Call for votes: New german discussion group for VB.classic in de.*

Hi, Folks! Like other MS newsgroups the german VB.classic discussion group microsoft.public.de.vb has been closed some months ago. Due to the lack of an alternate german discussion group for VB.classic some of the participants have migrated to english discussion groups for VB.classic. This message mainly addresses these people as well as all other participants in the current group which over the years from time to time have participated in microsoft.public.de.vb. Some months ago a procedure (RfD = Request for discussion) has been started in de.admin.news.groups by some

Saving system restore points

I just reinstalled Vista. It took me hours! I now have it just the way I want it. I know that I can create a manual restore point. I also know that as the space for storing restore points fills up, the oldest restore points are deleted. Is it possible to back up the restore points to an external hard drive or burn them to disk so I can reinstall the restore points anytime that I want to? Is it possible to delete individual restore points? What I'd like to do is create a manual restore point & name it, say, "Just the way I want it!", delete the restore points previous to the manua

Stationery problem when printing incoming emails

I have several folk that insist on putting stationery on their emails to me. When I print them my ink well on my printer dries up. How can I stop from printing the stationery on incoming emails? EdsStuff

Is there some built-in MS anti-virus scanner, etc?

Is there some built-in MS anti-virus scanner, or something that gets automatically downloaded on certain occasions? I'm sorry if part of this question is vague. My ex-gf was annoyed at her computer and impatient with me and I got a discription in dribs and drabs, and incompletely. She seems to have a virus. When she started winXPSP3, she got a green shield and a message that she may have a virus, and it gave 4 or 5 suggestions of what to do. I don't know what the other suggestions were. She chose to run some anti-virus that it suggested, and hten changed her mind and called

Database State OFFLINE

All, I want to understand the OFFLINE database state better. Suppose, if I want to move a database to another drive after the executing "ALTER DATABASE A SET OFFLINE" and copying the files to another location, how would I set the database to ONLINE. "ALTER DATABASE A SET ONLINE" would not work since the system will not know where the data files are now located. rgn <<OFFLINE Database is unavailable. A database becomes offline by explicit user action and remains offline until additional user action is taken. For example, the database may be taken offline in order to

email

I've been using windows mail for a little over a year now, suddenly it's asking me for a user name and password and it has never done this before. How do I fix this, or how do I find my username and password?

Mystery Threads - How do you find out where they come from?

In this web app I’m working on there is this place that logs some information about Thread.CurrentThread. This logging is supposed to only happen on threads that the application spawns. The application assigns Thread.CurrentThread.Name a name and then later logs that name into a SQL Server table. But sometimes when we log the thread’s name it isn’t our assigned name. Instead it is “Thread-1” all the way up to “Thread-26”. By default Thread.CurrentThread.Name is null so we can’t figure out where these other threads are coming from. We can only reproduce this problem on a web se

New SBS2008 - cannot install program on WinXP 32 bit system from shared folder

SBS2008 (just loading clients on new system) Shared folder -> everyone full control WinXP SP3 32 bit First setup as standard user Trying to install Symantec endpoint protection 32 bit package Installer launches then I get -> "This version of Symantec Endpoint Protection requires elevated privileges in order to install. Please login as administrator" I changed to network administrator and re-ran with same result. Is there something else I must do to install a program from a server shared folder? THX I will work the kinks out on this first client before installing the

re:Restart remote computer

Try "%windir%\system32\shutdown.exe -r -t 00" (without the Quotes)i"ve never tried it on a remote> but it triggers an immediate reboot on my box...

Restart remote computer

Hello Group: Both Systems: Windows XP/SP3 I use Windows remote desktop from home to my office computer. Everything works fine unless I have to restart the office computer from home. Every command I've tried from the home computer just shuts the office computer down, and does not restart it. (The remote office computer does not have a CMOS or other startup password preventing its retarting.) Here's what I've tried: 1. Start|Run|Taskmgr--->Shutdown|Restart (CTRL-ALT-DEL) of course typed on the home keyboard only brings up the taskmgr for the home computer.) 2. ALT-CTRl-END

Deploy VB application

Hi All, I have created VB 6 application. Application has - .exe files - .dll files - Server dll Files. COM is setup in server with server dll files. For client .exe files and middle layer .dll files has to be copied and there should be connection between client and server. I have exported proxy from server and installed it in client PC. I have created setup and deployment project using VB tool. Files are copied as expected. But client is unable to create object of COM server class. That is failing when I execute line CreateObject("DLLName.Classname"). That means connect

Blank DVD disc not recognised by PC

I have started having problems with blank DVD discs not being recognised. The message I get is ' H:\ is not accessible - incorrect function I have tried Sony, Philps, HP and Memorex discs. In caser it was a hardware problem, I bought a new DVD rerwriter but still have same problem. Disc's with information on read OK. I am using XP Professional on my PC I tried these discs in my laptop and they read OK. Any suggestions would be appreciated

Cant use Import-Module in Powershell in SQL Server 2008 SQL Agent

Yo Geeks, SQL 2008 SP1 CU 5 Enterprise x64 Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter Wrote a basic Powershell script to get Membership of Certains Groups from AD using the ActiveDirectory Module new in 2008 r2/ Windows , and insert into a SQL table required for some old dodgy app. Tested outside of SQL Agent - all fine. Want to use as SQL Agent Job / Powershell step. Created a job and got message like "Import-Module is invalid command" Thought SQL might be running Powershell 1.0 , but $Host run from SQL Agent says 2.0 From same SQL Agent job do a "Get-Command" and myste

SQL Server Manager 2005 vs Server Manager EXPRESS

HI I have inherited a server that has SQL Server 2005 installed on MS Server2003 OS - Problem - MS SQL server manager studio EXPRESS is installed. Kindly assist ASAP - I need to have Manager Studio (not the Express) to mange the DB and backups - 1) What is the process to upgrade to the full SQL Server Manager ??, 2) and Where could I get my hands on the full SQL Server Manager?? uopgrade to Server 2008 is not an option. Thank you in advance -- !ngeniuos (99% Perspiration)

Reminder - Users Respond to the Eradication of Community

What is Happening? Microsoft is responding to a nebulous 'Evolution of Community' concept, and rejecting the voice of its customers. As the earth was destroyed in "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" to make way for a new 'hyperspace bypass', so newsgroups will be obliterated to make way for the newer 'forums'. Why? Who knows? It's part of 'a bigger agenda' to which us common little people are not privy. Our role is simply to lap up the propaganda in favour of the forums and keep quiet like good little users. Which Newsgroups Are Affected by this Shutdown?

know to check up where files had been used up by network users?

Hi Sir/Miss, Can anyone tell me know to let the network users to check up where are their files had been used up? Thanks so much.

Can't trim white space from large varchar field

Hi, I am reading two very large varchar fields (2600) from the sql server 2005 database of our ERP. This reading is being done by a cursor. In the cursor select statement I rtrim and ltrim the field. No matter what I do the length of the field is always 2600. I can see that there is some sort of white space to the right of the text. Whatever that white space is, it can't be trimmed by ltrim or rtrim. I tried running the sql from the cursor as a query and had the same problem. Any help would be appreciate it. fig000

Outlook express problem!!!!!

Dear all: I use Outlook express as my default mail handler and everything work fine BUT... When I rigth click over a file>send to>mail recipient, this open a new mail windows with my file attached, i select my contact to send the message but when i click send, the message it's not sended and it close the windows of new mail and even my windows explorer. And using as operating system Windows XP SP3. Thanks in advance. Alex

Applet to record battery strength every 30 minutes

Where could I get an applet that would wake up every 30 minutes, read the battery strength on my laptop, and write the results to a file? I looked at several shareware apps that monitor the battery, but didn't see any that can make a log. Any suggestions or pointers?

print number of update records through sql job

I have update statement which updates column name (auditor_details) in a churn of 5000 records at a time of auditor table which contain 3.2 millions records. I have schedule this through sqljob. I'm looking over sql example to check for update records and gives a output and quit the jobs if no update records. Thanks in advance

About WinUsb_ReadPipe

Now I'm developing an application for our USB device. I use WinUsb.sys for the USB driver. The device is defined for using bulk read and bulk write endpoints. I was succeded in installing WinUsb.sys on my system. I can see the device infomation on registory and USBView.exe application as I designed. The problem is that I was succeeded in using WinUsb_WritePipe(), but I was failed in using WinUsb_ReadPipe(). When I call WinUsb_ReadPipe(), the function never return or never complete I/O processing. Any advice will be welcom. Thanks in advance. Takashi Masuda GCT

Will running Windows .exe from ASP.NET web page cause memory prob

Hello Community IIS is how we deploy an ASP.NET web application. The reason I ask that question is because I was told that .exe files take up alot of memory when they run and the more times it is called by multiple users the more memory it uses which is why ClickOnce deployment is preferred over having users run an .exe file. If I put the Windows application (.exe) on the web page and allow users to access the Windows application by clicking a link on the web page that executes a dos batch file that executes the Windows application (.exe), if mulitple users acce

Two Contacts Folders

Why do I have 2 Contacts folders since I upgraded to Win7. I have one that I can access from WLM. Another on my desktop. When I add someone it isn't entered in both files.

account currently blocked from sending messages

An unknown error has occurred. Subject '', Account: 'pop3.live.com', Server: 'smtp.live.com', Protocol: SMTP, Server Response: '550 5.3.4 Requested action not taken; This account is currently blocked from sending messages. If you don't think you've violated the Windows Live Terms of Use, please contact customer support.', Port: 25, Secure(SSL): Yes, Server Error: 550, Error Number: 0x800CCC69

Folder Compare/Synch Apps?

I have two PC's, each with about a dozen shares visible on the LAN. I want to compare the shares to see if all files/folders are present on both PCs without having to run the app once for each share. I've been though a half-dozen downloads/trials, but have not found anything. Does anybody have something that works for them? One execution - many shares. I guess comparison and synch would be convenient to have in the same app, but OTOH maybe they are better kept separate to lessen the chances of user error.... -) -- PeteCresswell