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5-Jul-06 3:11

Windows XP Resource Kit...

Dave Kreskowiak
Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic

Re: USMT

Mekong River5-Jul-06 6:15

5-Jul-06 6:15

Thank

ACE

Mekong River3-Jul-06 23:41

3-Jul-06 23:41

Hi, on NTFS file system, administrator would be able to set the permission for the specific user or group. The permission is set in Access Control List (ACL) and store in Access Control Entry (ACE). What I want to know is: Where does Access Control Entry is stored? Is it a file or not?

Dave Kreskowiak5-Jul-06 3:09

5-Jul-06 3:09

No, it's not a file. It's parts of the files directory entry in the filesystem.

Dave Kreskowiak
Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic

Mekong River5-Jul-06 6:12

5-Jul-06 6:12

Dave Kreskowiak wrote:
It's parts of the files directory entry in the filesystem

So, what is file directory entry? I want to know its store location.

Dave Kreskowiak5-Jul-06 6:18

5-Jul-06 6:18

Roath Kanel wrote:
So, what is file directory entry?

You don't know anything about how file systems work, do you? Seriously, I'm not bashing you, I'm asking...

If not, this[^] is a great place to find out.

Roath Kanel wrote:
I want to know its store location.

It's in the system area of the partition, not in a "file" per se.

Dave Kreskowiak
Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic

Mekong River5-Jul-06 6:30

5-Jul-06 6:30

Dave Kreskowiak wrote:
You don't know anything about how file systems work, do you? Seriously, I'm not bashing you, I'm asking...

Yes, I know about the file system.

Dave Kreskowiak wrote:
It's in the system area of the partition, not in a "file" per se.

Thank you for your explaination. I ask this question because I want to build my own programming application which read about the permission which apply for the specific user or group. So that is the reason that I ask this question.

Dave Kreskowiak5-Jul-06 6:50

5-Jul-06 6:50

There's no support for Access Control in .NET 1.x, but there is in 2.0. System.Security.AccessControl Namespace[^]

Dave Kreskowiak
Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic

Mekong River5-Jul-06 14:53

5-Jul-06 14:53

Thank you very much for your information. Currently I use vb.net 2003 and .net framework 1.1. Beside of using .net framewor 2.0. Are there any other solution that I could do it?

Dave Kreskowiak5-Jul-06 15:34

5-Jul-06 15:34

Liek I said, there's nothing native built into the .NET Framework 1.x. You'll have to use a 3rd party library or write one yourself. Be warned! In the case of object security, this is NOT easy. You'll be P/Invoking LOTS of Win32 functions to death! You'll have to rewrite all the structures involved and they get pretty complex.

You're best bet is to search the articles for "ACL" or "ACE" or Google for ".NET NTFS Security".

Dave Kreskowiak
Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic

Mekong River5-Jul-06 18:55

5-Jul-06 18:55

Dave Kreskowiak wrote:
You'll have to use a 3rd party library or write one yourself

Thank you very much for your comment. And do you know any 3rd party library?

Dave Kreskowiak6-Jul-06 2:27

6-Jul-06 2:27

No, I don't. But like I said, Google[^] does.

Dave Kreskowiak
Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic

Mekong River6-Jul-06 5:02

Perform RIS of windows xp

6-Jul-06 5:02

Ok, thank you very much for your comment.

Mekong River3-Jul-06 23:37

3-Jul-06 23:37

Hi, I want to perform RIS from windows 2003 for windows xp. Does any one know the resource that could guide me to do that?

Dave Kreskowiak5-Jul-06 3:10

5-Jul-06 3:10

All of this is covered in the Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 Resource Kits.

There's just WAY too much information to cover in a forum post or a single article...

Dave Kreskowiak
Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic

Mekong River5-Jul-06 6:08

5-Jul-06 6:08

Thank you very much for your comment. But I already have windows resource kit. But what I want just a step by step article to perform a RIS.

Dave Kreskowiak5-Jul-06 6:21

5-Jul-06 6:21

There isn't one!!! Alot of what needs to be done is so dependant on your environment, it's impossible to write one!

The Resource Kit gives you all the tools to do your own research and development into building your own RIS implementation. There is no hard-and-fast "this is what you do"! You have to develop your own solution based on your own requirements and environment.

Dave Kreskowiak
Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic

Mekong River5-Jul-06 6:34

How to detect the opening of a video file

5-Jul-06 6:34

Thank you very much for your advice. I will try to do its based on my network environment.

tazo3-Jul-06 15:51

tazo

3-Jul-06 15:51

i was wondering how to detect if a file is opened. i need a way to use the eventhandlers in windows which detect the opening of a video file in order to retrieve the path to that file and the process ID of the program that's running it

anything at all even if it's just something that you heard from someone or a vague recollection, i'd appreciate it if you could mention it.

-Thanx

Re: How to detect the opening of a video file

Dave Kreskowiak3-Jul-06 17:31

RIS Computer Name Generation

3-Jul-06 17:31

tazo wrote:
i was wondering how to detect if a file is opened.

You can't.

tazo wrote:
i need a way to use the eventhandlers in windows which detect the opening of a video file

There aren't any.

Dave Kreskowiak
Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic

GregH29-Jun-06 9:34

GregH

29-Jun-06 9:34

Years ago when I did my first W2K roll out using RIS on a W2K server I had set the 'client computer naming format' to use the LAST 4 digits of the clients MAC address, plus some static text, "STATIC-NNNN". Since then I've changed it a number of times for different reasons. Now I am trying to set it back to what it was but for the life of me cannot figure out how to do it. Everything I read explains how to use the FIRST N number of digits, "STATIC-%4MAC", but I can find no mention of how to use the LAST n number of digits.

I have 30+ clients here, all named using the last digits of their MAC address. I know they were rolled out via RIS and they they were not pre-staged, so I know this worked at some point... Am I dreaming here or can someone explain how to do this?

Bluetooth and wireless

Mekong River28-Jun-06 21:42

Re: Bluetooth and wireless

28-Jun-06 21:42

Hi, does anyone know that bluetooth signal and wireless network signal could communicate with each other or not? For example, I have a wireless router which is used to connected and share an internet to the client. I have one laptop but i don't have a wirless network card. But I have USB bluetooth and correctly install its driver. Is it possible that my laptop could use usb bluetooth to connect to wireless router to access an internet?

Dave Kreskowiak29-Jun-06 4:57

Re: Bluetooth and wireless

29-Jun-06 4:57

This will only work if your wireless router had a BlueTooth interface in it. BlueTooth doesn't work with the normal 802.11anything wireless protocols.

Dave Kreskowiak
Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic

Mekong River29-Jun-06 5:58