Access is great for manipulating data from one format to another, outside of that I have not used it

I had the same issue, if you are connecting via wifi, you need to turn off metering. it will also stop your devices from installing. if that is not the cause, there are a bunch of suggestions on the windows 10 community forum on Microsoft.com(off the main page ad for 10)

If you are just reading values out of the app.config and doing zero business validation of them then I suspect you are going to wake up to a surprise someday. never, validation is needed for everything. but isn't it nice to know your data is an integer when you define it as such and don't need to convert from a string? Second have you ever created a ill-formed app.config? What happens to your application when you do that? many many times, more so in 2010. obviously the app will not work, or work properly. backups are a wonderful thing when you remember to use them You ever work with a custom part of a app.config? "Easy" is not the term I would use to apply to it. Actually that is how I started with them, honestly not all that bad, a pain yes. maybe I should also add my question is not fully explained, the powers that be, want to store all data in ini files related to any customization or settings by control, by form, by app, by user, by group instead of one app.config

Those are the ones I am referring to. Currently some do not work, and others require the first line to be blank. I was under the impression they are or were to be depreciated by MS with Windows 8 and removed entirely in 10, can anyone confirm? And for the record, I do not use them unless I am caught, my borrowed and updated routine is much better

what is wrong? nothing! but what is right? being forced to use kernel calls and the limitations of them, let alone some of those functions no longer work properly is even more of a pain. I am not talking about old code, I am referring to brand new projects the ability to have tightly typed data as an input parameter, allowing customizations to be saved by user is huge. all this by adding a setting. yes you could do the same thing by having layers of ini files, but why? the ability is there with settings and its all managed for us and its easy to work with. Ever try binding an ini to a property grid with 4 lines of code? you can with app.config

Is there anyone out there who is forced to use ini files or are most companies out of the 90's and allowed to use a config file?

that was you?

you're going to love this..... where i work, every password is the same, all remote access to our clients, all admin accounts everything, and its an easy password. despite objections, pleas to change it, begging for a certificate it all got turned down. why do you ask? the owner does not want to have to worry about remembering passwords. and it gets better, they share that info with the clients, so one client can log into another client if they know the ip (not hard to figure out) and there is one recent case of one client stealing anothers data, and they cannot figure out how

true, the problem isnt the language, the problem is the programmer.