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yes. It Sounds good...
thanks...
If U Get Errors U Will Learn
If U Don't Get Errors U Have Learnt
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Greetings,
Is there a way to disable Windows' termination confirmation when a service "unexpectedly" terminates? I have a firewall that, on rare occassions, "unexpectedly" terminates (its service component) and it can not restart without closing the Windows confirmation dialogbox. Most of the time it's not a problem since I'm "there" to close the confirmation box; it's the times that I leave my PC unattended for hours that its a problem. Without me to close the confirmation box, my firewall won't restart, leaving my PC vulnerable.
Regards.
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Get a decent hardware firewall :P
The majority of ADSL routers come with ok ones on.
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hehe... i wish it was that simple, but obviously it's not 
other software (including securty-related ones) run important components as service. since we all know that no software is perfect (duh!), we can expect them to bug-down. it is in this situation (and many other) where you dont want your services to wait for your confirmation just to have it automatically restarted.
thanks for the reply though 
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I have very little faith in security software.
My antivirus only runs when I schedule a scan or manually start one, I don't have it scanning all the time as it drains far too much performance, I'm a big boy and can watch what I open. I also use a hardware firewall and turn off the software based one, if it's gotten on to my network then it's probably going to get onto my machine wether I have a firewall up or not.
That siad theres plenty of legitimate reason for wanting to have a service restarted automatically I just wanted to rant about security software :P
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ok... i've got it.
for those interested, here's how you do it: go to the services windows and open the properties window for the service you want to automatically restart. go to the recovery tab and set the first failure to restart the service. its up to you wether to set the second and subsequent failure to the same settings or not. then also set the restart service after to zero minutes if you want it restarted immediately.
i guess i got too lazy to explore the other tabs for the service property window to notice those settings.
i hope others could benefit from this.
regards.
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Nice one
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Hi All,
How are you doing there? Can anyone guide me to create a virtual drive application in C#.Net or VB.Net. What I want to ask is that I have created a web application in which when a user logs in he/she can store his files and folders and can do almost everything like create, cut, copy, paste, rename, delete, file editing etc. Now what I have to do is to create an windows application in which when the user logs in he/she can see the files and folders that is stored on server. And the application will create a virtual drive in windows explorer. And all the windows tasks should available there. And whatever changes the user makes on that drive it will immediately reflect in the web folder also. I hope you understand my problem. Please help me in this. I just don't know how to start. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks......
Sagar Pattnayak
Software Developer
Sun-Dew Solutions
+91-9831169962
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Maybe you could start by taking a look at the soruce of TrueCrypt[^]. It is a open soruce program which lets you create virtual drives, which on the physical drives is an encrypted file.
I hope that is something to start with
//Johannes
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I am preparing to sell my desktop (probably on eBay), and I want to make sure that the information currently contained on the hard drive is not there anymore (like my company info, bank accounts, tax, etc.) before I sell it.
I heard that simply formatting the drive is not enough. How can I make sure there is no more sensitive information when I hand it over to the buyer?
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If atheism is a religion, then not collecting stamps is a hobby. -- Unknown
God is the only being who, to rule, does not need to exist. -- Charles Baudelaire
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That's easy, delete everything; then create a file and write zeroes to it until
it gives "disk full" exception.
If you want to be absolutely sure -- a little paranoia never hurts -- repeat a
couple of times with random data. Make sure to use different seeds each time !
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The best way is to boot of some disk/cd which fills the whole hdd (not just the partition, but from sector 00) to the end with random data, multiple times. There are probably many free and commercial products for this. The only one i know of is KillDisk[^] The free version will zero the whole drive. But there is probably some other free version that will fill it with random data too.
Using the free version of killdisk, to zero the whole hard drive twice should be sufficient 
No "average user" can then recover your data 
//Johannes
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Something like BCwipe will let you put down enough burrying data to make all but the most detailed forensic analysis unable to recover data. One of the wipe routines it offers used to be a DoD standard, but currently the only approved means for disposing of old disks is physical destruction. Unless you've done something to warrant attention from the NSA or another similar organization though it should still be good enough. 
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You have to explain to them [VB coders] what you mean by "typed". their first response is likely to be something like, "Of course my code is typed. Do you think i magically project it onto the screen with the power of my mind?" --- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
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Le Centriste wrote: simply formatting the drive is not enough.
Really. I don't get you. Formatting is a sure-kill of all data right?
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Nope.
The data is actually safer when you do a quick format.
It makes it a bit more difficult to access, but does not wipe it.
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [My Articles]
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As Luc says, it does not really wipe it, just make unaccessible by Windows, but some software are able to read it.
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If atheism is a religion, then not collecting stamps is a hobby. -- Unknown
God is the only being who, to rule, does not need to exist. -- Charles Baudelaire
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Hi,
As I am unaware of the process of digitally signing the drivers, can anyone help me by giving some materials on the same.
The signing process should be general to all OS.
Links to some sites will also be helpful.
Thanks in Advance,
KKrista
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Driver Signing Requirements for Windows[^]
My understanding is that you must complete the appropriate hardware compatibility tests using the Microsoft test kit and submit those test results along with the driver package to Microsoft. They will then sign the driver package with their WHQL code-signing key.
Windows only accepts drivers signed with the Windows or WHQL keys.
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Hi Mike,
Thanks for the info.
A detailed explanation of how the driver signing will have to be carried out will be more helpful to me.
Thanks in advance,
KKrista
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Been poking around this issue for a few days, trying to see if anyone has a potential workaround.
Have a few batch scripts to force updates of print drivers onto workstations. Was going just fine with WinXP boxes but I encountered a problem with Windows 2000 systems.
rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /q /b "Test Printer" /if /f "generic.inf" /m "Generic Printer"
Even if the driver I'm pointing to is WHQL certified and has a valid digital signature the Win2k boxes are prompting for the Yes/No confirmation to continue loading the driver. Seems to be similar folks with this issue but haven't seen a clean workaround yet.
I'm not averse to trying to script this in VB.NET or C#.
"I've learned that life is one crushing defeat after another, until you just wish Flanders was dead." [Homer J Simpson]
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Came across this strange scenario would be glad if anyone could give more info on this.
We have an application where the user would click on few links, on clicking these links a new pop window opened!
The no. of pop windows opened is varying sometimes 22, 25 etc etc. After opening these many windows it just hangs and does not allow any more windows to open!
Is there any sort of limit which is set default by IE or
is there any limit of applications for windows xp sp2 professional edition?
gauthee
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Hi
Can anybody tell me how to restrict user from closing an application.
The scenario is, I have developed a time controller/recorder for users. Input form displays in the startup. User sets time on it and then it goes to systray and after the set time has passed, it shutsdown the system after givia warning or, if user wishes to do so, allows him to start another session. I have removed the control box but the problem is that the user can still close it with Alt + F4 Command.
Thanks
How this can be handled?
reman
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I don't think you'll ever be able to compleatly stop the user from shutting down the application if they want to without resorting to use a Group Policy to lock down the machine. Even if you stop alt-f4 they can still use the taskamanager to kill the process.
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