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GeneralRe: Hian Buddy what are u saying,u can directly write to me your problem Pin
quzi11-Jul-04 23:15
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ThatsAlok11-Jul-04 23:25
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quzi12-Jul-04 1:23
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ThatsAlok12-Jul-04 3:12
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quzi12-Jul-04 18:33
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ThatsAlok11-Jul-04 23:26
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GeneralHain don't call my application virus Pin
ThatsAlok11-Jul-04 22:57
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Antti Keskinen12-Jul-04 4:28
Antti Keskinen12-Jul-04 4:28 
First, borrowing on my own response:

"I believe, however that it is not a virus. It's just a software that locks/disables features from your computer and you've used it incorrectly."

Next, if I have insulted you, then all I can say is that I am sorry. However, after reading your article, I became a bit suspicious, mostly because the article was poorly written, and there were many abbreviations used where normal english words were available. If this is your style in writing articles, or if your command of the English language is not so good, then it is okay, and I admit I made a pre-emptive judgement. However, what I wrote to the other user about your software and the article, they were completely valid points.

My instructions, which you have borrowed, apply just as well to every other software that an user might download or accidentally run. Most software here on Code Project is checked before it's placed available. However, articles that are placed in the Purgatory have not undergone as strict checking as those in the actual articles section. This leaves a security risk for malicious article writers. I am not saying that your article is malicious. But it resides in the Purgatory. Hence the suspicion.

Alok the programmer wrote:
Don't call my application virus,that's a insult for an emerging Programmer.

Your entire project depends heavily on an external DLL (NMPRegDll.dll). For this DLL, you have not provided any actual source code. Neither have you documented it very properly. Specifically, you have not documented any of the methods. What do they do ? How do they work ?
The article speaks about your system utility, but you have not given any background information. Why would you create this application ? How does the application work ? Through registry keys ? If not, then how ?

All these missing information pieces lead the reader to think that perhaps it would be unwise to run any sample executables or build the source code. In plain english, it just looks suspicious. It looks incomplete. It looks dangerous.

But it might not be. If the article was edited, you'd spend a few hours/days to writing it properly, using indents, topics, titles and proper code sections, then it would probably receive more attention, more feedback and more users.

I am neither insulting you or trying to push you down in any way. If your system utility is good and someone finds it useful, then that's a great thing. But for situations as the one discussed here, you should place warnings and detailed usage instructions plus possible catastrophe-case instructions to your articles, because accidental misuse (the greatest harm of software) of your program can seemfully cause serious damage to a computer system.

-Antti Keskinen

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David Crow12-Jul-04 6:04
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GeneralAbout customizing LoadKeyboardLayout - regarding Pin
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Generalproblm with float value Pin
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Generaldynamic common controls Pin
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GeneralNot really sure how to ask this! Pin
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QuestionHow does this happen? Pin
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