I am not able to figure out how to write to the registry in VB or VBA.
I tried using the windows APi and WS.Script, both work in the XP environment, but not Win7
I just need to create a key and set the key value. MY current code I am using can read the key if I manually create it.
I have read...
What is WRL and how does it help you write Metro Apps? Learn what is involved in consuming and authoring WinRT objects with WRL.
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Until now, the VB and C# compilers have been used as black boxes. You put text in, and you get out a binary file. In our long-lead project, codename "Roslyn," we are changing that dynamic by building an API that exposes our compilers' analysis engines. In this session, we'll go in-depth in...
Fixes an issue in which a 32-bit application stops responding on a computer that is running an x64-based version of Windows 7 or of Windows Server 2008 R2. This issue occurs when the application uses the NetBIOS API.
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Fixes an issue in which a computer stops responding when you run an application that uses the Windows Filtering Platform API for several minutes. This issue occurs on a computer that is running Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, or...
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Every time I create a program with masm and use the CreateFile api it always fails unless I use read access rights. Even some downloaded programs file when they hit CreateFile on my computer. I can usually get around it by using xp compatibility mode and the CreateFile is redirected to...
This KB article describes the proxy detection mechanism that the Cryptography (Crypto) API uses to download a CRL from a CRL distribution point. It discusses the locations of the registry where proxy information is found.
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Fixes some issues that occur when you run an application that uses the DirectWrite API in Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2. For example, the Visual Studio 2010 beta 2 IDE crashes when you the operations about the font file.
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Windows 7 Forums and Windows 8 Forums now support 256-bit SSL encryption on the website. However, this type of encryption will not work for logins and such due to the way our salt/hash/MD5 layer encryption system already works. Images and non-text content will also appear unencrypted, since they...
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Fixes an issue in which you may experience slow performance in applications that use the DirectWrite API (for example, Internet Explorer 9). This issue occurs on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2.
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If an application registers itself via the WTSRegisterSessionNotification API to listen for WM_WTSSESSION_CHANGE messages on a Windows 7 SP1 system which has RemoteFX 3D Adapter installed, it will receive the WTS_CONSOLE_CONNECT / WTS_CONSOLE_DISCONNECT...
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IM an Expert is a publicly available Lync instant messaging question-and-answer service that enables users to find answers to questions by asking other users. Users can opt-in, and then the service harnesses the database of experts to connect people together via IM.
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Marcelo Farjalla is a program manager with Microsoft Lync. The Microsoft Lync 2010 SDK is a client API and set of UI controls that allows you to directly include communications in business process applications. You can embed UI controls and control conversations, extend the Lync conversation...
# windows8 Facial recognition was one of the purported Windows 8 features to surface last summer in a batch of leaked docs . Now, the login API in the latest build of Windows 8 is making that rumor seem more likely. More*»
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Microsoft’s next-gen OS, Windows 8 , will be user-aware according to the latest APIs discovered, suggesting the platform could well be able to track and identify users when they sit at their PCs. Windows8Italia spotted the “Detect human presence” API in among their M1 copy of Windows 8...
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It didn’t take long for Microsoft to realize the potential for its Xbox 360 motion-sensing Kinect peripheral in arenas other than the gaming space. The device was released at the end of last year, and by late February the company had announced plans to offer up a PC development...
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Requirement: Enable/Disable mirroring (also called cloning) between multiple monitors programatically.
Platform: Windows 7 onwards
Research: So far I've come across Windows 7 new API called CCD Link Removed - Invalid URL In the draft it says to deliver what I need.
Problem: I don't know...
Struggling with using bit.ly or logging on Windows Phone 7? Then you might want to learn about Phoney, a new open source project by Shawn Wildermuth that will be at Link Removed. Shawn walks through the features that Phoney contains, including his Bitly helper, system resource helper, fading...