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  • Explorer login / password reset

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  • Shell Extensions - Vista 64 Bit

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    Yes First reply is correct, you can not load 64-Bit process from 32-Bit process.because there are lot's difference in basic dlls(kernal32.dll user32.dll) of 32-bit and 64-bits One thing you can do is you can involke through ShellExecute API. You need to make 64-Bit binary through .Net version. Then you can inovlke this binary applicaton from 32-bit. I have done in one of our application, Thanks, Prakash. sonani prakash
  • Windows Mail Account Creation on Vista

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  • machin_check_exception in blue screen

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    Hi, The wiki-link below may help: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine\_Check\_Exception ... and by the way, is your machine an AMD one?! Then it is NOT abnormal! Leave your machine where it is, some time later - maybe - the problem will be solved! Mohammad M. Saffari - Iran
  • messenger service in vista

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  • Access denied on files in VISTA

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    Don't be surprised if there is no adequate solution. Officially only SQL Server/Express 2005 SP2 is supported under Vista, due Q1 2007. Kevin
  • Sql express on vista

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    This is probably expected behaviour since, currently, no version of SQL Server is supported on Vista. Officially you have to wait for SP2, due in Q1 2007. There is a CTP of SP2 available. Kevin
  • Which SDK to install for Native WiFi API in WinXP

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    I got it to work finally. After getting to the point where it would just hang forever, I killed the process, then restarted it and did a repair. Then it installed correctly. What a pain.
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    May? isn't it a bit late to be making these decisions? The tigress is here :-D
  • Problem with ObjectDataSource + GridView

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    It is not helpful to post so much irrelevant code. Just the portions with the error would have sufficed. The error is telling you that your business object does not have a method with the signature you are calling (the parameters for UpdateUserProfile don't match - the function declaration has 11 parameters, your call has only 10). This post does not belong in the VISTA forum. Perhaps you meant to post in the SQL / ADO /ADO.net forum - you didn't post this in multiple forums, did you? That would be considered rude...
  • RAPI & Vista?

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    Windows Mobile Device Center is used on Vista, the following URL has links to this. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/activesync/activesync42.mspx[^] Follow the links to download and install on Vista. Hope that helps. Ant. I'm hard, yet soft. I'm coloured, yet clear. I'm fruity and sweet. I'm jelly, what am I? Muse on it further, I shall return! - David Walliams (Little Britain)
  • About LCD MATRIX CONTROL OF MR WILSON

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    Are you 'really' sure you've posted to the correct board ? This is the Windows Vista board. Jonathan Wilkes Darka [Xanya.net]
  • Handling exit (X) button at the top right corner

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    You need to catch the (On_Close) event for the close button. Private Sub OnClosingForm() Dim Result As DialogResult Result = MessageBox.Show("Are you sure you with to exit Time-Keeper?" & vbCrLf & _ "Press OK to Exit & Close, Press No to mimimise to the system tray.", "Confirmation on action!", _ MessageBoxButtons.YesNo, MessageBoxIcon.Question) If Result = Windows.Forms.DialogResult.Yes Then Me.Close() Else Me.WindowState = FormWindowState.Minimized Me.Hide() End If End Sub Private Sub frmMain_FormClosing(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.FormClosingEventArgs) Handles Me.FormClosing Me.Dispose() End Sub This is a code and not a Vista question, if you have further question please post on a form dedicated to your chosen language (C# or VB.Net). Hope this helps. When people make you see red, be thankful your not colour blind.
  • Repairing IE7

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    I had a problem with a Vundo type virus that managed to get under the hood of my operating system such that it was invisible to my browser. The symptom was unstoppable (meaning my changing of settings had no effect because they were changed back) popups when a browser was inuse. I saw it by getting a command prompt during startup and navigating DOS-style to the Win32 directory. If you upgraded perhaps you had a problem, otherwise it sounds like you found a similar "Vista compatible" spy-bot. Also, some anti-virus programs actually prevent you from changing settings like your homepage so perhaps your antivirus is preventing you from repairing IE7. I hope my thoughts are useful.
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    As of Vista RC1, Microsoft has blocked applications that require elevation from the startup paths. More information on this issue can be found here[^] and here[^]. Check out the discussion in both links, as they provide workarounds to this issue. It sounds like you can rewrite your program as a service or have it invoked at startup from the Task Scheduler. Hope this helps! :)
  • Vista Firewall troubles...

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  • Subsystem for Unix-based Applications [modified]

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  • Office 2K7 install chokes on Vista

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    John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: aybe the same guys that did the VS2005 SP1 install did the Office 2007 Install... I believe that would be Heath Stewart, big time CPian who's now working at MS on MSIs. I know he did work on the SP1 install, but I don't know if he worked on the Office 2k7 installer. Tech, life, family, faith: Give me a visit. I'm currently blogging about: Guess who's having a birthday? (It's not Jesus) The apostle Paul, modernly speaking: Epistles of Paul Judah Himango
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    Add a UAC manifest to the EXE that marks it as needing admin rights to run. See this article[^] (search for "IsUserAdmin.exe.manifest") Or do a web search for "requireadministrator" and "requestedExecutionLevel" and you'll find lots of pages on how to use this new manifest. --Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ Ford, what's this fish doing in my ear?
  • Vista, Visual Studio 200x and SQL 200x

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