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constant PeekMessage with low cpu load
Posted on October 10th, 2007 | 2 Comments

In article <5n1f17FfoahlU1@mid.individual.net>, Me@Privacy.net (Gernot Frisch) writes: If your joystick movements generate messages, then all you have to do is set a timer. GetMessage() will...

CreateService fails if repeated multiple times
Posted on October 10th, 2007 | 1 Comments

On Oct 10, 4:39 am, Angus <anguscom...@gmail.com> wrote: Hi, You should use the following APIs when appropriate and check to see why the function call had failed, simply by checking the returned...

VC++ Cursor mask problem on windows vista
Posted on October 10th, 2007 | 0 Comments

Hi Guys! I've built a test application in VC++ 6.0 which runs on windows XP. It is a just a simple mfc dialog app, which changes the cursor image using cur file. The code is: BOOL...

Open Port in Serial Communcation
Posted on October 9th, 2007 | 4 Comments

On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 02:35:52 -0700, fulltime <PiaoChieh@gmail.com> wrote: char is used for ANSI/ASCII strings LPCSTR is defined as const char * WCHAR is used for UNICODE strings LPCWSTR is defined...

How to Get User Token in Windows 2000 (Alternative to WTSQueryUserToken as it dont work in Windows 2000)
Posted on October 9th, 2007 | 0 Comments

Hello, I want to get ActiveConsole SessionId and based on Session Id get the User Token. for Windows XP "WTSGetActiveConsoleSessionId" and "WTSQueryUserToken" sequence works fine but it doesn't work...

NewsMaestro Usenet Supertool v. 4.0.1 Democracy Release for Windows/Linux/Unix
Posted on October 9th, 2007 | 0 Comments

NewsMaestro 4.0.1 Hail Democracy Release has been released. * New feature - Bulk Resurrect mode. See documentation. * Quite a few improvements, modifications and optimizations. Too numerous to...

Fix Errors
Posted on October 9th, 2007 | 1 Comments

depp1111@gmail.com wrote: I have a feeling this waste of space is trying to compete with the K-man; who may well have died again: We await his resurrection with baited breath.

Strange problem at realloc()
Posted on October 7th, 2007 | 9 Comments

In article <R6ydnfLKSOoS8pXaRVnyjAA@bt.com>, rjh@see.sig.invalid says... From a philosophical viewpoint you're absolutely right. My point was intended to be a bit more practical: to fix the code,...

How to count the character in an unicode strings.
Posted on October 7th, 2007 | 1 Comments

* zhpwan: Presumably what you want is the number of '?' characters in the string. For that your comparision works provided the source code character set is ASCII or a superset of ASCII such as...

Read keyboard without blocking
Posted on October 7th, 2007 | 2 Comments

In article <1190882285.359036.28350@22g2000hsm.googlegroups.com>, levypantsoem@yahoo.com says... I'd use asynchronous reads from both the serial port and the console. Then you can have one call to...

How large is This Memory Map?
Posted on October 6th, 2007 | 1 Comments

In article <LZ6dnaAsXL_8nGbbnZ2dnUVZ_rSinZ2d@comcast.com>, nobody@aracnet.com says... Have you looked at using VirtualQuery ? -- Later,

How to find the path of executable if it is moved after running it?
Posted on October 6th, 2007 | 1 Comments

* amit_balasaheb2004@yahoo.com: Well, there can be many paths, because there can be many directory entries for that file. Have you tried GetModuleFilename (or whatever the name was)? Anyway, if...

Computer Security Information (Free Articles and eBooks)
Posted on October 6th, 2007 | 0 Comments

I Want To Share Computer Security Information To All Internet Netter. A. Computer Security Articles: 1. Firewalls Torn Apart 2. Guide To Social Engineering 3. Social Engineering And Email...

Getting Real Process Handle with DuplicateHandle()?
Posted on October 5th, 2007 | 5 Comments

Norman Bullen wrote: Thanks You Scott, Norm, Jeffrey, Keven, and Xrxst32: I've had Jeffrey Richter's "Advanced Windows Third Edition" for some time and it's provided good guidence in the past. ...

NetBIOS structure runtime check fails on WOW32 on 64 bit Windows
Posted on October 5th, 2007 | 1 Comments

This is a debugging (obviously) feature that is new for VC 2005. It is certainly possible that the program will work in a release build in spite of the problem. The stack corruption could exist in...

Want a minimize/maximize button on window?
Posted on October 5th, 2007 | 12 Comments

On Wed, 03 Oct 2007 08:11:44 -0700, deostroll <deostroll@gmail.com> wrote: I don't have time and resources to check right now, but I believe you can have one of those buttons if and only if you...

Rewinding a handle returned by FindFirstFile
Posted on October 5th, 2007 | 2 Comments

What do you want to "rewind" with FindFirst/NextFile? Return to a file previously returned: what do you want to "return" to? The info? Save it in a list. The handle? What for? What...

Access Rights to Duplicate a Handle to a Mapping?
Posted on October 4th, 2007 | 8 Comments

On Thu, 04 Oct 2007 15:02:10 -0700, Larry Lindstrom <nobody@aracnet.com> wrote: but it seems you could be in danger of running out of filemapping handles anyway. Any idea the limit on the number...

Downloading a file using Internet SDK . Plz Help!
Posted on October 4th, 2007 | 9 Comments

"developer28" <aman.k.sethi@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1191507499.485676.116070@22g2000hsm.googlegroups.com... The only way to determine the network speed is to measure it while you download....

DllMain & _beginthreadex (again...)
Posted on October 4th, 2007 | 0 Comments

You're right that this is ground that has been trodden before. It's the same answer now as it has been for all these many years prior: Your problem is that your subsystem initialization code is...