Which "Ribbon Library" are you using? If you use Telerik, you might find this here helpful: http://www.telerik.com/community/forums/silverlight/ribbonbar/isminimize-true.aspx[^]

Just use *.docx instead *.doc for the name of your document and that is it.

Microsoft has a history of catching up with others. As for azure, it is difficult to predict. Cloud itself is sitll questionable. TOMZ_KV

Finally I was able to figure this stuff out... Check this out: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms974598.aspx We will have to query for 'PasswordLastChanged' and if it fails with error code E_ADS_PROPERTY_NOTFOUND , then we have the password option set as 'User must change password at next logon'. Hope this helps someone in future. -Kushagra

I can recommend the Standard User Analyzer tool included with the Application Compatibility Toolkit[^]. It is a kind of a debugger, that monitors all the calls the application does and verifies it doesn't break standard user priviledges. Btw. there is a standard directory for storing application settings and logs. See also SHGetFolderPath(NULL, CSIDL_COMMON_APPDATA,...)[^]

Thanks for help :)

check out using the #import directive 'g'

Kushagra Tiwari wrote: Finally I got the clue .. using restricted user failed to open certain registry sections in read-write mode... Sometimes u even forget that u always have debugger to help you out. thanks for help. You're welcome. Always remember the debugger. No, really. :) “Follow your bliss.” – Joseph Campbell

Hi Kushagra, I think the UAC prompt will appear. Although executables signed by Microsoft on Windows 7 can use an autoElevate flag which *does* bypass this UAC prompt. The internal details about this seem to be undocumented. I do not know if it works with third-party trusted signers. Best Wishes, -David Delaune

Can I include some thing in my code to make the application run as Administrator every time when it starts ? Or could I make any other application which when invoked starts my executable to runas Administrator ???All this I have to do in VISTA and WINDOWS 2008 as UAC always comes into picture .. :( Kushagra

I thought u must have tried it before, thats why u mast have asked the question of verifying. Anyways , thanks for the help. :) Kushagra

Oh is it :) If it helped it please mark the answer as good so that we can close the thread :) Kushagra

Finally figured it how it has to be done : Posting my anwer here : #include <windows.h> #include <stdio.h> // The following constant may be defined by including NtStatus.h. #define STATUS_SUCCESS ((NTSTATUS)0x00000000L) // The LSA authentication functions are available in Unicode only. #define UNICODE int _cdecl main() { PLUID sessions; ULONG count; NTSTATUS retval; int i; retval = LsaEnumerateLogonSessions(&count, &sessions); if (retval != STATUS_SUCCESS) { wprintf (L"LsaEnumerate failed %lu\n", LsaNtStatusToWinError(retval)); return 1; } wprintf (L"Enumerate sessions received %lu sessions.\n", count); // Process the array of session LUIDs... for (i =0;i < (int) count; i++) { GetSessionData (&sessions[i]); } // Free the array of session LUIDs allocated by the LSA. LsaFreeReturnBuffer(sessions); return 0; } it works ffine...SOme body please mark this answer and close the threda as I cant :) Kushagra

Even I couldn't find any way to do the same . Windows can be harsh to us some times :( . Still I am looking for some tweaks to achieve it . Will let you know if I found some . Regards, Kushagra

I know that but ... The purpose I wanted to know that is I wanted to either abort shutdown or delay the time so that I can run some cleanup scripts just before the system gets shutdown. Regrads, Kushagra

Kushagra Tiwari wrote: I have made an MFC application with invisible window and invisible in Applications tab of taskmanager .... I have made one instance of this executable to run in 'SYSTEM' account Does this mean that you have created a service? Kushagra Tiwari wrote: how to abort scheduled shutdown in Windows from an application running in system account Are you certain that you really want to do this even if it's possible? What do you mean by 'scheduled'? Personally I find it suspicious that you have created an application that runs "invisible" from user perspective that aims to block the system from being brought down. I would consider it to be a very anti-social application that I wouldn't want running on any of my machines. However, if an application calls ::ExitWindowsEx() with the EWK_FORCE parameter, WM_QUERYENDSESSION will not be sent - all processes will be terminated and possibly with data lost. How do you distinguish from a 'scheduled' shutdown and one triggered by a user in your message handler or callback? I guess the user won't be able to bring the system down either.... What if your application runs on a machine with UPS; the power is lost and the UPS service wants to bring the system down safely? Will you block it if possible? I guess my question really is "what are to trying to accomplish and why"? There may be a better solution. "It's supposed to be hard, otherwise anybody could do it!" - selfquote "High speed never compensates for wrong direction!" - unknown

I got "Access is denied" (using getlasterror())error while trying to call openprocesstoken as I already mentioned. But some how I want to spawn a process through system account while my base process is running under user account. Kushagra

Download and install the latest Windows SDK from Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5[^]. Then run the Windows SDK Configuration Tool from Start -> All Programs -> Microsoft Windows SDK v6.1 -> Visual Studio Registration to integrate it with Visual Stdio. «_Superman_» I love work. It gives me something to do between weekends. Microsoft MVP (Visual C++)

Thanks Sarath , You really are a life savior :) Cheers, Kushagra