System Admin

13-May-05 1:39

Graeme99 wrote:
Hi, I need to remove the toolband (ie the back/forward/home buttons etc) from a view
of a folder under XP to prevent users moving back up to the root of c:.

In my opinion, I think this is no a logic way to block the user from accessing drive C:. If you are using windows xp professional which format with an NTFS partition, you can use the folder level security to prevent the user to access the drive or folder that you want to restrict. Try to read this[^] article from Microsoft about managing file and folder level security. Remember, set up a wrong file or folder permission will cause you a problem. If you have a lap machine, try to test it first before implement this technique with the real machine. Good luck

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installshield

br_aguilar11-May-05 9:05

br_aguilar

11-May-05 9:05

I was just wondering what the script would be for determining what version of the xp os an end user is using

Re: installshield

Mekong River12-May-05 19:34

Windows 2003 Load Balancing Software

12-May-05 19:34

It doesn't need any special script. Just go to command prompt and type the comand ver then it will display the operating system version. But if you want to integrated it with the setup process, i think you should output the result to any text file and let the setup process analyse it.

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Re: installshield

rwestgraham15-May-05 11:46

rwestgraham

15-May-05 11:46

There is a Win32 API that returns this info - GetVersionEx. You should be able to declare the API and call it from InstallScript, but if for some reason you cannot, create a DLL in C++ that determines the info and call your cuistom DLL from InstallScript.

Robert

Albert Pascual11-May-05 6:02

11-May-05 6:02

Have to add some Load Balancing to IIS so if an IIS server goes down the web app still works. Now, if I add a Load Balancing computer in front of those 2 machines, what happens when the Load Balance goes down?

Thanks
Al

Mike Dimmick11-May-05 23:28

Mike Dimmick

11-May-05 23:28

The Windows Load Balancing service is a multimaster system - there is no single front-end. See the Network Load Balancing FAQ[^].

If you have separate front-end hardware that performs load balancing, see that product's documentation.

Stability. What an interesting concept. -- Chris Maunder

Albert Pascual12-May-05 5:33

12-May-05 5:33

Mike,

First, thanks so much for the reply.

Still I had this issue after reading the FAQ. To create a cluster you need an unique IP where all IIS requests go. Then from there, they get distributed to different computers. What happens when the first IP computer where all requests go dies?

Thanks
Al

Mike Dimmick12-May-05 7:29

Mike Dimmick

12-May-05 7:29

The unique IP address is shared among all computers in the load-balancing cluster. IIRC, they fake a MAC address for the cluster and program their network cards to recognise that MAC address as also being valid. When an ARP request comes in for the shared IP address, at least one computer will respond with the cluster MAC address - the sender on the local segment then sends packets for the shared IP to that MAC address. All the servers will therefore receive it.

By the use of the heartbeat packets, the servers partition the space of request addresses between them. Only the server which is responsible for that requester will have the Load Balancing driver pass the incoming packet to the application - the other servers will simply discard it. The partitioning is self-tuning.

Stability. What an interesting concept. -- Chris Maunder

Albert Pascual13-May-05 5:35

13-May-05 5:35

Now makes lots of sense, and that's what I want. Do you have a good doc for installation?

Cheers
Al

Albert Pascual13-May-05 13:17

Active Directory Application

13-May-05 13:17

Mike,

That work very well, so when a computer goes down the other one takes over!! Awesome.
However what about when IIS goes down? The packats still arriving to the computer with a IIS down and displaying a NO PAGE FOUND. Any way to check if a service is up and if its not taking it out of the cluster?

Al
PS Thanks a lot for all your help

helpwanted10-May-05 23:16

helpwanted

10-May-05 23:16

Hi There,
First of all I know very little about VB.Net. I have just bought a book in VB.Net 2003 and have finished some of its chapters. I have done programming years ago. Like QBASIC, PASCAL and COBOL. I want to get back into the programming scene. At present I work as a Network Admin for a small public school. I am keen to build an application to manipulate Active Directory using something like LDAP. I have located several VBScripts to add users, groups just stuff like that. I want to create this for our school and to other schools that this would really benifit. I want to do this as a project and not to gain any money. Could someone please help me build such an application. Please contact me for more info

Cheers

Helpwanted

Re: Active Directory Application

Mekong River11-May-05 5:44

Start application before Windows startup

11-May-05 5:44

helpwanted wrote:
I am keen to build an application to manipulate Active Directory using something like LDAP

Try to check the information from here[^] and let me know whether it match what you need or not.

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JaVinci10-May-05 22:47

JaVinci

10-May-05 22:47

Hi!

I'm developing a security application under Windows xp and I want it to run at the very beginning of the startup, before any other application starts. Is there any easy way to do it?

Thank you very much.

JaVinci.

K Baruah11-May-05 1:55

K Baruah

11-May-05 1:55

Hi A simple way is to make a Installer of the application with the option of putting the application in the StartUp folder under windowsXP
Otherwise,If you have a very good knowledge of Windows Registry,(make sure to have registry Backup before editing it)then you can add the add a new startup application using the following

Open your registry and find the key [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run].

For your Program to run,create a new string value and set the value of the string to the program executable.
For example, to automatically start Microsoft Paint, add a new entry of "Paint"="c:\windows\mspaint.exe".

Kaushik Baruah,
Programmer Analyst in Cognizant Technology Solutions,India

JaVinci11-May-05 3:49

JaVinci

11-May-05 3:49

Hi and thanks for your reply!

I was looking for some kind of registry solution... But it's important for my application to start before any other user application, does this solution grant it?

My firewall, for instance, is launched even before the Win xp login screen appears, I mean, I know it can be done... I just don't know how...

Thank you very much, Kaushik.

JaVinci.

Mekong River11-May-05 5:51

11-May-05 5:51

Try to build your application as windows service[^] from vb.net.

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JaVinci11-May-05 21:45

JaVinci

11-May-05 21:45

Sorry! I forgot to mention I'm using VC++ 6...

Mekong River13-May-05 3:47

13-May-05 3:47

Try to read this article[^], is this what you are looking for? Let me know if it is right or wrong!

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