI query: SELECT WorkingSetSize FROM Win32_Process This method retrieves the exact memory usage (comparing to task manager) on Windows XP; however on Windows Vista, the memory usage is about 15% higher than the mem...
I'm using vista ultimate 32 bit. When i login to my machine. Error loading C:\windows\system32\sshnas21.dll The specified module could not be found. I don't know how to resole this. Can any one help me? ...
Hello, I've got an annoying bug that I just can't solve and after fiddling with it for several days I need some help. I'm working on a portfolio site and the site displays fine in all browsers. That is, on my desktop that runs Vista. Checking the site on my netbook which runs on Windows 7 showed an annoying thing: IE8 keeps reloading t...
Hi all Basically I have a table like this: Week | Value 1 | 2 2 | 3 2 | -1 2 | 1 2 | 1 3 | 4 3 | 2 6 | 4 7 | 1 I need a chart to show the sum of the values for each week only if the value is greater than 0... so for week 1 --> 2 ...
Hi, For 32-bit Windows, following declaration of _SYSTEM_PROCESSES structure ( System Information Class 5 ) with ZwQuerySystemInformation works fine for my purpose to construct process tree. typedef struct _SYSTEM_PROCESSES { // System Information Class 5 ULONG NextEntryDelta; ULONG ThreadCount; ULONG ...
Hi, I am facing a wired problem with windows vista installer while installing Adobe Flash Professional CS5(trail version). After clicking the 'set up' file immediately I'm getting an alert message like Installer has detected that a machine restart is pending. It is recommended that you quit the installer, restart and try again.. The s...
Can i run x86 version of Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 Management Studio Express on windows vista 32 bit edition? ...
Hi, I am trying to test the 31 reparse point limit mentioned for Symbolic link in Visa. But I could not reproduce by any of following listed cases. Can someone guide? 1) Created 36 symlinks in a directory c:\temp\testlink for a executable residing in c:\temp\testlink. 2) Created 36 symlinks in a directory c:\temp\testlink to 36 differ...
How to remove TBS WMP plug-in? It seems like a malware installed on my computer. Thanks a lot! ...
Has anyone been successful at launching an instance of Windows Explorer in the SYSTEM account on Windows Vista or 7? It is possible to do this on XP, but I haven't been able to get it to completely work in Vista or 7. Trying to launch Explorer as SYSTEM into session 1 (my user session) results in Explorer exiting immediately and returni...
I'd like to custom compile Apache for my Windows (Vista) machine. Do I need a special compiler for this, and how do I know if I already have a compiler (I have eclipse, but not sure if that's suitable). Also, all I can find is linux tutorials. How would one get this done on Windows? ...
I am really stumped. I am running delphi 2007 on vista. I have built many applications and run them in XP with no problem. This latest app had to make use of threads. I'm pretty sure my code is correct. It runs fine on Vista, but when I run it on XP (tried multiple PC's) my program seems to lag (both os's 32 bit, XP sp3 and Vista sp1, d...
i want to adjust the volume programatically like Get/SetMasterVolume in vista and xp? using mmsystem unit? ...
i want to Get/Set the mic level using delphi? that works on vista and xp uses only mmsystem, any freeware component will do as long as no external dll's on the run. and also getting the peak level. ...
Hi How i can exec vista gadget from program (use js or smth etc.)? In Windows 7 i can use IDesktopGadget:RunGadget, but it doesn't work on Vista. Any suggestions? ...
I am writing a service for Windows Vista/7 which needs read/write/delete access to the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons Are there any special considerations I must make just in case the target system has UAC enabled and the service must always run with administrator privi...
I have a problem when uninstall my application in vista and win7, but not in XP. The error message is " The following error occured on the file 'C:\Windows\system32\mfc40.dll" Access is denied. (0x5) I made installer for my application using installscript project in Installshield 2010 if i choose button ignore in that error message, my...