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• JIM.H. Major bug in Vista File Sharing (Peer-to-Peer)?

  Major bug in Vista File Sharing (Peer-to-Peer) Description: Microsoft Vista will lockup when more than one Vista workstation attempts to access the same file in a shared folder at the same time. Steps to reproduce: 1. Install a new copy of Vista (Does not matter what version) on two different computers. 2. Install a new copy of MS Office 2003 each computer. 3. Share the Public folder on one of the machines so that other computers can access it. (We will call this Machine A). 4. On Machine A, create a new MS Word document in the Public folder and leave it open. 5. On Machine B, browse to the network share on Machine A and try to open the same Word document. MS Word will freeze and will not come back until the file is close ...Show All

• OmegaMan Access Denied when Vista wakes up from Stand By

  I am having the following problem consistently: - running Windows Vista Ultimate (final version) on Dell new XPS-M1210 Laptop - Vista connects successfully to shared folders on a different computer running Windows XP SP2 - when Vista goes to stand by or hibernate which makes it loose it's wifi connection for a while, and after if wakes up from stand by, Vista cannot connect the the same shares on the Windows XP computers. I get the message ACCESS DENIED. I have to reboot Windows XP or manually terminate the session of Windows Vista in order for Vista to be able to connect again. Any idea what the problem is and if there is a fix to download to resolve this problem. alexmo@exmsft.com This forum is geared for so ...Show All

• hallscreations Silent elevation in IE7 protected mode

  I'm trying to make use of the capability for IE7 to silently elevate a broker process to medium integrity, as described here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/ie/default.aspx pull=/library/en-us/IETechCol/dnwebgen/ProtectedMode.asp#wpm_elebp Unfortunately, this information seems to be incomplete; it decribes the values that need to be filled in to the registry, but not the structure of that data (e.g., "A REG_SZ value for the executable name" but not where this REG_SZ lives). Is there more complete documentation for this, or better yet, a working example While I'm on this topic... I have been able to use the CoCreateInstanceAsAdmin() function described in various places with some success, but there are some times when I really want CoC ...Show All

• Phil Robert DragDrop from custom Toolbox class into Workflow designer

  I am trying to integrate Lab 10's workflow designer hosting into "the perfect host" demo shell application. The general idea of the application will be a forms designer that allows event logic in workflow instead of code for business users. Both code bases implement a toolbox differently. In my application when I try to drag - drop an activity from the toolbox implementation from "the perfect host" article, the drag - drop icon remains in the "not supported" mode (ghostbuster like icon) I have been comparing the differences between the toolbox implementations and decided to integrate the GetToolboxItem routine from lab 10 into the other application so that the DataObject passed to DoDragDrop is an Activ ...Show All

• Visions.net Tutorials on WF and WPF

  Good Morning Fellow Questers I’m looking for help on two things. 1. The location of tutorial or sample code that use WF and WPF together. 2. Insights, facts or guesses on why there is so little MS resources devoted to using WF and WPF together. Thanks and I’m looking forward to your response Make it a great day Mike Greenway You can getting running in VS also by doing the following: · Right click on the solution in the Solution Explorer and choose Set StartUp Projects. · Select Multiple startup projects. · Set the Action to Start for the service and client projects. · Make sure the projects are order service on top, client in the middle and workflow on t ...Show All

• Suhask Capturing from serial port (RS232) with DirectShow. Help!

  Hi! First of all, sorry if my english is not so good... I need to know if it is possible to capture a video stream with DirectShow from a webcam connected to the serial port of a computer. Maybe it’s important to say that the webcam is not directly connected to the RS232, the webcam is installed in to a microbot, and it sends the data stream via wireless (with radiofrecuency) to a capture card connected to the serial port of the PC... So windows hasn’t the drivers of the webcam. So, what i really need to know it’s if there’s a way to make DirectShow read from the serial port a video stream without previously knowing if there’s a peripheral connected, just reading the data flow and performing it as a video stream. Don’t know ...Show All

• DevanDanger .NET3 RC - New Sequential WF Error

  Ok, I've installed the 3.0 Runtime, 2005 Extensions RC2, and SDK. When I open VS2005 and choose New Workflow - Sequential WF. The IDE attempts to load a blank WF solution but I get the following error. Warning 1 The service System.Workflow.ComponentModel.Compiler.IWorkflowCompilerOptionsService already exists in the service container. Parameter name: serviceType 0 0 What gives Did I miss something in the installs Has anyone else experienced this problem with the 3.0 RC yet. After a bit of digging around I found that in my Assemby folder the System.Workflow.* dll's are all version 3.0.0.0 as well as the Microsoft.Workflow.VSDesigner dll. However, in the C:\Program Files\Reference Assemblies ...Show All

• KAllbritain Communication with external applications

  Hello, I've been trying the hands-on labs and now I'm developing a simple workflow myself, but I don't really know how to communicate between an external application and the local workflow. I know that lab05 deals with a similar topic but I've found that the communication was only between a LOCAL application and the workflow but not with an external application. Now I'm trying to follow the expense reporting application in lab01 (resources folder) and I try to see how it communicates with the workflow. I've seen it uses .NET Remoting to create an instance of the remote class, but I don't get to understand well what it does because the same project has together the remoteservices class and the localservices class. Please can someon ...Show All

• here Self-updating application

  I'm hoping someone here can give me ideas, or at least point me in the right direction. Our application (under XP) is capable of downloading and installing updates to itself. An XML manifest is stored on the server, which outlines all the updated files. However, since the format of this file might need to change over time, the application itself isn't qualified to read this file. Instead, it uses a DLL. The DLL is always up to date (i.e. able to read the file manifest) because the application first downloads the latest version of the DLL from the server. It then invokes code in the DLL, which processes the manifest, creates a list of files that need to actually be downloaded, and returns control to the application. Next, ...Show All

• venp Installing a SCR file

  I have questions about proper installation of a screen saver (SCR) file under Windows Vista. 1. When using an installer, is the proper method to copy the SCR file to the C:\Windows folder and set the registry key Or is better to do something like in #2 below... 2. If you right-click a SCR file, Vista has a popup menu which offers to "Install" the screensaver for you. 2a. Technically, how does this work exactly 2b. Is there a way to get this function to work via the API In other words, can one create a SCR file which when activated on the desktop, calls the self-install methods I'm looking into this and will get back with you. Thanks for the info. I think the ques ...Show All

• Wayne R Using sp_addlinkedserver to query Search.CollatorDSO.1

  Hello I'd like to query Vista's Index using a linked server in SQL 2005. In the absense of any documentation, I figured it might look like this... sp_addlinkedserver @server = 'myLinkedSvr', @provider = 'Search.CollatorDSO.1', @datasrc = 'SYSTEMINDEX', @srvproduct = '', @provstr='Application=Windows' go SELECT FileName FROM OPENQUERY("myLinkedSvr", 'SELECT Filename FROM SYSTEMINDEX') go but this returns Server: Msg 7399, Level 16, State 1, Line 1 The OLE DB provider "Search.CollatorDSO.1" for linked server "myLinkedSvr" reported an error. Command was not prepared. Server: Msg 7350, Level 16, State 1, Line 1 Cannot get the column information from OLE DB provider "Search.CollatorDSO.1" for l ...Show All

• son of dad *URGENT* APPCRASH --> Japanese-VISTA (Ultimate) OS + Japanese-Office2007 IME

  When I try to uninstall my CD it crashes when receiving the return value from the dll. This dll just checks whether mutex for that application exists or not. This happens only in Japanese-VISTA (Ultimate) OS + Japanese-Office2007 IME is installed. But when I uninstall Japanese-Office2007 IME my uninstallation was successful. I verified with Japanese XP OS also the above combination but it works fine. Please refer to the problem details below. Translated to English -------------------- Problem Event Name: APPCRASH Application Name: setup.exe_InstallShield Application Version: 12.0.0.49974 Application Timestamp: 4474907b Fault Module Name: StackHash_04ce Fault Module Version: 6.0.6000.16386 Fault Module Timestamp: 4549 ...Show All

• TonyP19389 invalid windows registration

  I just started getting a n error message saying my copy of windows is not genuine,and it is . I've had numerous crashes and after the last one had a second hard drive installed.My files have been transfered to the second hard drive ,but I have yet to get Norten Ghost to make a mirrior image of my primary hard drive. Everything has been going well for weeks,then for no reason I started to get this "not genuine copy "message. I downloaded Windows the last time from the Windows XP home edition that came with the computer. I just clicked "resolve this issue later" to get rid of the error message. How do I get rid of it permentantly This is not an appropriate forum. This thread is locked. Please use the ...Show All

• Jamie Kurtz Web service output only happens when instance idles

  Hi, I have a workflow using the default WebServiceOutputActivity and hosted using the ManualScheduler service. I expected the web service output to be sent when the workflow executes the output activity. However, the runtime continues to execute the workflow until it idles and only then sends the response to the caller. Is this expected behaviour If so, why not send the response and then continue to execute the remaining activities Is there any workaround to force the response to happen sooner Thanks -- Nuno Nuno, That is how the manual workflow scheduler works. There is a single thread being used by the scheduler and it returns control to your service when the workflow idles. You can cause an idle i ...Show All

• Pradeep Gupta oscilloscope over running video

  I am trying to display an oscilloscope (aka audio scope) over a running video. The directshow filter i am using to produce the audio scope is in: http://virtualvcr.sourceforge.net/html/virtualvcr/filters/scope.php. This filter creates its own window and produces the scope. What I want to do is, instead of creating its own window, it should display the audioscope over a running video. Please point me in the right direction. Usually the format from of the output pin is the same as the format from the input pin. When the format is different as in this case (from audio to video), what do you need to watch out for Is a transform filter appropriate for this task Should you create and allocate memory fo ...Show All