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Title / Updated	Author	Score
Using the Windows 2000/XP Object Selection Dialog Updated: 21 Nov 2005 This article describes how to use the "Select Users or Groups" system dialog. VC7.1, .NET 1.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2003, C#, Dev, Intermediate	brunzefb	4.55
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Title / Updated	Author	Score
Windows XP IIS Manager v1.7 Updated: 16 Mar 2005 This article presentes a way of creating and managing multiple sites on the Windows XP IIS. VC7, VC7.1, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2002, VS.NET2003, ASP.NET, .NET, IIS, Dev, Intermediate	Max Santos	4.85
The Windows Access Control Model Part 4 Updated: 7 Sep 2005 The final article in the access control series presents a guide to the access control editor and its associated ISecurityInformation interface. VC7.1, VC8.0, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2002, VS.NET2003, VS2005, Dev, Intermediate	oshah	4.81
Win32 Image Decoder in C Updated: 6 Aug 2005 This article is an extension/alternative to the strnghrs IImgCtx article. VC7.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2003, C, Dev, Intermediate	sjhorn	4.80
CProcessData : A template class to ease up SendMessage calls across processes Updated: 10 Jun 2005 CProcessData is a template class that makes it easy to use data allocated in a different process, and is useful when making inter-process SendMessage/PostMessage calls. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Nishant Sivakumar	4.79
Lock Windows Desktop Updated: 3 May 2005 Restricting Windows access by hiding desktop windows and disabling special keys. VC6, VS6, VB 6, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Antonio Feijao	4.78
Windows 2000 Junction Points Updated: 5 Jan 2000 Explains how reparse points are used to create filesystem links VC6, Win2K, VS6, Dev, Intermediate	Mike Nordell	4.78
Remote Library Updated: 30 Sep 2005 A library that implements a common interface for remote memory handling and remote execution for all Windows versions. VC6, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, Dev, Advanced	Antonio Feijao	4.76
Use member functions for C-style callbacks and threads - a general solution Updated: 7 Jul 2001 The article shows a general solution to redirect any C-style callback into a member function using adapter objects VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, Dev, Intermediate	Daniel Lohmann	4.76
Pure WIN32 Self-Extract EXE Builder Updated: 15 May 2004 Build your first distributed self-extract executable file from ground up. VC6, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS6, Dev, Intermediate	hackzai	4.75
Message Cracker Wizard for Win32 SDK Developers Updated: 7 Mar 2005 A ClassWizard-like helper tool for using WINDOWSX.H message crackers. VC7.1, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2003, Dev, Intermediate	Hernán Di Pietro	4.75
Lookup and Display Win32/COM Error Strings With One Line of Code Updated: 31 Dec 2005 Use compiler COM support (even in non-COM applications) to get a Win32 error code or HRESULT's message in one line of code. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, WinXP, VS.NET2002, VS.NET2003, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Brian Hart	4.75
The Windows Access Control Model Part 2 Updated: 27 Jun 2005 This second part of the Access Control series will program with the basic Access Control structures. VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2003, VS2005, C, Dev, Intermediate	oshah	4.74
Using Access Control Lists to secure access to your objects Updated: 30 Nov 2004 How to secure your objects VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, TabletPC, Visual Studio, Dev, Advanced	Rob Manderson	4.72
Burning CD/DVD Media with the Image Mastering API Version 2.0 (IMAPI2) Updated: 16 Jan 2008 Example of a CD/DVD Burning Application using IMAPI2 VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, C++, C, Win32, Visual Studio, MFC, ATL, COM, Intermediate, Advanced	Eric Haddan	4.68
The Windows Access Control Model Part 1 Updated: 26 Jun 2005 An introduction to ACL based security and the Windows Access Control model. .NET 2.0, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS2005, C++, Dev, Beginner	oshah	4.68
Override Windows Creation Parameters with a Win32 Service Updated: 19 Dec 2004 Provide a way to override the creation parameters for any window with a service application. VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2002, VS.NET2003, .NET, Dev, Intermediate	Paul Yi Tung, Ooi	4.67
Portable Executable (P.E.) Code Injection: Injecting an Entire C Compiled Application Updated: 16 Mar 2008 Demonstrates how to inject an entire C compiled application as a new section of a Portable Executable (P.E.) NT4, WinXP, Vista, C++, Dev, Advanced	Ciro Sisman Pereira	4.67
Win32++: A Simple Alternative to MFC Updated: 7 Mar 2008 A simple Windows Framework that beginners and intermediate programmers can use as an alternative to MFC. It makes learning to program for Windows easier. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, .NET 1.1, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2003, VS6, Dev, Intermediate	David Nash	4.66
RegSvrEx - An Enchanced COM Server Registration Utility Updated: 12 Jan 2003 This is a tool similar to RegSvr32, but it allows for registration of COM servers for the current user only. VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2002, Dev, Intermediate	Rama Krishna Vavilala	4.64
One use for Overlapped I/O Updated: 14 Jan 2004 How to use overlapped I/O VC6, VC7, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Rob Manderson	4.64
Windows-based application over Terminal Services using WtsAPI32 Updated: 6 Oct 2003 Application management into Windows Terminal Services environment. VC6, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, Dev, Intermediate	Liviu Birjega	4.64
Add XP Visual Style Support to OWNERDRAW Controls Updated: 22 Dec 2001 A wrapper class to use the visual style APIs available in Windows XP VC6, VC7, WinXP, VS6, Dev, Intermediate	David Y. Zhao	4.63
System Scanner Updated: 2 Dec 2005 This application allows you to get more information about the processes running in your system. VC7.1, WinXP, VS.NET2003, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Alex Orovetskiy	4.63
Common Registry Settings Updated: 13 Jul 2007 Essential registry tips for programming, including registering your application with Windows and creating custom file types Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, C++, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	MatrixCoder	4.61
Adding and extracting binary resources Updated: 28 May 2003 A beginner's guide to adding a binary resource in visual studio and a simple class for programmatical extraction. VC6, VC7, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, STL, Dev, Intermediate	adrian cooper	4.61
Advanced Batch File Techniques Part 1 - Bubble Sort Updated: 1 Sep 2007 A Windows batch file to bubble-sort a list of items C++, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, Advanced	Miszou	4.60
Burn the Edges of Your Windows to Give Them Character - Unedited Updated: 31 Mar 2008 No, that's not a typo VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, C++, Windows, Win32, ATL, WTL, STL, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	Michael Dunn	4.58
On Screen Displays, OSDs Updated: 23 Nov 2002 Discusses OSDs and shows you how to implement one under Win32 VC6, Win2K, VS6, STL, Dev, Intermediate	Mehdi Mousavi	4.58
World Time Updated: 14 Mar 2004 Displays current time in various timezones. Also demonstrates some Win32 API programming tricks. VC6, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Visual Studio, STL, Dev, Intermediate	Santosh M. P.	4.54
Windows XP SP2 Firewall Controller Updated: 10 Jul 2006 How to control a base firewall included in Windows XP SP2 using COM. VC7.1, WinXP, VS.NET2003, C#, .NET, Dev, COM, Intermediate	moah	4.53
Running console applications silently Updated: 3 Jul 2002 Shows how to run a console application without showing the window. VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, Dev, Intermediate	Steven Szelei	4.53
Adding Windows To Your Console Application Updated: 14 Jun 2001 Sample code to add a dialog (and message pump) to console applications VC6, NT4, Win2K, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Xiangyang Liu	4.52
How to Subclass Unicode Window from ANSI Application Updated: 27 Aug 2001 This article describe what steps are necessary to subclass UNICODE window from ANSI application. VC6, NT4, Win2K, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Mumtaz Zaheer	4.52
Console Event Handling Updated: 29 May 2002 This article discusses how to handle console-window specific events VC6, VC7, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Kumar Gaurav Khanna	4.50
To Coinstallers Hell and Back Again - Unedited Updated: 2 Feb 2007 Tips an possible pitfalls in device driver coinstallers development WinXP, VS2005, C++, Dev, Intermediate	shaybar	4.50
Transparency without Source Code Updated: 11 Aug 2000 Adding transparency to any window, even if you don't have its source. VC6, Win2K, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	sBernhard Hammer	4.49
JLib - A Windows Console Library Updated: 15 Apr 2008 A console library capable of colored input and output. Includes user definable menus, ASCII character windows, save/restore a screen worth of characters, 256 console color combinations, and a smart coloring. WinXP, C++/CLI, Win32, STL, Dev, Intermediate	Pepsibot	4.49
A class to encapsulate the basics of overlapped I/O Updated: 1 Sep 2004 Overlapped I/O - practice VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Rob Manderson	4.48
A Namespace Extension Toolkit Updated: 21 Mar 2006 This article shows you how to build your own Windows Explorer interfaces to custom data. C++, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	chadyoshikawa	4.46
Mechanism of OutputDebugString Updated: 21 Feb 2008 Write a monitoring application to capture debug messages VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, C++, Windows, Win32, ATL, WTL, Dev, Intermediate, Advanced	Ken.Zhang	4.46
Accessing Windows 2000 specific APIs Updated: 28 Feb 2000 Having trouble accessing the new Windows 2000 APIs? This article may help. VC6, Win2K, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Beginner	Roger Onslow	4.42
How to create short-cuts (link files) Updated: 28 Aug 2005 An article on using the Win32 API and COM to create short-cuts in existing and developmental languages. C++, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	William Rayer	4.42
Adding User Name to Events Updated: 22 Feb 2006 How to add user names to the Event Viewer. VC6, WinXP, VS6, Dev, Intermediate	maththaios	4.40
Add Windows XP Theme Style to your current projects Updated: 6 Sep 2001 Add Windows XP Theme Style to your current projects VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, Dev, Intermediate	Jiang Hong	4.39
How to determine the owner of both local and remote files Updated: 30 Jun 2006 Code to determine the owner of both local and remote files. C++, ASP.NET, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Shaun Harrington	4.39
Login password filters in WinXP Updated: 25 May 2006 An article on how to build login password filters on WinXP. VC7.1, WinXP, VS.NET2003, Dev, Intermediate	icestatue	4.38
CD Burner Updated: 17 Mar 2007 How to burn and erase CDs using IMAPI VC7, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, VS.NET2003, C, MFC, Dev, Beginner	Akin Ocal	4.38
Microsoft Cabinet Templates Updated: 23 Jul 2004 This article shows a set of templates created around the Microsoft Cabinet library. With these templates, you can extract cabinet files and cabinets stored in the resource section of a module. It can be easily extended to allow extraction through other means. VC7.1, VC8.0, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2003, Dev, Intermediate	Luuk Weltevreden	4.38
Control Panel Applet Framework Updated: 24 Feb 2000 A mini framework for writing Control Panel applets. Just fill in the blanks!. VC6, NT4, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Len Holgate	4.36
Inside the executable: an introduction to the Portable Executable format for VB programmers Updated: 6 May 2003 Describes the layout of a Windows executable file and how to read this. NT4, Win2K, WinXP, VB 6, C++, Dev, Intermediate	Duncan Edwards Jones	4.33
Automatic release of Win32 objects Updated: 9 Nov 2006 An article on safe and sound release of Win32 objects. C++, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Andrei Muraru	4.33
Win2K transparent dialogs Updated: 20 Feb 2001 How to make your windows transparent in Win2K without downloading the Platform SDK VC6, Win2K, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Per-Erik Nordlund	4.32
Auto Wait Cursor Updated: 31 Dec 2001 Automate changing the mouse cursor to the hourglass wait cursor. VC6, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Andrew McKinlay	4.31
Changing default icons for folders and drives Updated: 26 Jan 2003 Shows how to globally change the icons for folders and drives. Also shows some nifty tricks you might find handy in your applications. VC7.1, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2003, Dev, Intermediate	Nishant Sivakumar	4.31
Win32 SDK C Tab Control made easy Updated: 24 Jul 2007 This article describes formatting a non-MFC based tab control NT4, C++, C, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	David MacDermot	4.27
How to test your programs with Unicode characters in multiple languages on Windows 2000 Updated: 27 Jan 2000 How to test your Unicode program with foreign-language characters on Windows 2000 Win2K, C++, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Michael Dunn	4.22
XMLreader - Simple reusable class (DOM implementation) for reading xml data. - Unedited Updated: 20 Mar 2006 XMLreader - Simple reusable class (DOM implementation) for reading xml data. C++, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Boby Thomas P	4.21
CMemMapFile v1.41 Updated: 3 Mar 2000 A freeware MFC class to encapsulate Memory Mapped Files. VC6, NT4, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	PJ Naughter	4.20
MakeXP Updated: 28 Mar 2003 A utility that allows you to easily add XP theme support to your applications VC6, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Ernesto D.	4.20
Own-thread Win32 splash screen Updated: 25 May 2007 Implementation of an own-thread splash screen, with a progress indicator using Win32 and GDI+. VC8.0, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS2005, Dev, Intermediate	Kirill V. Lyadvinsky	4.18
Windows Networking Overview - Part I TCP/IP Networking on Class C Subnets - Unedited Updated: 16 Aug 2006 Provides a basic introduction to class C subnets and TCP/IP stack configuration in a Windows 2000/XP environment. C++, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, Beginner	code-frog	4.17
MyCalendar Control Updated: 7 Aug 2005 An article on writing a calendar control using the Windows SDK. VC6, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, Dev, Intermediate	darkoman	4.16
Changing the Default Icon of the Folders Updated: 13 Nov 2001 An article on changing the Default Icons of the Folders Win2K, C++, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Sameers (theAngrycodeR)	4.14
Accessing All of Windows Special Folders - Unedited Updated: 12 Mar 2008 Get the path names to Windows special folders; optionally create the folders if they are missing; access physical and virtual special folders. Windows, Win32, Win64, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Warrick Procter	4.14
Quick and Dirty Window Transparency Updated: 19 Nov 2003 A simple way to add transparency to windows that won't fail on older versions of Windows. VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2002, Dev, Intermediate	MikeSchaeffer	4.12
Win32 SDK C Autocomplete Combobox Made Easy Updated: 25 Jul 2007 This article describes formatting a non-MFC based Combobox C++, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	David MacDermot	4.11
An interruptible mutex class Updated: 6 Aug 2004 How to safely terminate a thread waiting on a mutex C++, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Rob Manderson	4.09
Win32 Tips and Tricks Updated: 21 Oct 2007 Usability tricks, gotchas, and workarounds for Win32. VC6, VC7.1, VC8.0, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2003, VS2005, VS6, VS2008, Dev, Intermediate	Ivo Beltchev	4.09
Manipulating Windows using messages and simple CBT hooking Updated: 7 Aug 2003 Demonstrates techniques using windows messages and hooks, which allow us to automate a windows properties dialog or even custom applications VC7.1, WinXP, VS.NET2003, Dev, Beginner	Nishant Sivakumar	4.07
A Little Sniffer that Uses WSA Sockets (Windows Sockets) Updated: 5 Nov 2007 Demonstrates how to intercept network traffic (IP packets) by putting a socket in promiscuous mode WinXP, Vista, C++, Visual Studio, Dev, Advanced	Ciro Sisman Pereira	4.05
How to Register Dll files in Explorer for Windows ME, 2000, XP and .NET Updated: 4 May 2003 When we select a dll file in the explorer we can register/unregister it (Regsvr32) .NET 1.0, Win2K, WinXP, C++, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Eauthanizor	4.05
How To get the usbdisk's drive letter properly Updated: 28 Mar 2004 Using DeviceIoControl to get UsbDisk Drive letter(s) VC6, VC7, VC7.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	f22_storm	4.04
Extending Context Menus and Changing File Icons Updated: 27 Nov 2001 An article on Changing Default File Icons and Adding your commands in Context Menu Win2K, C++, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Sameers (theAngrycodeR)	4.04
Do Not Call GetLastError() ! Updated: 27 Mar 2001 Use CWin32Error instead !! It encapsulates WIN32 error message strings with the error numbers. Has a smart-copy mechanism for passing objects by value, useful in exception-handling. Is TRACE() compatible! VC6, NT4, Win2K, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Ajit Jadhav	4.04
Changing your monitor's refresh rate Updated: 3 Jun 2000 This article will show you how to change your monitor's refresh rate to a value not available from control panel. VC6, NT4, Win2K, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Dan Pilat	4.00
Load a CString from DLL within that DLL Updated: 8 Aug 2000 CString::LoadString(), resource will not load under certain conditions. VC6, NT4, Win2K, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Beginner	Jim Koornneef	4.00
Automated Cryptanalysis of Cryptograms Updated: 11 Jul 2001 An article, code, and a sample project showing how to use computers to help break cryptograms. VC6, Win2K, VS6, Dev, Beginner	Alex Griffing	4.00
Adding XP Visual Style Support to OWNERDRAW Controls Using HTHEME Wrapper Updated: 29 Jan 2002 A wrapper class to use the visual styles APIs available in Windows XP VC6, VC7, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Pål K Tønder	4.00
Handle Handling with CHandleX Updated: 18 Jun 2003 Handle handling - the other way VC6, VC7, VC7.1, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2003, Dev, Intermediate	TeeBee303	4.00
An Icon Explorer Updated: 22 Aug 2002 An Icon Explorer which looks like Windows Resource Explorer VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, Dev, Intermediate	YangTze	3.97
CPL++ v1.1 - Control Panel Applets Updated: 3 Mar 2000 A freeware MFC class framework for developing Control Panel Applets. VC6, NT4, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	PJ Naughter	3.95
A Simple Win32 Window Wrapper Class Updated: 11 Jul 2002 How to make a Win32 application object oriented, without using MFC. VC6, VC7, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, Dev, Intermediate	Jason Henderson	3.91
Windows Networking Overview - Part III Sharing Network Resources - Unedited Updated: 10 Aug 2006 Configuring file, printer and network resource sharing on Windows 2000/XP platforms. C++, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, Beginner	code-frog	3.89
Using Subversion on Windows XP: a personal experience Updated: 11 Feb 2006 An introduction to using the open source Subversion SCM on Windows XP. Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, C++, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	rlisle	3.88
User Interface Replacement for Explorer Updated: 16 Sep 2007 Replace Explorer User Interface with your own User Interface for Kiosks .NET 2.0, Win2K, WinXP, C++, C#, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	zam664	3.87
Transparent Windows Support in Win 2000 and Win ME Updated: 3 Aug 2002 If you want to make your window transparent but don't know how, here is the answer to your question VC6, VC7, Win2K, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Quaker	3.82
Drive away the guy who takes up your computer - Unedited Updated: 14 Apr 2006 A way to make others think something is wrong with your video card or monitor C++, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	song_nobrain	3.80
Enumerating Alternate Data Streams Updated: 3 Apr 2006 Enumerating Alternate Data Streams contained in NTFS files. VC8.0, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS2005, Dev, Intermediate	Siddharth Barman	3.76
W2K BUG: timeout of serial driver uses absolute time Updated: 28 Sep 2000 The serial driver uses an absolute date/time instead of a relative time for its timeout, causing problems in situations like daylight savings. VC6, Win2K, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Ben Kokx	3.75
Wizard2000 - Wizard 97 Property Sheets Updated: 9 Mar 2000 Implements an application whose main window is a Wizard 97 based property sheet. VC6, NT4, VS6, MFC, Dev, Beginner	Santosh Rao	3.73
How to avoid stubborn Windows applications from showing up Updated: 5 May 2005 How to avoid stubborn Windows applications from showing up. .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2002, VS.NET2003, C++, C#, Dev, COM, Intermediate	Matchpoint	3.73
Simple mapping of WndProc to your specific class' WndProc - Part 1 Updated: 6 Mar 2007 Map all WndProc messages to your class' message handlers. Simplest approach. Part 1. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2002, VS.NET2003, VS2005, TabletPC, VS6, Dev, Beginner	AdamMartin	3.71
Windows Networking Overview - Part IV Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) - Unedited Updated: 10 Aug 2006 A simple guide explaining how to set up Internet Connection Sharing on Windows 2000/XP systems. C++, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, Beginner	code-frog	3.68
How to enumerate Bluetooth devices using Windows Platform SDK and the Bluetooth API Updated: 31 Mar 2007 This article is about how to use the Bluetooth API. VC7, Win2K, WinXP, Vista, VS.NET2003, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Akin Ocal	3.67
How to set up Subversion with Apache in Windows (quick reference) Updated: 6 Oct 2006 Quick user guide to those who do not have time to learn how to set up Subversion with Apache. Win2K, WinXP, C++, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate, Apache	Kisilevich Slava	3.66