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I ran a computer technician's tool inside one of my Win 7 virtual machines to see how it works. Soon after running the tool, Windows said it was "Not Genuine" and when I tried to validate, the website said that my product key is "blocked!"
Does anyone know if it's possible that this tool programmatically changed my product key to a blocked key without my knowledge or consent?
Are there Win32 API's for changing the product key?
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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Richard Andrew x64 wrote: Does anyone know if it's possible that this tool programmatically changed my
product key to a blocked key without my knowledge or consent?
Doubt it.
Richard Andrew x64 wrote: Are there Win32 API's for changing the product key?
How to update your Windows product key.[^]
Be excellent to each other. And... PARTY ON, DUDES!
Abraham Lincoln
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Richard Andrew x64 wrote: Does anyone know if it's possible that this tool programmatically changed my product key to a blocked key without my knowledge or consent?
Unfortunately... Yes.
Richard Andrew x64 wrote: Are there Win32 API's for changing the product key?
The application may have changed your product key by shell executing the slmgr.vbs volume licensing script.
Best Wishes,
-David Delaune
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Hi,
I have a virtual harddisk file created using a backup software., i was able to attach the file in disk-management [2008 R2] to view the files., When i right clicked the disk management Disk# section, it does not show me, detach option, it just showed me up the offline option. I made the disk offline and detached it from safely remove hardware option.
Now the problem is, i am not able to delete the vhd file, that i detached. On viewing the process explorer it says that the system process is using the file handle. I cannot reboot my server as it is very cruical. Any Suggestions on how this can be done !
Thanks,
Sajith
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I am being moved to the other side of the hall.
This is really a good thing; I think // I hope.
We have no active wires over there; i.e., no phone, no internet.
We want to try a wireless connection through the walls.
No clue what I'm doing; no clue if this is even going to work in the first place.
Is this forum, System Admin the place to ask these questions ?
At the moment, my first question is: What questions do I ask ?
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C-P-User-3 wrote: What questions do I ask ?
- Is there a WiFi router/repeater nearby?
- What is the access key?
With that information you just make sure that WiFi is enabled on your PC and wait for Windows to find the signal. Then follow the on-screen instructions.
Use the best guess
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I was creating problems in my mind which did not exist in real life !!!
Your advice is correct, except, in my case, this was the "fix"...
Turn on notebook computer.
It all worked.
Duh
I was worried that I was going to build small wooden ledges over the two respective office doors, arrange a repeater system, blah blah blah.
I am truly impressed that this worked so, well, duh, it just worked.
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C-P-User-3 wrote: I was creating problems in my mind which did not exist in real life !!!
I did wonder about that.
Use the best guess
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how can use Dashboard in VB.Net ??????
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Not "NOW", I'm at work. Answering is done on a voluntary base, when WE have the time, and when WE feel like it.
FWIW; "dashboard" isn't a standard control in the .NET framework. If you want to know how to use it, ask the one who created it.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: Not "NOW", I'm at work.
You rude bastard. Help his my now!
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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See if this helps: Dashboard in Visual Basic[^]
It shares some tutorials:
Code Beach Create Digital Dashboards with the New .NET Dashboard Suite: http://blog.codebeach.com/2007/01/create-digital-dashboards-with-new-net.html
Download .Net Dashboard Suite: http://www.perpetuumsoft.com/Downloads.aspx?lang=en&pid=44
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I'm puzzled that I am no longer receiving your weekly newsletters. I have checked my settings, and should be getting articles on a number of chosen topics. I have also checked my spam filters to make sure that nothing from Code Project is being blocked.
Any thoughts?
Thanks
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you are best of posting this here Site Bugs Suggestions[^]
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Help end the violence EAT BACON
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Ok, I have a windows server 2008 r2 running sql server 2008 r2. 64 bit.
We are having a weird issue where all connections are dropped randomly and regularly. Sometimes it comes back within a few seconds, sometimes it takes 20 minutes.
This means that RDP disconnects, SQL reporting web page is unavailable, etc...But Great Plains connection(From a client computer) through an ODBC still works.
The weird part is, there are no errors in any logs that correlate to it time wise, and when the disconnect happens, you can ping the server all day long with no dropped packets. On top of that, while unable to connect via rdp or anything else, you can go to the console on the stinking thing and get out to the internet, network, anywhere you wish to go.
To make matters worse, I have one HyperV virtual machine running on that server. You CAN RDP to that VM while NOT being able to rdp to the main server that is the host. ie.. SQLSERVER is the main physical server, WEB1 is the VM. While not being able to connect to anything on SQLSERVER, I can RDP to WEB1.
Any clues as to where to even begin to look at this? Has anybody ran into anything similar to this before?
Treat stressful situations like a dog, if you can't eat it, play with it or screw it, then just piss on it and walk away.
Be careful which toes you step on today, they might be connected to the foot that kicks your butt tomorrow.
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Hi,
What type of router is the server behind? I have seen similar behavior on cheap Linux based routers where it was a ip_conntrack issue.
Best Wishes,
-David Delaune
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dell poweredge switches going to a watchguard XTM525 firewall that is less than 6 months old. The firewall handles all routing and dhcp.
The server is not on dhcp it is on a static.
There have been a couple strange firewall/dhcp issues lately as well, is it possible the routing is screwing up do you think?
Treat stressful situations like a dog, if you can't eat it, play with it or screw it, then just piss on it and walk away.
Be careful which toes you step on today, they might be connected to the foot that kicks your butt tomorrow.
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Two things to try.
1. Assign a static IP locally, with a DHCP reservation w/ MAC binding if possible.
2. Check the TTL on your IP Address. I've known short DHCP lease times to cause a fit if the scope is well used.
Can you perform a PING -t at the server while it's having RDP issues? If the PING stays good, I'd look for a userprofile timeout, as it can be extremely slow on over-taxed SQL boxes. This can keep you from being able to RDP into it, while the data streams can usually access it with no issue.
Something worth reading, albeit it's invincible!
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it was assigned a static IP from day one of being setup. All of my servers are.
turns out, I think it was a DHCP issue. Somebody adjusted one of the ranges so that it overlapped the ip of that server...
On top of that, the reservation I had set(just in case) was removed as well. So another machine got that IP and caused no end of confusion...
I fixed the dhcp ranges and the issue seems to have went away. No, I did not kill the guy that did it, yet.
Treat stressful situations like a dog, if you can't eat it, play with it or screw it, then just piss on it and walk away.
Be careful which toes you step on today, they might be connected to the foot that kicks your butt tomorrow.
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Dears,
I have an application (desktop) in the computer which was created by a outsider vendor. I want to know what type of database they are using behind this application.. i have checked the files of the application in the c drive and all i found is access and excel files!
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AsmaFa wrote: found is access and excel files!
They both can be used to stack the data in. Most probably it might be Access that is being used as a database.
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but this is a real time application, every second there will be new data. is it logical to use access with as a real time database?
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That depends on type of application and amount of data you are dealing with. When you asked some outsider to make it for you, it must have been one of the points.
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Ok.. well thank you very much 
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Why not just ask the source of the application? I don't see why they wouldn't tell you.
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