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Re: File properities on Win2k Michael S. Scherotter27-Feb-02 13:07 Michael S. Scherotter 27-Feb-02 13:07  Thank you. How can you enumerate the streams on a file? Michael S. Scherotter Lead Software Architect Tartus Development, Inc. XP Question fd975010-Dec-01 22:12 fd9750 10-Dec-01 22:12  Hi, I will soon install XP on one of our machines (probably mine). Has anyone been using Visual studio 6.0 on XP ? If so, did it work as before ? For the moment I do not think I will upgrade to a higher version. If version 6.0 works I will keep on using it for a while. Also, I am using a legacy compiler for the 8051 processor. It is essentially DOS based but I have integrated it with Visual studio 6 and it is working well. Anyone have any experience with running DOS programs under XP ? To clarify, the DOS applications are just plain vanilla: to activate you type a command line with some arguments and during + after running you get some simple text output. Just wondering if under XP you can still do that. Any help/comments much appreciated. regards, Filip Re: XP Question Michael P Butler10-Dec-01 22:36 Michael P Butler 10-Dec-01 22:36  I've been using Visual Studio 6 SP5 for about 55 days on XP now. (I know the number of days because XP keeps reminding me I have x days left to activate) I've not had any major problems. There have been a few unexpected crashes but I had plenty of those on 2000 too. Michael Re: XP Question Matt Newman11-Dec-01 16:05 Matt Newman 11-Dec-01 16:05  I haven't really had any crashes but I can't seem to debug anything. -Matt Newman -Matt Newman WinExec(...)?? Rickard Andersson2010-Dec-01 11:58 Rickard Andersson20 10-Dec-01 11:58  When I try to run an application with WinExec it will not do what I want it to do!! WinExec(m_Path,SW_SHOW); m_Path is a varible of CString and contains the return value from FileDLg.GetPathName() (FileDialog is a CFileDialog). Isn't this the right way? The app does not run... HELP! SHOW ME HOW!? ------------------------------ ©0d3 ©®4©k3® - That's me! ------------------------------ More info, please Ravi Bhavnani10-Dec-01 12:29 Ravi Bhavnani 10-Dec-01 12:29  Try using CreateProcess() instead. Perhaps the file name has embedded blanks which are causing problems? It's hard to offer help without specific information. I'm not sure what you mean by "it will not do what I want it to do!!". /ravi "There is always one more bug..." ravib@ravib.com http://www.ravib.com Re: More info, please Rickard Andersson2010-Dec-01 21:20 Rickard Andersson20 10-Dec-01 21:20  Stupid me! This is what I want it to do: Run that application that 'm_Path' contains (full path to it) ------------------------------ ©0d3 ©®4©k3® - That's me! ------------------------------ Re: More info, please Ravi Bhavnani11-Dec-01 1:50 Ravi Bhavnani 11-Dec-01 1:50  Yes, I assumed that. But what status does the function return? /ravi "There is always one more bug..." http://www.ravib.com ravib@ravib.com Re: More info, please Rickard Andersson2011-Dec-01 3:44 Rickard Andersson20 11-Dec-01 3:44  Ok, now I get o as return value. But when I test the string that I get from the registry it does not contain any characters! :/ If I open the registry editor I can see the string with path but when I try to ge it it obviously wont return right value... hm... ------------------------------ ©0d3 ©®4©k3® - That's me! ------------------------------ Re: More info, please Rickard Andersson2011-Dec-01 4:03 Rickard Andersson20 11-Dec-01 4:03  Oh man! I feel so painful!! The error was that when I read from the registry. I read wrong folder! DAMN ME! ------------------------------ ©0d3 ©®4©k3® - That's me! ------------------------------ Re: WinExec(...)?? Michael P Butler10-Dec-01 22:38 Michael P Butler 10-Dec-01 22:38  Well WinExec is a superceded function but I've not had any issues with it. What is the return value from the function. This should give you a clue to why it is failing. Michael creating bootable floppy disk on W2K Stephane Routelous9-Dec-01 11:50 Stephane Routelous 9-Dec-01 11:50  Hello, I've got W2K ( only ) and I want to update the bios of my mainboard. In order to do that, I need to make a boot disk. I know that we cannot do that on W2K ( format a: /s ). So I take an old W98 boot disk, and tried the "format a: /s" but it doesn't work ( no idea why. I could do a "format c: /s" but not on a floppy disk). Any idea or help to make a bootable floppy disk on W2K ? Thanks in advance, Stephane "It is ridiculous to claim that video games influence children. For instance, if PacMan affected kids born in the eighties, we should by now have a bunch of teenagers who run around in darkened rooms eating pills while listening to monotonous electronic music." Re: creating bootable floppy disk on W2K Michael Dunn9-Dec-01 12:53 Michael Dunn 9-Dec-01 12:53  Go to bootdisk.com and download disk image. --Mike-- http://home.inreach.com/mdunn/ Help! Help! I'm being repressed!! your with and Sonork - 100.10414 AcidHelm Uniquely ID a machine? Peter Weyzen6-Dec-01 11:44 Peter Weyzen 6-Dec-01 11:44  This is a strange request -- but I clues on how to uniquely identify a machine. I need this for an online service -- one that needs to be able to control it's troubled users, and attempt to keep them off the system. We'd like something that would survive a hard disk reformat. We have used methods which mark their machine. Marking their registry was quick and easy, but eventually found by the users. We've found that marking they system with a file is somewhat more effective, especially with a well named file. Is there any other way to mark the machine -- could we create a bad sector on the hard drive? Though how would we find it? Is there room in the CMOS for some additional stuff? Any suggestions? Anything we'd do would have to evade the virus software. But, what we'd really like to do, is find a way to identify someone's machine without placing a mark on it. We'd like to be able to piece together a signature based on multiple items, forming a unique id for that machine. * MAC Address: not effective -- dialup users don't have em * BIOS Checksum: may be a good piece of info * Fixed Disc Serial #: may be a good piece of info * ???? Thanks -p Re: Uniquely ID a machine? Nemanja Trifunovic6-Dec-01 12:11 Nemanja Trifunovic 6-Dec-01 12:11  You can use GetVolumeInformation() to find disc serial #. That's the best I can think of. I vote pro drink Re: Uniquely ID a machine? Michael Dunn6-Dec-01 13:38 Michael Dunn 6-Dec-01 13:38  Peter Weyzen wrote: could we create a bad sector on the hard drive? That would work, as long as you don't mind getting sued by your users for willful destruction of their property. --Mike-- http://home.inreach.com/mdunn/ Help! Help! I'm being repressed!! your with and Sonork - 100.10414 AcidHelm Re: Uniquely ID a machine? Peter Weyzen29-Jan-02 7:17 Peter Weyzen 29-Jan-02 7:17  well, thanks for the legal advice... seems like no one has any information on this topic... Re: Uniquely ID a machine? Rick York29-Jan-02 11:10 Rick York 29-Jan-02 11:10  That's a very tough one. All of the options mentioned require binary executables to run which probably rules out cross-platform compatability (PCs and Macs.) Personally, I have my security level set very high and I do not allow ANY Active-X crap or scripts to run without permission which I nearly always deny. Is user login not an option ? Re: Uniquely ID a machine? Peter Weyzen29-Jan-02 11:27 Peter Weyzen 29-Jan-02 11:27  well, to add some more information here. In order to access our system, one must install our client software. So "permissions" on a client machine would not be a problem. just doing a login is not sufficient. We would like to bar "problem users" from getting on to our system. Some of them will purchase a new membership after we shutdown a problem account. If we could identify their machine uniquely, we could stop them from accessing our system. We could not stop them from using another machine, but blocking a single machine is an effective deterrant. We've used various "cookie" type mechanisms -- placing markers on their machine either in the file system or in the registry. All of these tactics are detectable, and may be circumvented (and have been). We're just trying to prevent a very small number of extremely annoying people from using our system. There are a lot of "obvious" ID's that people suggest, but don't really do much: - IP - doesn't work, cannot control dynamic IP users - MAC address - dialup users don't have a unique one With the new XP, Microsoft has started to employ the same mechanisms we seek... But they don't share stuff like that. Thanks CD Icon problems... Romeozulu5-Dec-01 10:08 Romeozulu 5-Dec-01 10:08  I've got this strange problem where the icon for my CD does not come up correctly on some machines. I've pressed CD with an autorun.inf file that has the correct information for the icon. Most of the time, the correct icon is display by Windows when the CD is inserted. But on some machines, it displays an icon from some other CD. I figured this was a problem with pressing one-off CD's, but we just got the final CD's back from the replicator and they do it as well. I'm assuming this is some caching problem, but why is it doing it? I don't see this happening on any other commerical CD I have. Is it because these are dev machines? I've tried rebuilding the icons using tweekUI and that fixes the probem for a while, then it's back. Anyone else seen this? RZ Reset APIs in Win CE Laksh4-Dec-01 21:10 Laksh 4-Dec-01 21:10  hello,I am new to the Win CE environment so need this information urgently regarding whether there are any APIs in Win CE that would allow me to shutdown or reset my machine.. pls. help.... How to remove "attributes" from contextmenu? yanglei4-Dec-01 15:53 yanglei 4-Dec-01 15:53  I want remove the "attributes" item from the contextmenu of file,but I can not find even a way,please tell me how to change the registry to reach the aim.thank you very much! welcome to contract with me! Weird problem Jon Sagara4-Dec-01 14:04 Jon Sagara 4-Dec-01 14:04  I have a strange problem on Windows 2000 that I hope someone has seen before. Whenever I click on Add/Remove Programs from the Control Panel, the window appears briefly for about 0.5 seconds and then closes again. I tried rebooting. I'm logged in as the administrator of the local machine. Any ideas? Stumped, Jon Sagara "Ninety percent of baseball is mental, the other half is physical." -- Yogi Bera Re: Weird problem Michael Dunn4-Dec-01 15:24 Michael Dunn 4-Dec-01 15:24  Searching MSDN for "windows 2000 add remove programs" gave a hit on Add\Remove Programs Tool May Not Work After Installing Internet Explorer 5.5 on Windows 2000 (Q265829). --Mike-- http://home.inreach.com/mdunn/ While I can't be correct on all matters, I can make the reassuring claim that where I am inaccurate, I am at least definitively inaccurate. your with and Sonork - 100.10414 AcidHelm Re: Weird problem Jon Sagara4-Dec-01 15:44 Jon Sagara 4-Dec-01 15:44  Excellent. Thanks, Mike, I'll look into it. Jon Sagara "Ninety percent of baseball is mental, the other half is physical." -- Yogi Bera

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