I've written a small monitoring app in c# that notifies the user of specific events on the pc. The wish I would like to have is for the one and only control (Label) to be static on top of the task bar. Currently I've just got a timer running that places it as the top most window, I'd like to eliminate the timer and just have it pinned sort of to the taskbar (not in the notify area). Any direction you may provide would be helpful.

No you shouldn't include the SQL Server install as part of your install. Usually when SQL Server comes into play it is installed and configured as a seperate task. As mentioned before, a license would need to be purchased to use the product on the up and up. The sequence in which you install your application doesnt not matter, you will just need to know the specifics of the SQL Server and your application would then be able to connect. In the past I've just had a SQL Svr property page in which you define the svr name, logon parameters, database name and port. Schott

Encrypting the files individually would probably be less intrusive if you needed to update a single help file whereas there is no change to the application. You could embedd them but that would mean any change to the help file requires a new binary. From a support perspective, keep them seperate. Schott

My wife uses her laptop at 3 different locations, all which require a different smtp server. In earlier versions this information was store in the registry and very easy to change, however I can't find it there anymore and was hoping someone here has crossed this path before. I am new to the Outlook api so forgive me if this seems simple. She messes things up worse when she manually tries to do this at one site since some of the other settings, port, logon, etc also has to be changed there. If anyone knows where in the api I can hit to do this it would be great, thanks ahead of time Schott