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.NET - Active Directory

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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