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.NET - Active Directory			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
Querying Microsoft Active Directory Using Microsoft .NET Framework Library Updated: 13 Feb 2005   Describes several useful patterns of querying Microsoft Active Directory using standard .NET Framework methods. Some features discussed and some tips suggested. Contains a number of C# code examples with comments. .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, VS.NET2002, VS.NET2003, C#, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Alexander Turlov	4.65
eDirectory Authentication using LdapConnection and custom certificate validation Updated: 7 Jun 2007   This article explains how to authenticate a user over LDAPS using the LdapConnection class, performing custom certificate validation .NET 2.0, C# 2.0, ASP.NET, Windows, Visual Studio, GDI+, Dev, WebForms, Intermediate	majsty	4.65
Querying Active Directory using .NET classes and LDAP queries Updated: 30 May 2003   A tutorial describing how to query Windows Active Directory to retrieve different objects using classes defined under .NET DirectoryServices namespace and LDAP queries .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, Win2K, VS.NET2002, VS.NET2003, C#, Dev, Intermediate	Sriram Chitturi	4.58
A Dynamically Generated XML Data Editor Updated: 14 Oct 2003   Using an XML Schema Definition (XSD) document, this utility dynamically generates a data entry form to create and edit XML data. .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, VS.NET2003, C#, Windows, Dev, Advanced	Marc Clifton	4.57
Uninstall a Previously Installed Application when Upgrading an Application with Setups created in VS.NET- Part 1 Updated: 22 Oct 2005   Configure your upgrade setups to uninstall a previously installed application using VS.NET and Windows installer technologies. .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, VS.NET2002, VS.NET2003, Windows, Dev, QA, Intermediate	rwestgraham	4.54
Template-Based Code Generation with SmartCode Updated: 25 Dec 2006   SmartCode is a template based code generator.This tutorial describes the process of building a templates to SmartCode .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, VS.NET2003, VS2005, C++/CLI, C#, VB, ASP.NET, XML, SQL, Windows, SQL, DBA, Dev, ADO.NET, WinForms, WebForms, Intermediate	Danilo Mendez	4.48
Prolog for .NET Developers Updated: 8 Jan 2007   First contact with Prolog programming for .NET and Mono Developers Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Dan Buskirk	4.43
Active Directory Object Navigator Updated: 25 Apr 2005   An article describing how to connect to an Active Directory database. .NET 1.1, VS.NET2003, C#, VB, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	bernardoh	4.41
Enumerating Active Directory Objects using C# Updated: 29 Jul 2004   This article shows how to test an Active Directory connection and enumerate all objects based upon some filters. VC7.1, .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, Win2003, VS.NET2002, C#, Dev, Intermediate	umair_hasan	4.40
OU Transporter Updated: 1 Nov 2006   A simple console utility to export the OU structure from one domain, and import it into another. It may also be used to specify an arbitrary OU structure to be created in any domain. C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Doug Wyrembek	4.33
Exchange Domain Mail SMTP Sink Updated: 1 Nov 2006   How to create a domain mail sink for Exchange Server. VS2005, C#, Windows, .NET, Dev, Intermediate	dB.	4.33
Working with Active Directory in VB.NET Updated: 3 Aug 2007   This article explains how to perform tasks within the Active Directory in a Windows 2000+ network. .NET 2.0, VS2005, VB 8.0, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Psycho-*Coder*-Extreme	4.33
Move Computers in Active Directory Using a SQL Server Datasource Updated: 3 Aug 2006   Move multiple computers from one OU to another using a SQL Server table as a datasource. .NET 2.0, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, SQL 2000, VS2005, C# 2.0, ASP.NET, SQL, DBA, Dev, ADO.NET, Intermediate	smoore4	4.20
Automatically Manage AD Groups Updated: 30 Jan 2008   Provides a way to create and manage AD groups. .NET 2.0, C# 2.0, C#, .NET, Dev, Intermediate	brianwhitetx	4.20
Wrapper API for using Microsoft Active Directory Services Updated: 5 May 2005   If you develop web applications with Microsoft® ASP.NET and have the need to secure your site from unauthorized access, you have surely investigated the various authentication and authorization techniques that ASP.NET 1.x enables. This article discusses how to use Microsoft Active Directory Services .NET 1.1, VS.NET2003, C#, VB, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Syed Adnan Ahmed	4.10
Authorize and authenticate users with AD Updated: 18 Nov 2004   How much time do you spend to ensure user permissions? Ease the job and let Windows and Active Directory do it for you. Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, C#, .NET, Visual Studio, Arch, Dev, Intermediate	Harkos	4.05
Authentication against Active Directory and Edirectory via LDAP Updated: 27 Jan 2004   An article on authenticating user against Active Directory and Edirectory .NET 1.1, Win2K, VS.NET2003, C#, Dev, Intermediate	Abdul (Rajib) Bahar	3.96
Simple Active Directory Browsing Updated: 2 Apr 2008   With this simple sample, you could query the Active Directory in just a few lines of code. C++, Windows, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Vider	3.93
Remotely updating local user passwords with DirectoryServices Updated: 2 Aug 2006   This article shows how to remotely change the password for a local user using DirectoryServices. Includes code to enumerate all computers in an Active Directory. .NET 2.0, VS2005, C# 2.0, Windows, Dev, WinForms, Intermediate	Josh Perry	3.75
How to get User Data from the Active Directory Updated: 20 Apr 2004   How to get User Data from the Active Directory using C# C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	rajasekhara sambangi	3.67
Effective Active Directory Queries Without System.Directory Services Updated: 10 Aug 2007   Searching Directory Services with Novell's LDAP library. .NET 2.0, VS2005, Mono, C# 2.0, Windows, Dev, Advanced	thund3rstruck	3.67
Scripting .NET applications with VBScript Updated: 11 Apr 2007   Allows the use of user supplied or other external VBScript in an application. .NET 2.0, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2002, VS.NET2003, VS2005, C#, VBScript, Dev, Intermediate	Don C. Smith	3.52
Simple Active Directory Browser Updated: 16 Dec 2003   A simple Active Directory Browser for beginners. .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2002, C#, Dev, Intermediate	stotti_no1	3.34
Dynamically browse Active Directory Objects Updated: 1 Feb 2004   A simple program, which you can use to browse containers of your Active Directory. .NET 1.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2003, C#, Dev, Intermediate	Sibster	3.16
Simple Active Directory Authentication Using LDAP and ASP.NET Updated: 29 Jun 2007   Quick and easy Active Directory authentication using LDAP and ASP.NET. .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, Win2K, Win2003, .NET 3.0, VB 7.x, ASP.NET, Visual Studio, Dev, WebForms, Intermediate	Jesse Fatherree	3.09
AccessActiveDirectory Updated: 17 Mar 2005   An article exhibiting the use of the "AccessActiveDirectory" utility on how to play with the members of the Active Directory for any specified domain. .NET 1.1, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2003, C#, VB, Dev, Intermediate	Vinod Giri T	3.06
System Programming - Clipboard			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
Clipboard backup in C# Updated: 20 Sep 2006   Backing up the clipboard using C# and Windows API calls to avoid C#'s limits on clipboard management. .NET 2.0, Win2K, WinXP, VS2005, C#, Dev, Intermediate	Alessio Deiana	4.21
Oem PNP Driver Path creator Updated: 14 Jan 2007   No more mistakes while updating the OemPnPDriversPath in the Setup answer file. .NET 2.0, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS2005, C#, Dev, Beginner	Stijn Cumps	4.20
Clipboard little helper Updated: 4 Nov 2007   Clipboard little helper - manage your clipboard the easiest way. VC8.0, WinXP, C#, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	yaca	3.71
System - Cryptography			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
How to Prepare a USB Drive for Safe Removal Updated: 7 Nov 2007   Shows the link between a drive letter, its disk number and the disk's device instance VC6, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, VS6, Dev, Intermediate	Uwe_Sieber	4.61
Data encryption with DPAPI Updated: 21 May 2002   A wrapper class for the Data Protection API VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2002, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Andreas Saurwein Franci Gonçalves	4.21
Cryptography using the Win32 Cryptography API Updated: 9 Aug 2003   An ATL COM Object Demonstrating How-to Use the Win32 Crypto API VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, ATL, Dev, Intermediate	Chad Slater	4.19
HookAPI source code Updated: 31 Jan 2005   A system wide api source code for windows api hook developpers VC6, VC7, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2002, VS6, Dev, Advanced	pudn.com	2.72
System - Device Drivers			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
Driver Development Part 1: Introduction to Drivers Updated: 5 Feb 2005   This article will go into the basics of creating a simple driver. Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, C++, C, Visual Studio, Dev, Beginner	Toby Opferman	4.89
Driver Development Part 5: Introduction to the Transport Device Interface Updated: 27 Apr 2005   Introduction to TDI Client drivers and more IRP handling. Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, C++, C, Visual Studio, Dev, ASM, Beginner	Toby Opferman	4.88
Building and deploying a basic WDF Kernel Mode Driver Updated: 20 Apr 2006   An article about developing a driver for the WDF Kernel Mode Driver Foundation. Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, C++, C, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Bruno van Dooren	4.86
Eliminating Explorer's delay when deleting an in-use file Updated: 28 Sep 2005   How to track down and patch an annoyance in Windows Explorer's code. VC7.1, WinXP, VS.NET2003, Dev, Advanced	Dan Farino	4.85
Driver Development Part 6: Introduction to Display Drivers Updated: 29 Jan 2006   Introduction to the Windows display driver model. Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, C++, C, Visual Studio, Dev, ASM, Intermediate	Toby Opferman	4.81
Driver Development Part 2: Introduction to Implementing IOCTLs Updated: 5 Mar 2005   This article will go deeper into the basics of creating a simple driver. WinXP, Win2003, C++, C, Visual Studio, Dev, Beginner	Toby Opferman	4.81
Driver Development Part 4: Introduction to device stacks Updated: 27 Mar 2005   This article will introduce how devices can interact with each other. Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, C++, C, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Toby Opferman	4.80
Developing a WDF USB Kernel Mode Driver for the OSR USB FX2 Updated: 30 Mar 2006   This article describes the process of developing a USB Kernel mode device driver using the WDF Kernel Mode Driver Foundation. WinXP, Win2003, C++, C, Win64, Visual Studio, Dev, Beginner	Bruno van Dooren	4.78
Driver Development Part 3: Introduction to driver contexts Updated: 19 Feb 2005   This article will go deeper into the basics of creating a simple driver. NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, C++, C, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Toby Opferman	4.73
Communication between GUI Application and Device Driver Updated: 26 Mar 2002   An article on Communication between GUI Application and Device Driver VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	lizhiwei	4.58
Kport Part 2: Direct Access I/O Ports under Win NT/2000/XP Updated: 2 May 2005   Now, with full code in VC++ 6 and more explication. VC6, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, Dev, Intermediate	Guerino Palacios	4.47
TDriver - Loading Device Drivers Updated: 18 Dec 2002   A wrapper class to easily load/unload device drivers VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, Dev, Intermediate	Jess O.	4.39
Drivers, Exceptions and C++ Updated: 14 Jan 2008   Using C++ objects with destructors and exceptions in drivers VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, C++, C++/CLI, C, Windows, Dev, Advanced	valdok	4.38
Exchange data between device drivers and user applications Updated: 6 Nov 2004   Describes how to exchange data between a device driver and a user mode application. VC6, VS6, C, Windows, Arch, Dev, Advanced	Tams Kroly	3.79
NDIS sample - 6.0 miniport driver for realtek 8168/8169/8111/8110 - Unedited Updated: 1 May 2008   NDIS 6.0 miniport driver for realtek 8168/8169/8111/8110 family of gigabit ethernet controllers Vista, C, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	alexander suresh	3.58
Domain authentication based on-the-fly encryption/decryption system for USB storage devices - Unedited Updated: 27 Feb 2008   Encrypts/Decrypts files on a USB within a domain,on the fly. WinXP, C, Windows, Dev, Design, Intermediate	Rajesh Nath	3.50
Get interrupt vector information in Windows Updated: 18 Jul 2007   An article about obtaining interrupt vector information in a Windows system C++, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Kwon Yong Hwi	2.91
System - Event Logging			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
Using MC.exe, message resources and the NT event log in your own projects Updated: 18 May 2003   A tutorial that shows how to integrate mc.exe in the build environment of Visual Studio and use it for event logging and string resources. VC6, VC7, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, Dev, Beginner	Daniel Lohmann	4.82
Event Logging in Windows 2000 Updated: 30 May 2002   Sample code for performing event logging that is accessible from Event Viewer VC6, Win2K, VS6, C++/CLI, .NET, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	niverson	4.81
Simple class to fire messages to Windows EventLog Updated: 27 Oct 2004   Shows a simple class to fire messages to the Windows EventLog. VC6, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	luetz	4.71
Event Logging, Part I: XEventLog - Basic NT Event Logging Updated: 22 Apr 2003   XEventLog shows how to integrate minimalist NT event logging into your application VC6, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, Dev, Intermediate	Hans Dietrich	4.60
IEventLogger - COM Interface for easy Event Logging Updated: 22 Mar 2004   Easy to use Interface for Event Logging based on CXEventLog class VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, Dev, Intermediate	_Reinhard	4.38
Easy Digital Camera Connection Updated: 1 Aug 2005   How to connect to any digital camera?! VC6, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	eyalzoref1	2.89
System - General			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
Inject your code to a Portable Executable file Updated: 27 Dec 2005   This article demonstrates five steps to inject your code in a portable executable (EXE, DLL, OCX,...) file without recompiling source code. VC8.0, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, Visual Studio, Dev, ASM, Advanced	Ashkbiz Danehkar	4.87
Hooking the native API and controlling process creation on a system-wide basis Updated: 18 Oct 2005   How to hook the native API and control process creation on a system-wide basis. VC6, C, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, Advanced	Anton Bassov	4.86
API hooking revealed Updated: 2 Dec 2002   The article demonstrates how to build a user mode Win32 API spying system VC6, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Ivo Ivanov	4.86
Using Window Messages to Implement Global System Hooks in C# Updated: 3 May 2007   Explains how to implement any type of global system hook in C# by using an unmanaged C++ DLL and Windows messages. VC7.1, .NET 1.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, VS.NET2003, C# 1.0, Dev, Beginner	ChrisP1118	4.85
Making WMI Queries In C++ Updated: 30 May 2005   An example-driven guide on how to write WMI consumers in C++. VC7.1, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2003, Dev, Beginner	Martin Friedrich	4.84
System Dialogs Updated: 21 Aug 2004   This article shows you a very simple way to show system dialogs like Internet Options, Add/Remove Programs, and etc. VC6, Win2K, VS6, C, Dev, Intermediate	A. Riazi, Shafiee	4.84
Entering the kernel without a driver and getting interrupt information from APIC Updated: 19 Aug 2005   Tips and tricks of Windows masters. VC6, VS6, Windows, Dev, Advanced	Anton Bassov	4.83
Task Manager Extension 2.0 Updated: 22 Jan 2007   Task Manager Extension. This is a Windows Task Manager (NT/2000/XP/2003) plug-in. It adds lots of useful features to the standard Task Manager. It can show process modules, memory map, used handles, open files, file properties and a lot of other info! VC6, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS6, MFC, Dev, QA, Advanced	Sergey Kolomenkin	4.82
A simple demo for WDM Driver development Updated: 25 Oct 2004   WDM Driver programming introduction with three Pseudo Drivers. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2003, VS6, Dev, Intermediate	mjtsai	4.79
Building your own operating system Updated: 11 Oct 2006   Writing your own operating system. C++, C, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, ASM, Intermediate	S Keller	4.79
A Cleanup API for Windows Updated: 24 Aug 2006   Provides a general cleanup API for Windows, ported into Win32 and COM dynamic-link libraries. Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, C++, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Marcel Lambert	4.79
Enumerating Message Table Contents Updated: 14 Jun 2006   An article on enumerating message table resources. VC6, NT4, Visual Studio, Dev, Beginner	Stefan Kuhr	4.76
Enumerate Threads For Windows NT 4.0 Updated: 8 Nov 2001   Enumerate threads for processes in Windows NT 4.0 VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, MFC, Dev, Advanced	Tim Chew	4.75
SoundAlert Updated: 16 May 2004   Create your own sound alerts to be accessed from the Control Panel, and played by your own program. VC6, WinXP, VS6, Dev, Intermediate	Soundman32.2	4.75
Howto: (Almost) Everything In Active Directory via C# Updated: 22 May 2008   A collection of the most common Active Directory Tasks in C# .NET 2.0, VS2005, C# 2.0, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	thund3rstruck	4.75
Hooking the kernel directly Updated: 4 Apr 2006   How to hook the kernel functions directly. C++, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, Advanced	Anton Bassov	4.72
CAMEL - CPU Identifier Class Updated: 14 Jan 2003   A class to detect ALL the features of the CPU / CPUs in the local system. Now at version 1.2 VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2002, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	voodoopriestess	4.71
CPUTest Updated: 18 Apr 2001   Simple class to calculate the frequency of the CPU in MHz VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, Dev, Intermediate	Pavlos Touboulidis	4.71
Enumerating Logon Sessions Updated: 21 Jun 2004   An article on enumerating logon sessions, specifically interactive logon sessions on NT based operating systems. VC6, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS6, Arch, Dev, Advanced	Stefan Kuhr	4.68
Kernel-mode API spying - an ultimate hack Updated: 21 Apr 2004   An article on kernel-mode API spying. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Anton Bassov	4.68
.NET - Diving into System Programming - Part 2 Updated: 9 Mar 2004   Device configuration using C# (Part 2) . How to enumerate devices. .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, C#, Visual Studio, Dev, Advanced	Vladimir Afanasyev	4.68
Get the Processor Speed in two simple ways Updated: 12 Jun 2004   Get the frequency of the processor either from the registry, or calculate it. VC6, NT4, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Thomas Latuske	4.67
Intercepting WinAPI calls Updated: 31 May 2006   An article about intercepting WinAPI calls. VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2002, VS6, Dev, Intermediate	Andriy Oriekhov	4.66
How to Write a Terminal Services Add-in in Pure C# Updated: 31 May 2008   A sample TS add-in written in C# (both server and client side) WinXP, Win2003, C# 2.0, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev, Advanced	Selvin	4.66
Harnessing the task scheduler Updated: 16 Feb 2006   Using the Task Scheduler interface in applications can be tricky, as it requires a detailed knowledge of the COM technology. This article presents a practical solution to this problem, based on simplifying communications with the interface. C++, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, COM, Intermediate	Software Developer's Journal	4.65
Windows 2003 Defrag interface IFsuDefrag Updated: 20 Jun 2003   Using the Windows 2003 Server COM Defragmentation Interface VC6, VC7, VC7.1, Win2003, VS.NET2003, Dev, Intermediate	TeeBee303	4.64
Quantifying The Accuracy Of Sleep Updated: 20 Mar 2003   An analysis of actual sleep time caused by Sleep(), particularly for multithreaded applications VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Mike O'Neill	4.63
Keyboard Events Simulation using keybd_event() function Updated: 4 Jun 2004   A short description of keybd_event() function for beginners. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Naren Neelamegam	4.62
Enumerating System Code Pages Updated: 4 Dec 2006   MFC and ATL wrapper classes for the EnumSystemCodePages API call VC6, VC8.0, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS2005, VS6, MFC, ATL, Dev, Intermediate	Rob Caldecott	4.62
Interrupt Hooking and retrieving device information on Windows NT/2000/XP Updated: 30 Jul 2003   This article shows you how to hook interrupts, and how to get device resource information from the registry VC6, VC7, VC7.1, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS6, Dev, Advanced	Alexander M.	4.61
XWinVer - Simple class to get Windows OS version Updated: 13 Jun 2007   Get Windows OS version and service pack info in numeric and string formats. VC6, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Hans Dietrich	4.60
WindowsNT System Manager Updated: 30 Nov 1999   This article presents a comprehensive system control manager for NT VC6, NT4, VS6, Dev, Advanced	Sardaukar	4.58
Timers tutorial Updated: 14 Oct 2001   A tutorial on different kinds of timers VC6, NT4, Win2K, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Beginner	Nemanja Trifunovic	4.57