.NET - Active Directory			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
Rotating Passwords in Active Directory Updated: 9 Jan 2009 A tool to rotate Windows Active Directory passwords. C#, Windows (Win2K, Win2003), .NET (.NET 2.0), COM, Dev, SysAdmin	dB.	4.91
Using System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement Updated: 21 Jul 2009 In this article, we will be focusing on creating, editing, and deleting both user accounts or groups on the Active Directory or Machine SAM by using the System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement namespace that .NET Framework 3.5 includes. C# 3.0, C# 4.0Vista, .NET 3.5, Win2008, .NET 4.0, Win 7, Win32, VS2008, Dev, SysAdmin	Tamer Oz	4.90
ADSI Hunter Updated: 21 Aug 2008 Active Directory lookup utility. C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), Windows (WinXP, Vista), Dev	KChandos	4.83
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 C++/CLI, C#, VB, XML, SQL, Windows, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, ASP.NET, SQL Server, ADO.NET, WinForms, WebForms, VS.NET2003, VS2005, DBA, Dev	Danilo Mendez	4.71
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 C# 2.0, Windows, .NET 2.0, ASP.NET, Visual Studio, GDI+, WebForms, Dev	majsty	4.69
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. C#, Windows, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0VS.NET2003, Dev	Alexander Turlov	4.63
Mail Enable with Exchange 2007 using LDAP Updated: 9 Oct 2008 How to mail enable AD accounts using LDAP and Exchange 2007. C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), VB (VB 7.x, VB 8.0, VB 9.0), .NET (.NET 1.1)	LiQuick	4.60
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 C#.NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, Win2KVS.NET2003, Dev	Sriram Chitturi	4.59
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. C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1VS.NET2003, Dev	Marc Clifton	4.58
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. Windows, .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1VS.NET2003, Dev, QA	rwestgraham	4.57
Typed LDAP Queries Updated: 12 Nov 2008 Dynamically generating well formed LDAP queries using managed code. C# (C# 3.0), Windows, .NET, Dev	luis_botero	4.57
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. VB 8.0, Windows, .NET 2.0VS2005, Dev	Psycho-^Coder-Extreme	4.43
Prolog for .NET Developers Updated: 8 Jan 2007 First contact with Prolog programming for .NET and Mono Developers Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev	Dan Buskirk	4.43
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. C#, VC7.1.NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, Win2003, Dev	umair_hasan	4.42
Active Directory Object Navigator Updated: 25 Apr 2005 An article describing how to connect to an Active Directory database. C#, VB, Windows, .NET 1.1VS.NET2003, Dev	bernardoh	4.41
Exchange Domain Mail SMTP Sink Updated: 1 Nov 2006 How to create a domain mail sink for Exchange Server. C#, Windows, .NETVS2005, Dev	dB.	4.33
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	Doug Wyrembek	4.25
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. SQL, C# 2.0.NET 2.0, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, SQL 2000, VS2005, DBA, Dev	smoore4	4.20
Automatically Manage AD Groups Updated: 30 Jan 2008 Provides a way to create and manage AD groups. C# (C# 2.0), .NET (.NET 2.0), Dev	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 C#, VB, Windows, .NET 1.1VS.NET2003, Dev	Syed Adnan Ahmed	4.14
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. C#, .NET, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Visual Studio, Architect, Dev	Harkos	4.11
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	Vider	3.93
Authentication against Active Directory and Edirectory via LDAP Updated: 27 Jan 2004 An article on authenticating user against Active Directory and Edirectory C#.NET 1.1, Win2KVS.NET2003, Dev	Rajib Bahar	3.87
Effective Active Directory Queries Without System.Directory Services Updated: 10 Aug 2007 Searching Directory Services with Novell's LDAP library. C# 2.0, Windows, .NET 2.0, MonoVS2005, Dev	thund3rstruck	3.86
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. C# 2.0, Windows, .NET 2.0, WinForms, VS2005, Dev	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	rajasekhara sambangi	3.67
Scripting .NET applications with VBScript Updated: 11 Apr 2007 Allows the use of user supplied or other external VBScript in an application. C#, VBScript.NET 2.0, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003VS.NET2003, VS2005, Dev	Don C. Smith	3.52
Update Manager Name in Active Directory Using C# Updated: 10 Nov 2008 How to update manager name in Active Directory using C#. C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0), .NET (.NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0), Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, Dev	Tamer Yousry Tharwat	3.50
Simple Active Directory Browser Updated: 16 Dec 2003 A simple Active Directory Browser for beginners. C#.NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Dev	Sven So.	3.38
Dynamically browse Active Directory Objects Updated: 1 Feb 2004 A simple program, which you can use to browse containers of your Active Directory. C#.NET 1.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003VS.NET2003, Dev	Sibster	3.23
Simple Active Directory Authentication Using LDAP and ASP.NET Updated: 29 Jun 2007 Quick and easy Active Directory authentication using LDAP and ASP.NET. VB 7.x.NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, Win2K, Win2003, .NET 3.0, ASP.NET, Visual Studio, WebForms, Dev	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. C#, VB.NET 1.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003VS.NET2003, Dev	Vinod Giri T	3.06
LoginHours from DirectoryEntry as a boolean array Updated: 25 Jun 2008 How to convert the LoginHours byte array from DirectoryEntry into a boolean array. C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), .NET, Dev	Paw Jershauge	1.44
AD, SQL Server, GMail synchronizer tool Updated: 24 Apr 2009 Multi account synchronizer for GMail, AD, and SQL Server. C#WinXP, Win2003, Vista, .NET 3.5, Win2008SQL 2000, VS2005, VS2008, Dev, SysAdmin	michael.neubrander
Dynamic Organizational Unit Provisioning with ILM 2007/MIIS 2003 Updated: 5 May 2009 ILM 2007 (MIIS2003) Provisioning code design to dynamically generate OUs for LDAP-base management agents. C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0, .NET, Dev, SysAdmin	kdmitry
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. C#.NET 2.0, Win2K, WinXPVS2005, Dev	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. C#.NET 2.0, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003VS2005, Dev	Stijn Cumps	4.20
Clipboard little helper Updated: 4 Nov 2007 Clipboard little helper - manage your clipboard the easiest way. C#, VC8.0, .NET, WinXP, Visual Studio, Dev	yaca	3.98
Function to get the local system Administrator Name - Unedited Updated: 8 Apr 2009 A codeproject poster asked this question. He was already aware of the NetLocalGroupGetMembers function with which, was can the list of users in any groups in the system. How were he wasn't quite sure how to use it and there wasn't any sample code in the internet. So I wrote a sample and posted in co C#, Windows, .NET	Naveen
System - Cryptography			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
Data encryption with DPAPI Updated: 21 May 2002 A wrapper class for the Data Protection API VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	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 VC6Win2K, ATL, Dev	Chad Slater	4.19
HookAPI source code Updated: 31 Jan 2005 A system wide api source code for windows api hook developpers VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Dev	pudn.com	2.81
System - Device Drivers			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
Drivers, Exceptions and C++ Updated: 14 Jan 2008 Using C++ objects with destructors and exceptions in drivers C++ (VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0), C++/CLI, C, Windows, Dev	valdok	5.00
Fetching User Land Virtual Address of an API from Kernel Land Updated: 15 Dec 2008 How to get the virtual address of an API in a user land process from Ring0 ASM, VC9.0Win2K, WinXP, Dev	Murali Kartha	5.00
Driver Development Part 6: Introduction to Display Drivers Updated: 29 Jan 2006 Introduction to the Windows display driver model. C++, C, ASMWin2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, Visual Studio, Dev	Toby Opferman	4.93
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. C++, CWinXP, Win2003, Win64, Visual Studio, Dev	Bruno van Dooren	4.91
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. C++, CWinXP, Win2003, Visual Studio, Dev	Toby Opferman	4.91
Driver Development Part 5: Introduction to the Transport Device Interface Updated: 27 Apr 2005 Introduction to TDI Client drivers and more IRP handling. C++, C, ASMWin2K, WinXP, Win2003, Visual Studio, Dev	Toby Opferman	4.89
Driver Development Part 1: Introduction to Drivers Updated: 5 Feb 2005 This article will go into the basics of creating a simple driver. C++, CWin2K, WinXP, Win2003, Visual Studio, Dev	Toby Opferman	4.89
Simple WDM LoopBack Driver Updated: 11 Mar 2009 This article is for developers who are writing Windows kernel device drivers for the first time and want to experiment with a simple example with source code. C, VC6, VC7, VC7.1Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Win2008, Dev	potluri_suresh	4.89
A C++ class wrapper to load/unload device drivers Updated: 20 Dec 2008 A C++ class to register and start device drivers. C++ (VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0), Windows (WinXP), Win32, Dev	Antonio Perrone	4.88
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. VC7.1WinXPVS.NET2003, Dev	Dan Farino	4.88
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. C++, CWin2K, WinXP, Win2003, Visual Studio, Dev	Toby Opferman	4.85
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. C++, CWin2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, Visual Studio, Dev	Bruno van Dooren	4.83
Driver Development Part 4: Introduction to device stacks Updated: 27 Mar 2005 This article will introduce how devices can interact with each other. C++, CWin2K, WinXP, Win2003, Visual Studio, Dev	Toby Opferman	4.81
Communication between GUI Application and Device Driver Updated: 26 Mar 2002 An article on Communication between GUI Application and Device Driver VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	lizhiwei	4.57
Hook Interrupts and Call Kernel Routines in User Mode Updated: 20 May 2009 Inject user mode routine into kernel space and execute C++ (VC6), C, ASM, Windows (WinXP), Hardware, Dev	cyb70289	4.57
Driver Loader [DLoad] from Scratch Updated: 2 Nov 2009 A tool for loading device drivers C++, C, C#, Windows, .NET, Dev	csrss	4.55
Reading and Writing to Raw Disk Sectors Updated: 2 Aug 2008 Bypasses upper filter of class disk driver for reading and writing to disk CWin2K, WinXP, Win32, VS2005, Dev	dkg0414	4.54
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. VC6Win2K, WinXP, Dev	Guerino Palacios	4.50
Getting the list of drivers running on Windows OS and displaying it in a ListView using pure Win32 calls Updated: 20 Jul 2009 This article explains how to get the list of drivers running on Windows OS and display the same in a ListView using Win32 calls. VC6WinXP, Win32, Dev	Sharath C V	4.50
Access Physical Memory, Port and PCI Configuration Space Updated: 13 Apr 2009 Play with physical memory, port, PCI configuration space in user mode C++ (VC6), C, Windows (WinXP), Dev	cyb70289	4.44
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. C, Windows (WinXP), Dev, Design	Rajesh Nath	4.25
TDriver - Loading Device Drivers Updated: 18 Dec 2002 A wrapper class to easily load/unload device drivers VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, Dev	Jess O.	4.08
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. C, VC6, Windows, Architect, Dev	Tamas Karoly	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 C, Windows (Vista), Dev	alexander suresh	3.68
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	Kwon Yong Hwi	3.16
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, VC7Win2K, WinXP, Dev	Daniel Lohmann	4.90
Event Logging in Windows 2000 Updated: 30 May 2002 Sample code for performing event logging that is accessible from Event Viewer C++/CLI, VC6, .NET, Win2K, MFC, Dev	niverson	4.81
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 VC6Win2K, WinXP, Dev	Hans Dietrich	4.79
Simple class to fire messages to Windows EventLog Updated: 27 Oct 2004 Shows a simple class to fire messages to the Windows EventLog. VC6Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	luetz	4.71
IEventLogger - COM Interface for easy Event Logging Updated: 22 Mar 2004 Easy to use Interface for Event Logging based on CXEventLog class VC6Win2K, Dev	_Reinhard	4.38
System - General			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
Tray Me! Updated: 1 Aug 2008 A Beginner's Guide to Windows Hooks C++, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev	Malli_S	5.00
Automated Power Management Operations of Windows (S3/S4) in C# WPF Updated: 20 Aug 2009 Programming implementation of Power Management Operations of the Operating System (suspend/hibernate and resume completely) without human interaction. C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0Vista, .NET 3.5, Win 7, WPF, Dev	Najam ul Hassan	5.00
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. ASM, VC8.0Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, Visual Studio, Dev	Ashkbiz Danehkar	4.93
Hooking the kernel directly Updated: 4 Apr 2006 How to hook the kernel functions directly. C++, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev	Anton Bassov	4.89
A simple demo for WDM Driver development Updated: 25 Oct 2004 WDM Driver programming introduction with three Pseudo Drivers. VC6, VC7, VC7.1Win2K, WinXPVS.NET2003, Dev	mjtsai	4.88
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. C, VC6, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev	Anton Bassov	4.88
Cosmos - C# Open Source Managed Operating System Updated: 20 Sep 2008 Build your own OS in Visual Studio and C#. C#, .NET, Dev	Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu	4.87
API hooking revealed Updated: 2 Dec 2002 The article demonstrates how to build a user mode Win32 API spying system VC6Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	Ivo Ivanov	4.87
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, C# 1.0.NET 1.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VistaVS.NET2003, Dev	ChrisP1118	4.86
Restricting application execution in Windows Updated: 23 Apr 2009 How to lock up certain apps in Windows, or lock all up except the specified ones. C#, .NET, WinXP, Win32, Dev	Muammar©	4.86
Powerful x86/x64 Mini Hook-Engine Updated: 10 Apr 2008 A powerful x86/x64 Hook-Engine C++, ASM, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev	Daniel Pistelli	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, Windows, Dev	Anton Bassov	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. C, VC6Win2K, Dev	A. Riazi, Shafiee	4.84
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! VC6Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, MFC, Dev, QA	Sergey Kolomenkin	4.83
A HotkeyManager Class Updated: 5 Aug 2008 The HotkeyManager class makes it easy to set global hotkeys for applications. VB (VB 8.0), .NET (.NET 2.0), Visual Studio (VS2005), Dev	VBDT	4.82
A Cleanup API for Windows Updated: 24 Aug 2006 Provides a general cleanup API for Windows, ported into Win32 and COM dynamic-link libraries. C++Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Visual Studio, Dev	Marcel Lambert	4.81
Howto: (Almost) Everything In Active Directory via C# Updated: 22 May 2008 A collection of the most common Active Directory Tasks in C# C# 2.0, Windows, .NET 2.0VS2005, Dev	thund3rstruck	4.80
Making WMI Queries In C++ Updated: 30 May 2005 An example-driven guide on how to write WMI consumers in C++. VC7.1WinXP, Win2003VS.NET2003, Dev	Martin Friedrich	4.80
Building your own operating system Updated: 11 Oct 2006 Writing your own operating system. C++, C, ASM, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev	S Keller	4.78
Enumerating Message Table Contents Updated: 14 Jun 2006 An article on enumerating message table resources. VC6, Visual Studio, Dev	Stefan Kuhr	4.76
Enumerate Threads For Windows NT 4.0 Updated: 8 Nov 2001 Enumerate threads for processes in Windows NT 4.0 VC6Win2K, MFC, Dev	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. VC6WinXP, Dev	Soundman32.2	4.75
CPUTest Updated: 18 Apr 2001 Simple class to calculate the frequency of the CPU in MHz VC6Win2K, Dev	Pavlos Touboulidis	4.73
Winlogon using Mobile Disk Updated: 30 Nov 2007 This is a full set of applications that can be used to logon to Windows system using mobile disk. No password typing. VC6, VC8.0, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev	Maruf Maniruzzaman	4.73
Enumerate Installed Devices Using Setup API Updated: 16 Mar 2004 Enumerate installed devices on a local or remote computer. VC6Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Dev	A. Riazi	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, VC7Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	voodoopriestess	4.71
Enumerating Logon Sessions Updated: 21 Jun 2004 An article on enumerating logon sessions, specifically interactive logon sessions on NT based operating systems. VC6Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Architect, Dev	Stefan Kuhr	4.71
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	Anton Bassov	4.69
.NET - Diving into System Programming - Part 2 Updated: 9 Mar 2004 Device configuration using C# (Part 2) . How to enumerate devices. C#.NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, Dev	Vladimir Afanasyev	4.68
Quantifying The Accuracy Of Sleep Updated: 20 Mar 2003 An analysis of actual sleep time caused by Sleep(), particularly for multithreaded applications VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	Mike O'Neill	4.67
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, COM, Dev	Software Developer's Journal	4.67
Intercepting WinAPI calls Updated: 31 May 2006 An article about intercepting WinAPI calls. VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Dev	Andriy Oriekhov	4.67
ClearType over Remote Desktop in Windows XP Updated: 6 Nov 2007 A kernel patch that will enable ClearType over RDP in Windows XP SP2 VC8.0WinXP, Visual Studio, Dev	Dan Farino	4.66
Windows 2003 Defrag interface IFsuDefrag Updated: 20 Jun 2003 Using the Windows 2003 Server COM Defragmentation Interface VC6, VC7, VC7.1Win2003VS.NET2003, Dev	TeeBee303	4.64
Keyboard Events Simulation using keybd_event() function Updated: 4 Jun 2004 A short description of keybd_event() function for beginners. VC6, VC7, VC7.1Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev	Naren Neelamegam	4.64
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. VC6WinXP, MFC, Dev	Thomas Latuske	4.64
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, VC7.1Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Dev	Alexander ^M.	4.62
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. VC6Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, MFC, Dev	Hans Dietrich	4.62
Timers Tutorial Updated: 8 Apr 2009 A tutorial on different kinds of timers VC6Win2K, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev	Nemanja Trifunovic	4.61
Using hook and web service to make other programs do things they were not designed to do Updated: 20 Feb 2006 Projects demonstrating how to install and use a global hook and how to call a web service within the hook procedure C++, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev	Xiangyang Liu 刘向阳	4.60
Detect if your program is running inside a Virtual Machine Updated: 4 Apr 2005 An article showing how you can programmatically check if your code is running inside a virtual machine (such as VPC or VMWare). ASM, VC6, VC7.1, WindowsVS.NET2003, Dev	lallous	4.60
Write a UDF CDR Updated: 22 Jul 2003 How to write a CDR in UDF VC6, VC7Win2K, MFC, Dev	spotofleopard	4.59
Enumerating System Code Pages Updated: 4 Dec 2006 MFC and ATL wrapper classes for the EnumSystemCodePages API call VC6, VC8.0Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, MFC, ATL, VS2005, Dev	Rob Caldecott	4.59
Debugging and Building Operating Systems Updated: 29 Nov 2006 How to build and test your own Operating System. C++, C, ASM, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev	S Keller	4.59
WindowsNT System Manager Updated: 30 Nov 1999 This article presents a comprehensive system control manager for NT VC6, Dev	Sardaukar	4.58
Adding high score capability to MS Solitaire Updated: 25 Jul 2007 An application that manages MS Solitaire high scores by reading and writing Solitaire memory C++, Windows, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev	Asa Meltzer	4.57
API Hooking revealed part 3 and 4 - Thread Deadlock Detector Updated: 31 Mar 2005 The final article about API hooking, with a working example of a thread deadlock detector. C, eVC, VC6, VC7, Win Mobile, Mobile, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, ATL, WTL, Dev	xryl669	4.56
Taking Advantage of the Winlogon Notification Package Updated: 6 Jan 2001 Taking advantage of the Winlogon Notification Package VC6Win2K, Visual Studio, Dev	Tony Truong	4.55
Getting CPU Usage in a Multiprocessor Machine Updated: 30 May 2005 Getting CPU usage in a multiprocessor machine. VC6Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Dev, QA	BimalV	4.54
AMD64 (EM64T) architecture - Unedited Updated: 26 Feb 2009 The article briefly describes AMD64 architecture by AMD Company and its implementation EM64T by Intel Company. The architecture's peculiarities, advantages and disadvantages are described. C++, C, Win64, Hardware, Dev	Karpov Andrey	4.53
Process-wide API spying - an ultimate hack Updated: 10 Mar 2004 Process-wide API spying. VC6, VC7, VC7.1Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Visual Studio, Dev	Anton Bassov	4.52
Windows Version Numbers Updated: 11 Jul 2001 Values returned by GetVersionEx for Windows operating systems C++Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, Dev	Hans Dietrich	4.51
CFloppyDisk 2.0 Updated: 14 Feb 2002 A class for reading and writing floppy disk sectors directly [Win 95/98/ME/NT/2K/XP] C++Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, Dev	Nishant Sivakumar	4.51
CPdh v1.03 - NT Performance Info Updated: 3 Mar 2000 A collection of freeware MFC classes to encapsulate the NT Performance Counters. VC6, MFC, Dev	PJ Naughter	4.50
The Ultimate Process/Thread spy for Windows 9x. Updated: 27 Mar 2003 Process/thread creation/destruction detector for Windows 9x . VC6, Dev	Ramkrishna Pawar	4.50
Disk Usage Viewer Updated: 3 Oct 2006 A disk usage viewer with tree-view output. VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev	Matt Fichtenbaum	4.50
Sending windows messages from a remote machine Updated: 6 Sep 2003 A server utility that attaches itself to an existing process and processes client requests VC6Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Dev	Xiangyang Liu 刘向阳	4.49
An All-Purpose Keyboard Hooker Updated: 30 May 2004 An easy to use keyboard hooking DLL that is suitable for most applications. VC6, VC7, VC7.1Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Dev	=[ Abin ]=	4.49
How Big Is My Program Updated: 4 Apr 2001 A discussion on the working size of your executable, and why you shouldn't believe those numbers PView or task manager tell you. VC6, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev	Joseph M. Newcomer	4.48
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) C# 2.0, .NET, WinXP, Win2003, Visual Studio, Dev	Selvin	4.47
Starting a Process from KernelMode Updated: 25 Mar 2006 How to start a Win32 process from within a driver C, VC6WinXP, Dev	Stan Alex	4.45
How to get a list of installed applications Updated: 20 Apr 2004 Duplicate the list seen in the Add/Remove Programs Control Panel applet. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, MFC, ATL, WTL, VS.NET2003, Dev	Rob Caldecott	4.45
A tool to perform automatic shutdown, log off or restart action Updated: 18 Dec 2004 This is a simple tool to perform automatic shutdown, log off or restart your computer on specific time. This tool will run on system tray when minimized. VC6Win2K, Dev	Ramanan.T	4.44
A class for the automation of simple computer tasks using keybd_event and CreateProcess Updated: 17 Mar 2006 This class uses keybd_event and CreateProcess to create a script processor and executor. The script can be used for automation of daily tasks such as opening and checking mail accounts, automating the functionality of software etc. This will work with any app which can take input via keyboard. VC7WinXP, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev	Ankit Tandon	4.44
Global Windows Hooks Updated: 30 Jul 2009 A single component that contains various Windows hooks. XML, VB 8.0, Windows, .NET 2.0VS2005, Dev	VBDT	4.44
Enumerate Properties of an Installed Device Updated: 26 Apr 2004 Enumerate properties of an installed device using Setup API. VC6Win2K, Dev	A. Riazi	4.44
Writing to the Internet Explorer Cache Updated: 28 Apr 2006 An article on reading files from and writing files to Internet Explorer's cache. VC7, VC7.1Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev	Fred Ackers	4.44
Changing volume's serial number Updated: 4 Mar 2004 An article showing how to change drive's serial number VC6Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Dev	lallous	4.42
Developing WMI Hi-Perf Provider using C++ Updated: 16 Oct 2005 Developing a high-performance provider in WMI using C++. VC6WinXP, ATL, COM, Dev	Anthony Dass	4.40
Preventing a CD from Auto-Playing Updated: 28 Aug 2006 This article describes the approach used programmatically to prevent a CD from going into auto play mode; this may be useful to you if you are, for example, writing an application that logs directly to CD and you are trying to burn data periodically to a CD. VB, Windows, .NET 2.0VS2005, Dev	salysle	4.40
Virtual Desktop: A Simple Desktop Management Tool Updated: 25 Jul 2008 This article gives you an overview of Windows Station, Windows Desktop and how to work with them. It also has a sample application (Virtual Desktop) demonstrating multiple desktop management. C++, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev	Malli_S	4.39
.NET - Diving into System Programming - Part 1 Updated: 8 Mar 2004 Device configuration using C# (Part 1) C#.NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, Dev	Vladimir Afanasyev	4.39
Hooking a DirectX/COM Interface Updated: 8 May 2006 This article features a description on how to hook a DirectX/COM Interface. I used the DirectInput interface as an example of how to hook an interface function. C++, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev	Martin Mueller	4.37
Creating a website from the command line Updated: 3 Dec 2002 Some simple scripts to create websites, virtual directories, and to restart websites C++Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, Dev	Xiangyang Liu 刘向阳	4.36
Beginner's Tutorial - Using global hotkeys Updated: 28 Apr 2002 Explains how to register, use and unregister hotkeys VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, Dev	Nishant Sivakumar	4.34
POCSAG Encoder Updated: 23 Feb 2006 The article is about encoding a text message for pagers using POCSAG encoder. VC6, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev	A. Riazi	4.34
CExpire - A C++ class that implements time and run based restrictions Updated: 28 Feb 2002 Shareware authors can use this class to limit the number of runs or the number of days that a program will function VC6Win2K, Visual Studio, Dev	Nishant Sivakumar	4.34
Time is the Simplest Thing... Updated: 2 Jun 2000 Explains misconceptions about timing in Windows. VC6, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev	Joseph M. Newcomer	4.34
A newbie's elementary guide to spawning processes Updated: 2 Aug 2002 Gives an elementary introduction to the use of ShellExecute/ShellExecuteEx, CreateProcess, WaitForSingleObject. How to bring up the Find window, the Properties window. VC6, VC7, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev	Nishant Sivakumar	4.34
Switch to and create new desktops under Win2K, WinXP Updated: 31 Oct 2003 Description and sample program on how to switch to and create new desktops under Windows2K and WindowsXP systems. VC6Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	MikeTheDwarf	4.33
How to Capture LPT Port(s) to Intercept DOS Print Requests Updated: 20 Oct 2009 This article explains how you can capture any LPT port to intercept DOS print requests; sample code shows how to redirect data to a specified directory. C++ (VC7.1, VC8.0, VC9.0), Windows (Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista), Win32, MFC, Dev	Shams Dar	4.33
.NET - Diving into System Programming - Part 3 Updated: 10 Mar 2004 Device configuration using C# (Part 3). Device resources - IRQ, DMA, etc. C#.NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, Dev	Vladimir Afanasyev	4.31
Building up a Client-Server-Architecture between a 32-Bit-app and a 16-Bit-app using WM_COPYDATA instead of a thunk Updated: 13 Mar 2003 This article describes how to use the Windows Message WM_COPYDATA if one of the communicating apps is a 32-Bit-app, the other one a 16-bit app. It's really easy, but as far is I know, there has been no detailed description of this problem up till now. VC6Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev	thom_as	4.31
Device Property Sheet Dialog Updated: 12 Aug 2004 Showing property sheet dialog of a specific device. C, VC6Win2K, Dev	A. Riazi	4.29
A Template Wrapper for GlobalLock Updated: 7 Dec 2006 Safely manage handles (perfect for printer DEVMODE and DEVNAMES) C++, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev	Rob Caldecott	4.29
Programmatic Refresh of a File System Updated: 17 Apr 2005 How to force the file system to refresh. C++, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev	shaman74	4.28
DtWinVer v1.34 - OS Detection Utility Updated: 3 Mar 2000 A comprehensive OS detection utility. VC6, MFC, Dev	PJ Naughter	4.26
Reading the Internet Explorer Cache Updated: 26 Apr 2006 An article on using two different methods to return information stored in the IE cache. VC7, VC7.1Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, Dev	Fred Ackers	4.26
How to mute the system volume after system lock Updated: 13 Oct 2009 A utility to mute the system volume after a system lock and unmute after logging in. C#, Windows, .NET, Dev	Ron Levy	4.23
Controlling console applications Updated: 4 Feb 2002 Run console applications and controll/use their input/output streams VC6Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	Andreas Saurwein Franci Gonçalves	4.23
Serial ports. Enumeration and FIFO control Updated: 21 May 2003 Article explains how to enumerate serial ports and manage FIFO using Device Manager and Configuration Manager. VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev	Vladimir Afanasyev	4.19
How to get CPU usage by performance counters (without PDH) Updated: 10 Feb 2005 Get CPU usage by performance counters without using PDH.dll. VC6Win2K, WinXP, Dev	Dudi Avramov	4.19
Minimize any window to system tray using Windows Hook Updated: 29 Oct 2003 If there are some applications you have to run during your work, but need to minimize them to the Task Bar, make your Task Bar become "dirty". This utility will minimize them to the System Tray. VC6Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Dev	Chau Nguyen	4.17
Reading quota information on an NTFS volume Updated: 23 Jun 2005 A class wrapping most of the functionality of the IDiskQuotaControl interface. VC6Win2K, MFC, COM, Dev	DavidCrow	4.17
Windows Services Made Simple - Unedited Updated: 27 Jun 2007 Describes how to build a Windows Service using the Pegasus Library. C# 2.0.NET 2.0, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, WinForms, VS2005, Dev	Lexnn	4.17
API Hooking Revealed Part 2 - Useful tips Updated: 10 Mar 2005 Some useful tricks and tips before being able to detect a deadlock. VC6Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Dev	xryl669	4.16
HybridService: Easily Switch Between Console Application and Service Updated: 26 Jun 2007 This article shows you how to turn your console application into a hybrid application that allows you to run it as either a console application or a service via command line arguments C# 2.0, Windows, .NET 2.0, Visual Studio, Dev	Ross Peoples	4.15
Determining the version number of the Windows system libraries Updated: 17 Feb 2000 A simple way to determine the version of the Comctl32.dll, Shell32.dll and Shlwapi.dll system libraries C++, Visual Studio, Dev	Chris Maunder	4.14
Control LED lights on your Dell XPS Laptop Updated: 12 May 2008 Utilze Dell's XPS LightFX API to create your own LED effects. C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0), .NET (.NET 1.1, .NET 2.0), WinForms, Dev	Broken Bokken	4.14
Enumerate and Change Display Modes Updated: 29 Jun 2002 Get all possible display modes and change them using EnumDisplaySettings and ChangeDisplaySettings functions. VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, Dev	Jason Henderson	4.14
Accessing Process Information Using the Win32 API Updated: 8 Nov 2006 An article on accessing process information using the Win32 API. C#.NET 1.1, Win2K, WinXPVS.NET2003, Dev	Waheed Iqbal	4.13
GUI-Based RunAsEx Updated: 24 Oct 2006 An ultimate tool that lets you RunAs... (With support for non-Pwd, WTS, fake privilege, fake user groups, etc...) VC6Win2K, WinXP, Dev	Zhefu Zhang	4.12
The 64 bit OS Architecture Updated: 17 Apr 2007 Are you considering a move to 64-bit Windows? Read on... C++WinXP, Win2003, Visual Studio, Dev	Sachin R Sangoi	4.10
List Processes Which Are Created By Specific Users Updated: 15 Apr 2007 When you want to list processes created by a specific user instead of those by SYSTEM, LOCAL SERVICE etc., you can use my code! VC8.0Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VistaVS2005, Dev	Vincent, Wei	4.08
How to capture a Window as an Image and save it Updated: 15 Jun 2007 Take a snapshot of the main Window of any UI application C++, C# 2.0.NET 2.0, WinXPVS2005, Dev, Design	dmihailescu	4.07
Creating a Serial communication on Win32 Updated: 20 Oct 2002 The purpose of this article is to describe how to interface to serial port on Win32. VC6Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	konchat	4.06
System Information Updated: 19 Aug 2003 Obtaining Information from Computer Hardware/Software VC6Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	A. Riazi	4.06
Windows OS User Management - Unedited Updated: 30 Mar 2007 Shows how to manage Windows local user accounts C# 1.0, C# 2.0.NET 2.0, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003VS2005, Dev	Ritesh_Singh	4.06
Control Center for Windows 2K and more extended Updated: 26 Jan 2004 Control Center for Windows 2K and more VC7Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	conio	4.04
How to display Windows Explorer objects in one command-line Updated: 10 Mar 2006 This article shows how to display Windows desktop objects like Control Panel, Administration Tools, Scanners and Cameras etc., in one command-line, and provides a complete application for illustration. VC6Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, MFC, Dev	JOHN11	4.02
System Information Utility Updated: 17 Apr 2001 Utility to extract system information VC6, VC7Win2K, Dev	Naveen K Kohli	4.00
Using the APS Accelerometer in Lenovo Laptops Updated: 6 Jan 2009 Use the accelerometer in Lenovo laptops to determine the computer's attitude and temperature. C#, Windows, .NET, Dev	Sigfrid3141	4.00
How to Share Windows Folders Using C# - Unedited Updated: 2 May 2007 by using this Method you can Easly Share Folders using C# Programming. C# 2.0, VB 9.0.NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, .NET 3.0VS2005, Dev	Qasem Heyrani Nobari	3.97
Dual / Multiple Monitor Support in Win32 Updated: 29 Jul 2004 How to add dual / multiple monitor support to your Win32 programs. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, Visual Studio, Dev	Asim Goheer	3.91
Enumerating windows device - Unedited Updated: 16 Jun 2006 Enumerating the device using the SetupDi* API provided with WinXP VC6Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Dev	Chuan-Liang Teng	3.88
WindowsNT Event Log Viewer Updated: 30 Nov 1999 VC6, Dev	Sardaukar	3.87
Executing programs remotely in Windows NT/2000/XP Updated: 16 Jan 2003 Starting programs on different machines is easy using these utilities. VC6Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	Tim Kohler	3.86
Windows NT class for direct memory access Updated: 14 Oct 2002 A simple class which simplifies reading memory from any process. VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	generic_user_id	3.86
Advanced Task Manager in MFC Updated: 4 Dec 2005 This article demonstrates how to create a Task Manager in MFC which lists all the processes running in the system along with their process details and version information. VC6Win2K, MFC, Dev	Madhu Raykar	3.86
Virtual On-Screen Keyboard Example Updated: 15 Jan 2009 A simple MFC dialog-based framework that mimics the behavior of the MS On-Screen Keyboard. C++ (VC9.0), Windows (Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista), MFC, Dev	visubong	3.83
How to start the Microsoft System Information dialog Updated: 4 Oct 2002 This article describes how to start Microsoft System Information programatically from the application C#, VC6, VC7.NET 1.0, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	Armen Hakobyan	3.83
Remote program execution Updated: 22 Aug 2003 How to execute a program remotely in an easy way VC6, VC7, VC7.1Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Dev	Krzysztof Sobczak	3.81
Remote System Information Using CGI Updated: 26 Aug 2003 This is a handy utility to show system information of a remote computer by using common gateway interface known as CGI, a must have tool for administrators! VC6Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Dev	A. Riazi	3.80
Using WMI to enumerate local user accounts Updated: 5 May 2006 How to use WMI to enumerate local user accounts. Windows, Visual Studio, Dev	Le Thanh Cong	3.77
Non Overlapped Serial Port Communication using Win32 Updated: 24 Nov 2004 Demonstration of the use of Win32 function for serial port communication VC6, Dev	Eshwar	3.76
DynData v1.0 - Win95/98 Performance Counters Updated: 3 Mar 2000 A collection of freeware MFC classes to encapsulate the Windows 95/98 performance counters. VC6, MFC, Dev	PJ Naughter	3.75
Control MSN Messenger when the workstation is locked Updated: 24 Jul 2006 Identify when the workstation is locked/unlocked, and set the MSN Messenger status to offline/online, respectively. C#.NET 1.1, WinXP, Visual Studio, Dev	ayalgelles	3.75
Simple Active Directory Browser Dialog Updated: 25 Mar 2007 Folder/File-like Browser Dialog for Active Directory Objects C# 2.0, Windows, .NET 2.0VS2005, Dev	thund3rstruck	3.75
CFile64 - File System Wrapper Updated: 3 Mar 2000 A freeware MFC class to encapsulate the Win32 64 bit file system API. VC6, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev	PJ Naughter	3.71
Getting System Information Updated: 11 Jun 2001 This article lets you get system information via easy-to-use C++ classes. VC6Win2K, Visual Studio, STL, Dev	PaulWendt	3.69
Port Access Updated: 17 Aug 2004 A way to access parallel port in Windows XP VC6WinXP, Dev	asef	3.63
Detecting when drives are added or removed Updated: 4 Jul 2007 Dealing with the WM_DEVICECHANGE message to detect volumes being added or removed. VC6WinXP, MFC, Dev	Iain Clarke, Warrior Programmer	3.61
Changing FileDescriptor's Limit and TIME_WAIT Limit in Win-XP, VISTA and Server2003. - Unedited Updated: 6 Oct 2008 This article shows how to improve Server / System performance by changing the FILE DESCRIPTOR limit and TIME_WAIT in Windows 2003, XP and Vista. C++ (VC6, VC7, VC7.1), C, Windows (WinXP, Win2003, Vista), Win32, Architect, DBA, Dev, SysAdmin	Raghuwanshi.G.S	3.60
API Monitoring Unleashed Updated: 12 May 2003 Shows undocumented stuff to monitor 3rd party applications VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, Dev	Parag Paithankar	3.59
Getting Information from WMI in Visual C++ Updated: 23 Jun 2004 This is an Article just to describe how to use WMI with Visual C++ 6. I had to do this for one of my projects and I finally came up with this solution. I hope this will be beneficial to others as well. VC6, VC7.1Win2K, ATL, VS.NET2003, Dev	Aamir Butt	3.57
How to programatically disable/enable screen savers/power management Updated: 27 Aug 2002 The article explains how to programatically disable/enable screen savers/power management and includes a class that does this for you. VC6Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev	soundman32	3.53
ControlPanel Updated: 16 Nov 2002 The ControlPanel is a small application showing you how the Windows Control Panel application works VC6Win2K, Visual Studio, Dev	Farooque Khan	3.48
Kport Direct Access I/O Ports under Win NT/2000/XP - Unedited Updated: 6 Apr 2005 Two simple function for acces i/o ports skiping H.A.L VC7.1Win2K, WinXP, Win2003VS.NET2003, Dev	Guerino Palacios	3.47
Receiving Device Event Notification in Windows Service(Detecting Hardware Insertion and/or Removal in Service) - Unedited Updated: 27 Nov 2006 Receiving Device Event Notification in Windows Service VC6, VC7, WindowsVS.NET2003, Dev	svsundar (Vairavan)	3.45
Global hotkeys made easy Updated: 19 Oct 2003 A class to facilitates global hotkeys registration and handling VC6, VC7, VC7.1Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Dev	lallous	3.44
How to Create Your own Visual Studio Wizard - Unedited Updated: 22 Aug 2006 This article describes a process creating VS wizard. C# 2.0, Windows, .NET 2.0, WinForms, VS2005, Dev	A$TRAL Moristar	3.43
ShelExec v1.01 - Executing Shell Commands Updated: 3 Mar 2000 A freeware utility to call the ShellExecute API VC6, MFC, Dev	PJ Naughter	3.41
Intercept the insertion/removal of a CD/DVD Updated: 8 Apr 2005 How to intercept a new media in the drive, using WM_DEVICECHANGE message. C++, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev	shaman74	3.37
.NET Hookless Key-logger (Advanced Keystroke Mining) Updated: 22 May 2007 An intermediate key-logger in .NET without using hooks. C# 1.0, Windows, .NET 1.1VS.NET2003, Dev	DGDev	3.36
Register/Unregister .NET Asseblies into GAC using Shell Extentions - Unedited Updated: 25 May 2007 Registering .NET assemblies into GAC (a.k.a Global Assembly Cache) using Shell Extension context menus C# 2.0.NET 2.0, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003VS2005, Dev	Moim Hossain	3.33
Introducing Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) Updated: 8 Apr 2009 Application Virtualization provides a method to deploy and manage applications on client computers without needing to install the applications locally on each client computer. Windows (Win2003, Vista, Win2008), Architect, Dev	Altaf Al-Amin	3.32
Developers' Tips & Tricks Updated: 6 Dec 2004 Some useful tips and tricks for developers. VC6, Windows, MFC, Dev	Naren Neelamegam	3.31
Obtaining BIOS DATE through a file created by a 16 bit console process in a synchronous way. Updated: 24 Nov 2002 This is only one way to get Bios date. VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	Walther Pari	3.29
Rename Start Button Updated: 11 Feb 2008 An article describing how to rename the Start button programmatically. C# (C# 2.0), .NET (.NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5), WinXPVS2005, Dev	Giorgi Dalakishvili	3.26
Auto Clicker v1.0 - Unedited Updated: 9 Aug 2007 A program that clicks your mouse automatically C#, VC6, VC7, VC7.1, .NET, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, MFC, VS.NET2003, Dev	Gordon W. Ahn	3.25
A (working) implementation of API hooking (Part I) Updated: 25 Mar 2005 This article provides a very simple but efficient base code for hooking API functions in any application. VC6Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, TabletPC, Architect, Dev	xryl669	3.24
Map Network folder (UNC path) from Windows service - Unedited Updated: 7 Apr 2007 This article explains how to map the network folder path(UNC Path) from windows services. The UNC path may be in same machine or same network domain or different domain. C# 2.0, Windows, .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, .NET 3.0VS2005, Dev	Suresh Meenakshisundaram	3.21
Delete obsolete SMS clients - Unedited Updated: 13 Jan 2007 An easy way to delete all the obsolete SMS clients... Windows, Visual Studio, Dev	ESTAN	3.20
The ShutDown Alarm Updated: 13 Dec 2004 This application does shutdown, restart, logoff and power off on a given computer at a given time. It works on all OSs. Sorry for the last post... now this code has no missing file or exe. VC6Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, MFC, Architect, Dev	ThatsAlok	3.17
A Class for Getting NetCard Adapter Information Updated: 10 Sep 2002 This class can be used to get netcard adapter information such as MAC,IP,DHCP VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	YangTze	3.16
Programmatically detecting browser cache size for Firefox using C# Updated: 10 Jul 2008 Finding the Firefox browser cache size programmatically, using C#. C# 2.0, C# 3.0, Windows (Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista), .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5, WinForms, Dev	Neeraj Kr	3.13
A simple way to hack Windows File Protection (WFP): using SetSfcFileException undocumented function - Unedited Updated: 1 Sep 2007 How to delete/modify a system file which is protected by Windows without being detected by the OS protection… VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, MFC, VS.NET2003, VS2005, Dev	Abdellatif_El_Khlifi	3.11
Using the Network Registry Functions Updated: 11 Jan 2000 A small sample which uses Network Registry Access Functions to access a remote computer VC6, MFC, Dev	Santosh Rao	3.09
Extract Window Product Key - With an API ! - Unedited Updated: 21 Aug 2006 Get a window's product key! VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Visual Studio, Dev	handsomeme	3.07
Show progress using the NotifyIcon application tray icon Updated: 9 Mar 2007 Sample code to dynamically change the NotifyIcon application system tray Icon, to show the progress of a simulated process. C#, Windows, .NET, Dev	rmortega77	3.06
PerfeCt Set (pcset.exe) Updated: 23 Apr 2002 Create persistent SYSTEM environment variables VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, Dev	nums	3.00
Storing your Subversion Repositories in your IE Favorites List Updated: 23 Jan 2007 How to register the "svn" protocol and create Subversion links in your IE Favorites list. Windows, Dev, SysAdmin	Phillip H. Blanton	3.00
Abort system shutdown Updated: 5 Jun 2005 Stop the initiated system shutdown without downloading the platform SDK. VC6Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Dev	Dalibor Drzik	2.94
Menu Appender Updated: 31 Mar 2005 Registry access, to append customized menu to system's menu. C, VC6, VC7Win2K, Dev	*@run*	2.92
Easy Digital Camera Connection Updated: 1 Aug 2005 How to connect to any digital camera?! VC6Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	eyalzoref1	2.91
Real Time Module for Windows Vista, XP/2000 Updated: 25 Nov 2008 This article presents the Hadcon's real time module for Windows Vista, XP/2000 C++Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, Dev	khavkin@sandy.ru	2.88
Simple Device Manager Updated: 15 Jun 2006 This article demonstrates a simple enumeration device and a dynamic, driver load/unload facility. Windows, Visual Studio, Dev	Chuan-Liang Teng	2.86
Monitoring file activity on removable devices - Unedited Updated: 19 Oct 2008 It logs file creation, deletion and rename on removable devices in a file. C++, Windows (Win2K, WinXP, Vista), .NET (.NET 3.0, .NET 3.5), Win32, Visual Studio (VS2005), WinForms, Dev	Rehan Abdul Aziz, Naurin Rasheed Ramay	2.80
How to register DLL files from the Explorer Updated: 5 Aug 2002 When we select a dll file in the explorer we can register/unregister it (by Regsvr32) C++Win2K, Visual Studio, Dev	Dudi Avramov	2.79
Get the PIII processor serial number (psn) in Intel format Updated: 6 Mar 2004 How to get the PIII processor serial number (psn) in Intel format VC6, Windows, Dev	haitham hamed housin	2.73
Visual Studio Setups (Web Setup Part I) - Unedited Updated: 25 Sep 2006 A basic Article on using Visual Studio Setup (Web Setup) C++.NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003VS.NET2003, VS2005, Dev	_alank	2.71
About _ValidateEH3RN in SEH - Unedited Updated: 19 Aug 2007 This article supplies the source code of the _ValidateEH3RN function in Structured Exception Handling. VC7.1WinXPVS.NET2003, Dev	zhzhtst	2.60
Window API's - Unedited Updated: 17 Jan 2007 Capture Screen , Block Mouse and Keyboard , System info , Get Caption , Check running Internet Explorer , All Running Windows , Capture Keyboards Inputs Windows, Visual Studio, Dev	Muhammad Adeel Malik	2.51
Trap CtrlAltDel; Hide Application in Task List on Win2000/XP Updated: 27 Apr 2006 CTaskKeyMgr is designed to demonstrate how to trap CtrlAltDel, and how to hide an application in the Task List on Win2000/XP. VC6Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	JIANG, Sheng[MVP]	2.51
Simulate Alt+Control+delete Updated: 20 Jan 2003 How to Simulate Alt+Control+delete VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, Dev	Sukanta Kumar Dash	2.44
Kill Application Using Win32 APIs - Unedited Updated: 27 May 2007 It kills application. Programmer need to specify program EXE name, then this application will enumerate that application from current running process and retrieving ThreadID and Process Handle using this information application will terminate that application . C#, VC6, .NET, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, Dev	chaitanya shah	2.39
A new software protection method (Objantihack) - Unedited Updated: 29 Nov 2006 This article intruduce you a new software encryption method. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, MFC, VS.NET2003, VS2005, Dev	kookoo	2.39
How To Make Hooks on Serial Ports in C# Updated: 17 Sep 2009 An article on creating serial port hooks in C# C#WinXP, Win32, Dev	Crisanto T. Cafirma	2.33
Repositioning Windows on Multiple Monitor Systems - Unedited Updated: 7 Aug 2007 Multimonitor VC7.1, VC8.0Win2K, WinXP, Vista, MFC, VS.NET2003, VS2005, Dev	KarstenK	2.11
How to show a popup window for printer properties - Unedited Updated: 7 Jun 2006 This article introduces the method how to show a popup window for printer properties Windows, Visual Studio, Dev	greater@inbrein.com	1.89
Hack Windows Task Manager Updated: 3 Nov 2004 Delete all the Application and Processes names from being displayed in Windows Task Manager. VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	Sheik Abdullah	1.85
.NET and COM objects' events in Console Applications - Unedited Updated: 6 Sep 2007 How to receive events from a COM object using application message loop in a console application C# 1.0, C# 2.0, Windows, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, COM, Dev	Boaz V	1.80
Performance Evaluation of DISTANCE Routing Algorithm in MANET - Unedited Updated: 27 Dec 2005 Geographic Distance Routing (GEDIR) &Location Aided Routing (LAR) algorithms VC6, VC7.1, WindowsVS.NET2003, Dev	Nauhwar	1.77
Writing messages to EventLog - Unedited Updated: 24 Feb 2004 A Wrapper class to handle writing to EventLog VC6, VC7, VC7.1Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, MFC, VS.NET2003, Dev	serup	1.73
Curver Tracer in C on DOC platform ! - Unedited Updated: 3 Jun 2003 This Software is to show what C and DOS can offer wrt Windows. It's a classic software! C++, C, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev	BhaskarBora	1.64
User authentication using SSPI and AutoLogOn - Unedited Updated: 30 Mar 2005 An AutoLogOn program with User authentication check VC6Win2K, WinXP, Dev	dmihailescu	1.50
How to execute program time to time (reading and writing values in system registry) - Unedited Updated: 26 Jul 2007 this code will help you to read an exisiting value or to create a value in system registry and execute program time to time VB, C# 1.0, C# 2.0.NET 2.0, WinXP, .NET 3.0, ASP.NET, WebForms, VS.NET2003, VS2005, Dev	jinfrics	1.47
Code to refresh desktop programmatically Updated: 17 Feb 2005 C++ code to refresh desktop programmatically using only Win32 API. C++Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, Dev	habasoft	1.23
Memory Tracker Tool - Unedited Updated: 15 Nov 2004 Tracking memory resources VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, MFC, Architect, Dev, QA	Sreekanth Muralidharan	1.16
VersionInfo Parser - Unedited Updated: 26 Aug 2007 A simple parser for VERSIONINFO resources contained in a DLL or EXE. C# 2.0, Windows, .NET 2.0VS2005, Dev	Reto Ravasio	1.00
Vectored Exception Handling in Windows XP SP2 - Unedited Updated: 1 Sep 2007 This article updates Matt Pietrek's Vectored Exception Handling article in MSDN Magazine. C, VC7.1WinXPVS.NET2003, Dev	zhzhtst	1.00
Multiple monitor management Updated: 4 Jan 2008 How to manage multiple monitors. C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0.NET 1.1, Dev	nauchititi	1.00
Matrix linking - Unedited Updated: 22 May 2007 one more realization of dynamic binding C++, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev	Member 3374626
Set Primary Display (ChangeDisplaySettingsEx) Updated: 11 Aug 2009 Simplified code for setting the primary display on a multi-monitor PC. C#.NET 2.0, Dev	beyonder422
System - Hardware			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
Keyboard (hotkey) customization class Updated: 29 Jun 2007 Offers adjustable keyboard shortcuts for your menu commands with this drop-in class. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, ATL, WTL, VS.NET2003, VS2005, Dev	umeca74	4.86
Detecting USB Drive Removal in a C# Program Updated: 8 Nov 2007 An article on detecting insertion and removal of removable drives in C# C# 2.0, Windows, .NET 2.0VS2005, Dev	Jan Dolinay	4.83
Implement an Autoplay Handler Updated: 18 Sep 2006 Implementing an Autoplay handler in C#. C# 2.0.NET 2.0, WinXPVS2005, Dev	Tim Almdal	4.82
Using Raw Input from C# to handle multiple keyboards Updated: 19 Mar 2007 Windows XP supports multiple keyboards, but by default, the .Net Framework will treat them all as one. This article explains how to use the Windows API Raw Input methods to support multiple keyboards from a C# application. C# 2.0.NET 2.0, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, WinForms, VS2005, Dev	smesser, Emma Burrows	4.81
Open or Close a CD/DVD Drive Drawer Updated: 27 Mar 2007 Provides a sample project with code to open and/or close a CD or DVD drive drawer. VC8.0Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, MFC, VS2005, Dev	Thomas Serface	4.81
Controlling Floppy Drive Stepper Motor via Parallel Port Updated: 15 Mar 2007 Controlling a floppy drive stepper motor using computer's parallel port C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev	Ashish Derhgawen	4.74
Low-level Windows API hooks from C# to stop unwanted keystrokes Updated: 26 Mar 2007 Babies and other animals love nothing better than to have a whack at the keyboard, with all sorts of unpredictable results. This application demonstrates how to trap keystrokes before they can do any damage. C#, .NET, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Visual Studio, WinForms, Dev	Emma Burrows	4.70
How to Prepare a USB Drive for Safe Removal Updated: 22 Jan 2009 Shows the link between a drive letter, its disk number, and the disk's device instance. VC6Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, Dev	Uwe_Sieber	4.64
Background applications listening for keyboard activity Updated: 19 Jan 2005 Class for capturing keyboard events. C++, C#.NET 1.1, WinXPVS.NET2003, Dev	Dominique Bijnens	4.63
Build Your Own NAS Device - Unedited Updated: 14 Apr 2008 How to go about buildingyour own NAS device	John Simmons / outlaw programmer	4.56
How to retrieve DVD region information Updated: 1 Aug 2006 An article showing you how to programmatically retrieve DVD region information VC6Win2K, WinXP, Dev	lallous	4.56
Basic Keystroke Mining Updated: 12 May 2005 A simple key logging implementation using Visual C# .NET. C#, Windows, .NET 1.1VS.NET2003, Dev	Alexander Kent	4.55
Turn on/off monitor Updated: 25 Jul 2005 Sets the state of the display. VC6, Dev	Dalibor Drzik	4.46
Ethernet Colors Updated: 21 Apr 2002 Ethernet connections C++Win2K, Visual Studio, Architect, DBA, Dev, QA	Alex Marbus	4.43
Telling The Difference Between CD and DVD Drives Updated: 27 Mar 2007 Provides code to determine if a drive is a CD or DVD drive. VC8.0Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, MFC, VS2005, Dev	Thomas Serface	4.38
How To Get Hardware Information (CPU ID, MainBoard Info, Hard Disk Serial, System Information , ...) Updated: 19 Mar 2008 An article to demonstrate how to get system hardware information such as CPU ID, Hard Disk serial number and so on C# 2.0, .NET, Win2K, WinXP, Vista, Visual Studio, Dev	Alireza . Shirazi	4.35
UHF RFID Reader Program Updated: 15 Apr 2009 900 MHz RFID Reader Tag identification using an RFID Reader. C++, Windows, Win32, Dev	Youngho Kim	4.33
Parallel Port Pin Control Library (PaPiC) Updated: 16 Nov 2007 Controlling the twelve output pins and the five input pins of the LPT port. VC6Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Dev	gordius	4.28
RS232 using thread-safe calls to Windows Forms controls Updated: 23 Jan 2007 An article on RS232 using thread-safe calls to Windows Forms controls. C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev	j.v.d	4.25
Open or Close CD-ROM drive Updated: 28 Sep 2005 Eject or close specified CD-ROM or DVD-ROM in the system. VC6, Dev	Dalibor Drzik	3.85
Retrieving Hardware Information in C# Updated: 9 Jun 2004 Using WMI to extract harware information. C#, .NET, WinXP, Visual Studio, Dev	jiggafied8	3.70
Communication on a serial port in NET 2.0 Updated: 16 Jan 2007 A simple 'How To' to get you started with serial port communiction in ,NET 2.0 VB, Windows, .NET 2.0, Visual Studio, Dev	Sigurd Johansen	3.64
How to access the CD-ROM Updated: 19 Aug 2005 How to access the CD-ROM by calling Windows APIs. C#, Windows, .NET 1.1VS.NET2003, Dev	MinaFawzi	3.53
RS232 Modem Wrapper Updated: 30 Nov 2007 An article about creating a class which wraps the serial port and modem communication logic. C# 2.0, Windows, .NET 2.0VS2005, Dev	Agnius Vasiliauskas	3.44
Query hardware device status in C# Updated: 9 Oct 2008 How to query the status of a hardware device in .NET using C#. C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), Windows, .NET (.NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5), Visual Studio, Dev	szutyok	3.18
Turn off laptop monitor and lock the system - Unedited Updated: 25 Jul 2008 simple code to replace the win+L hotkey C++ (VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0), C, Windows (Win2K, WinXP, Vista), Win32, Visual Studio, Dev, Design, SysAdmin	Weiwei.Fang	2.33
Volume Controller Updated: 23 Dec 2007 This application can control the system volume using the mouse buttons. VC6WinXP, MFC, Dev	Kiran Raj Joseph	2.31
System - Hardware programming			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
Allow for easy control of Univelop CNC 4\5 Axis board in user mode Updated: 12 Jun 2009 A C++ class to control Univelop CNC 4\5 Axis controller board in usermode on Linux. C++, Linux, Hardware, Dev	Ludvik Jerabek	5.00
Interfacing an Arduino with LCDs Updated: 17 Jul 2009 Interfacing an Arduino with a character LCD and a graphic LCD C++, C, Dev	jeffb42	5.00
HIDAche - An Exercise in Hardware/Software Integration Updated: 21 Jan 2009 A simple USB hardware/software application to torment others C, C#, Windows, .NET 3.0, Hardware, Dev	K-Sid	4.96
Arduino-Based MIDI Expression Pedal Updated: 17 Jul 2009 Create a MIDI expression pedal with an Arduino circuit board C++, C, Dev	jeffb42	4.91
Detecting Hardware Insertion and/or Removal Updated: 19 Jun 2006 A user-mode application to detect hardware add/remove with WM_DEVICECHANGE and RegisterDeviceNotification() C++, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev	Sam NG	4.86
Introduction to the Arduino Hardware Platform Updated: 17 Jul 2009 Introduction to Arduino hardware platform C++ (VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0), C++/CLI, C, Dev	jeffb42	4.86
Serial library for C++ Updated: 12 Nov 2003 A high-performance, complete and compact serial library for C++ VC6, VC7.1, WindowsVS.NET2003, Dev	Ramon de Klein	4.81
Temperature Measurement as an Example of a 1-Wire Technology Application Updated: 2 Feb 2009 The article describes how to make a DS9097E adapter and read the temperature from a DS18B20 sensor by using the COneWire class. C++ (VC6), Windows (WinXP), Visual Studio, OpenGL, Dev	Jakub Piwowarczyk	4.76
Stepper Motor And 7 Segment Display Control With Parallel Port - Unedited Updated: 31 Dec 2008 Stepper Motor And 7 Segment Display Control With Parallel Port using Assembly Language ASM, Windows, Win32	Samet KILICTAS	4.70
CSerialPort v1.03 - Serial Port Wrapper Updated: 3 Mar 2000 A freeware MFC class for Win32 serial ports. VC6, MFC, Dev	PJ Naughter	4.65
Simple Scott Edwards Serial Backpack LCD Class and Example Updated: 9 Sep 2007 This is a relatively simple class and example to control a Scott Edwards serial LCD module with position counter and line wrapping. C# 2.0, Windows, .NET 2.0VS2005, Dev	Brett Trotter	4.60
Serial Communication in Windows Updated: 2 Aug 2002 This article gives you a jump start on doing serial communication in Windows NT VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, Dev	Ashish Dhar	4.52
Programming the PIC Microcontroller in C using PIC C Lite Updated: 16 Jan 2009 In this article, I will show you how to program a PIC16F84 using C. C, Dev	Maximus Byamukama	4.52
Add GPS support to your desktop Updated: 18 Feb 2003 Use serial ports to add GPS (Global Positioning System) support to your desktop computer by using NMEA0183 protocol VC6Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	A. Riazi	4.48
Control Physical World Through Computer (Step by Step) Updated: 2 Nov 2009 This is a step by step description of how to start physical world controlling through your code. This article explains both hardware and software for this operation. C#, Windows, Dev	A-Gamal	4.44
Add Radio support to your desktop Updated: 25 Jan 2003 Use WiNRADiO card to add radio support to your desktop computer VC6Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	A. Riazi	4.38
Arduino Platform - SIMON Game Implementation Updated: 27 Oct 2009 Using the Arduino platform for a SIMON game implementation. C++, C, Hardware, Dev	daveauld	4.33
CSerialCom - A Simple Class for Implementing Serial Communication in Win-9X/2000 Updated: 30 Sep 2002 CSerialCom - A simple class for implementing serial communication in Win-9X/2000. VC6Win2K, MFC, Dev	Shibu K V	4.31
EnumSerialPorts v1.02 - Enumerating Serial Ports Updated: 3 Mar 2000 A freeware MFC function to enumerate serial ports. VC6, MFC, Dev	PJ Naughter	4.30
Arduino with Visual Basic Updated: 22 Sep 2009 How to use Visual Basic with the Arduino 2009 board. C++, VB, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev	carl morey	4.29
Add GPIB Support to Your Desktop Updated: 12 Dec 2003 Add General Purpose Interface Bus (GPIB) capabilities to your desktop computer for measuring purposes. VC6Win2K, Dev	A. Riazi	4.20
Hardware Interface Programming in VC++ - Part I (Port Access) Updated: 9 Jun 2002 A simple port access tutorial for the hardware interface developer VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	Jaygiri	4.12
Another serial port enumerator Updated: 8 Sep 2005 A library for enumeration of serial ports that works on 9x, NT 4.0 and 2000, XP and CE platforms eVC, VC6, Win Mobile, Mobile, Win2K, WinXP, Dev	Joaquín M López Muñoz	4.07
Interact with FTDI chip - Unedited Updated: 23 Jul 2009 This article shows how to use FTDI API to interact with the devices, which have FTDI chip within. EEPROM programming is also discussed. C++ (VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0), C++/CLI, C, Windows, Win32, Dev	Apriorit Inc	4.06
Enumerating serial ports - W2K style. Updated: 20 Jul 2002 Enumerating the serial ports using the SetupDi* API provided with Win2K and later VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev	Zach Gorman	3.94
Simple Serial Communication Updated: 24 Jun 2003 A C++ class to allow simple serial communication in Win32 platforms C++/CLI, VC6, VC7, VC7.1, eVC 3.0, eVC 4.0, .NET, Mobile, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, MFC, Dev	Idael Cardoso	3.36
64-bit electronic key Updated: 20 Apr 2009 This article demonstrates the use of serial number DS1990 to obtain authorized access to the application. VC6, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev	Jakub Piwowarczyk	3.00
C++ / MFC / STL - Mouse Topics			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
Simple Snap-to-Grid cursor to your graphics application Updated: 26 Oct 2002 Simple Class to add Snap-to-Grid capability to a Windows drawing program. VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	Jim Hawkins	4.91
Mouse gestures recognition Updated: 22 Nov 2001 Feedforward multilayer neural network and mouse gesture recognition VC6Win2K, Dev	Konstantin Boukreev	4.83
The Poor Man's Mouse Gesture Updated: 15 Jun 2005 An easy to use class for adding basic mouse gesture recognition to your application. VC6, Windows, Dev	PJ Arends	4.68
Global Mouse and Keyboard Library Updated: 8 Aug 2008 Easy-to-use library with global mouse and keyboard hooks and simulators. C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), .NET (.NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5), Win32, Dev	CodeSummoner	4.68
Radial Context Menu Updated: 21 Jul 2005 Mouse gesture with a graphical user interface. VC6Win2K, MFC, Dev	Joerg Koenig	4.54
Getting messages from the IntelliMouse Updated: 15 Dec 1999 How to set up message handlers for a wheel mouse VC6, Visual Studio, Dev	Randy More	3.73
Painter Program Updated: 12 Feb 2003 A simple program that demonstrates how to use mouse messages and how to draw using MFC. VC6Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev	Aymen++	3.27
A 'mouse repeat' function Updated: 8 Apr 2000 A function that simulates the keyboard repeat behavior for mouse clicks VC6, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev	Pete Sackett	3.00
CInputEvent class Updated: 6 Mar 2003 Easier mouse event management for your owner drawn controls VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	RichardV	2.71
System - Registry			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
Registry Redirector in x64 / IA64 Updated: 11 Jul 2007 This article gives you a deeper view into the registry redirector on x64 / IA64 systems VC8.0WinXP, Win2003, Vista, Win64, VS2005, Dev	Jochen Kalmbach [MVP VC++]	4.82
RegistryMonitor - a .NET wrapper class for RegNotifyChangeKeyValue Updated: 16 Jan 2006 The Windows API provides a function RegNotifyChangeKeyValue, which is not covered by the Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey class. This solution imports that function and encapsulates it in a convenient manner. C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1VS.NET2003, Dev	Thomas Freudenberg	4.81
Registry Manipulation Using NT Native APIs Updated: 5 Sep 2006 An article on manipulating the registry using NT Native APIs. VC6, VC7.1, VC8.0WinXP, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev	Dan Madden	4.81
An AES Encrypting Registry Class Updated: 17 Nov 2006 This article presents yet another registry class which encrypts data using AES. VC6Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	Jeffrey Walton	4.79
A set of template classes for working with the registry Updated: 3 Jul 2002 Writing generic code with templates and the C++ standard library. VC6, VC7.NET 1.0, Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, STL, Dev	Daniel Andersson	4.78
Asynchronous Registry Notification Using Strongly-typed WMI Classes in .NET Updated: 14 Nov 2008 How to receive asynchronous events about Registry changes, using WMI. C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), .NET (.NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5), Visual Studio (VS2005, VS2008), Architect, Dev	Giorgi Dalakishvili	4.74
Registry Symbolic Links Updated: 21 Oct 2005 An article on creating and using registry symbolic links. VC6Win2K, WinXP, Dev	Stefan Kuhr	4.70
Another registry class Updated: 25 Apr 2003 A registry class with overloaded operators to use registry values like normal variables VC7Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev	SteveKing	4.63
Registry Class Updated: 17 Nov 1999 A simple registry class VC6, Visual Studio, Dev	Robert Pittenger	4.61
Registry API Wrapper Updated: 24 Feb 2000 The Win32 Registry API is far too complex for simple tasks, and all the error checking gets in the way of the real work... VC6, MFC, Dev	Len Holgate	4.60
CRegSettings - registry helper class Updated: 7 Oct 2002 Simple class to store application settings in registry VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0Win2K, WinXP, ATL, WTL, STL, Dev	Magomed Abdurakhmanov	4.58
Access Registry Settings Declaratively Updated: 12 Apr 2004 A set of macros and classes that allow declarative access to registry settings. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, MFC, ATL, WTL, Dev	Lonnie McCullough	4.55
Registry Wrapper Class (CRegistry) Updated: 2 Jan 2005 An article and helper class for the Windows Registry. VC6Win2K, WinXP, Dev	Stuart Konen	4.45
A Registry Class Updated: 6 Aug 2001 A class that makes it easy to work with the registry VC6Win2K, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev	Carlos Antollini	4.40
Copy an entire registry key with one simple function Updated: 31 Mar 2001 A simple API like function that will do this job for you. VC6Win2K, Visual Studio, Dev	Ziv Ayalon	4.28
Import/Export registry sections as XML Updated: 21 Jan 2003 Export registry sections as XML to simplify registry diffs VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	Stephane Rodriguez.	4.22
All (you wanted to know) about the Registry with C#, Part 1 of 2 Updated: 19 Aug 2003 How to get/set/create/delete registry keys of the system, user; setting up registry permissions etc. using C#. C#, .NET, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Visual Studio, Dev	Rakesh Rajan	4.22
Very secure method to save and restore registry Updated: 23 Aug 2004 This article gives a very secure method to save and restore registry keys. It provides a ready to use tool in both command-line and UI modes. VBScript, VC6Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, MFC, Dev	JOHN11	4.07
Stream like operations for the registry Updated: 24 Jan 2001 Use the operators >> and to extract/insert registry entries. VC6Win2K, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev	Martin Holzherr	4.06
A Registry Class Updated: 27 Mar 2001 This represents a handy set of classes I built to ease the pain of dealing with the Registry. VC6, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev	Joseph M. Newcomer	4.00
Simple registry class Enhancement Updated: 15 May 2002 A simple class which simplifies working with registry values and history items lists. VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	Alex Kucherenko	4.00
Simple Stack-Based Wrapper for Windows and XML Registries Updated: 9 Aug 2004 Left to my own devices, I tend to leak handles, leave keys open too long, close and re-open keys too often, and generally make a mess of the whole thing. And frankly, so do most of you (no insult intended). VC6, VC7, VC7.1Win2K, WinXP, STL, VS.NET2003, Dev	compiler	3.94
A(nother) C++ Registry Wrapper Updated: 21 Sep 2005 Single header wrapper for registry manipulation. VC7.1WinXP, Visual Studio, Dev	Keith A. Lewis	3.79
A Small Class Providing Typed Access To The Registry Updated: 28 May 2006 The described class allows to write/read values of various types to/from the Windows registry. C#, VB, Windows, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0VS.NET2003, VS2005, Dev	Andrey Dryazgov	3.78
A handy class to make use of Windows Registry Updated: 15 Aug 2004 Shows how simple accessing Windows Registry can be if you do not need bells and whistles. VC6Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, STL, Dev	__PPS__	3.71
Read, write and delete from registry with C# Updated: 17 Dec 2002 An useful simple class to read, write, delete values from registry with C#. C#.NET 1.0, Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, Dev	Francesco Natali	3.70
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