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If it is not a program that you have access to then your only option is to either restart the system or log off and back on. In W2k I can log off and back on and that works. Generally when you log off W2k will shut down any processes that you are running and then they will restart when you log back in.
If you write the program then there is a possible option. To add an icon to the system tray you use the Shell_NotifyIcon with the NIM_ADD parameter. I recall reading somewhere that you could register with the windows system to notify you when the shell was started. This is how programs that run before you log on are able to put an icon into the tray once you do log in. I can't seem to find the reference to it now. I think this is only available with the 5.x or higher version of the shell though.
I'll do some searching on MSDN for it. Maybe this message will ring a bell for someone else that has used it and they can pull it out of their hat quicker. I can't remember where I say it. My quick check of the shell functions didn't find anything. It may be a windows subsystem hook? Anyone?
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Good info - Thanks! I'll do a hunt for the shell functions that relate to this. It would be nice to have anything I write that lives in the tray be self-healing when Windows breaks.
"Please don't put cigarette butts in the urinal. It makes them soggy and hard to light" - Sign in a Bullhead City, AZ Restroom
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If you find something on this, will you be so kind as to write an article on it? 
"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." - Jesus
"An eye for an eye only makes the whole world blind." - Mahatma Gandhi
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Sure!
Testing will be easy - all I have to do is try to open a computer in Network Neighborhood that I'm not allowed to access to crash Windows Explorer! 
"Please don't put cigarette butts in the urinal. It makes them soggy and hard to light" - Sign in a Bullhead City, AZ Restroom
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Great link - Thanks!
I don't think a requirement for IE4 is much of a problem anymore, though I do have huge problems with MS no longer offerring the full IE as a download. I'm seeing very few versions lower than 5.0 installed on users' PCs these days.
"Please don't put cigarette butts in the urinal. It makes them soggy and hard to light" - Sign in a Bullhead City, AZ Restroom
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i have been looking for free software that will be able to transfer data in dos between pcs but those software all are shareware and have to buy in order to do the operation...is there any free software...or can just give me a list of shareware and freeware that will transfer data in dos between pcs using dos..?
thanks
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I remember using Interlnk:
http://www.indiacam.net/pinout/interlinkdatatransfer.htm
jhaga
CodeProject House, Paul Watson wrote:
...and the roar of John Simmons own personal Nascar in the garage. Meg flitting about taking photos.Chris having an heated arguement with Colin Davies and .S.Rod. over egian values. Nish manically typing *censur*. Duncan racing around after his pet *c.* Michael Martin and Bryce loudly yelling *c.* C.G. having a fit as Roger Wright loads up *c.* . Anna waving her *c.* and Deb scoffing chocolates in the corner.
...Good heavens!
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Anyone know how to set these from explorer as was the case with Win2K and NT4?
Can't seem to be able to select a group (such as Everyone) or individual users for files/folder permissions in XP. All I get with right click -> properties is the sharing tab. The help documetation says their should be a security tab - but its not there!!!! 
Could do this fine under Win 2K - there for people to see. They seem to haev hidden it behind a wall of wizards.
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Look at Tools -> Folder Options -> View. The last option in the list is "Use simple file sharing (Recommended)". Untick this option, and you should get the permissions tab back. 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
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Is your hard-drive formatted as NTFS or FAT32? I believe the security options only show up on NTFS drives.
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Hi All,
I'm looking to learn more about the Vantive 8.6 CRM application. I realize that PeopleSoft bought out Vantive back in '99, but my company received this tool via an acquisition and is possibly looking at integrating it into the operations side of the business.
If you could point me in the direction of some good, useful and detailed information I would appreciate it.
Or if you have some knowledge on this subject and would like to share it, that would also be appreciated.
Thanks for your help,
Nick
Nick
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Any info on the above topic would be greatly appreciated..I'm in a real bind here.
Thanks for your time,
Nick
Nick
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I have done some integration with Vantive in the past for a customer. We used DDE and some cutsom triggers in the database. I don't have full details of how the database side was implemented because the customer was required to do that.
I know that I basically passed some data to the application. The application used that data to execute a stored procedure in the database back end that would pull up a record. What kind of integration are you looking to do?
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Hi Robert, thanks for the reply.
Actually, I was just looking for some general information concerning the Vantive CRM product from an end users prospective.
Basically, what the applications functionality are, what type industry is it geared towards, what can we do or not do with the application, how it compares to other CRM applications, if you recommend it or not, etc.
Since Vantive no longer exists on its own (as you know PeopleSoft bought it out and integrated Vantive’s technology into its own CRM application), its difficult to find basic "brochure like" info on Vantive 8.6 CRM
Thanks for the help!
Nick
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I am a windows xp user, i wanted to know if it is possible to disable / enable the windows xp firewall by editing some settings in the registry. I think it is impossible but if somebody knows please reply.
Also if the above is possible, then is it also possible to say i want to enable incomming connections to access port 80 using registry setting.
i am very curious if it is possible.
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Is there a command that I can use to make my ISP's DNS server spit out the hostname of a computer on his network when all I know about it is the IP address?
The usual data from ARIN, ICANN, etc is useless, as all it will tell me is that the address block is assigned to the ISP. Tracert would do it most of the time, but by the time I see the logs the clown that is scanning me has logged off, and tracert returns nothing but a timeout. I know that Win2K Server ships with a lot of tools, but I'm not familiar with one that will do this for me. Suggestions?
Barring this, can I set up my DNS server to steal a copy of the ISP's cache? That should contain the info I need, though it will be tedious to sort through it manually.
"Please don't put cigarette butts in the urinal. It makes them soggy and hard to light" - Sign in a Bullhead City, AZ Restroom
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It depends on what kind of problem you have. If it is
just somebody scanning your computers ports I would
not worry as long as the firewall does it's work
and blocks him out. I think Sygate is configured
to block for 10 min.
jhaga
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Nslookup is great for getting an address from a nameserver, but it's useless for getting a name from an address. Ping -a [IPaddr] will return a host name only if the host is active, and it is enabled to respond to ping. I want to identify the bugger whether he's on or not!
There is a new chapter to this event. My ISP reports that a hacker was in the area trying to find all the unused IP addresses in this subnet. The owner of the address that was scanning me is known to the ISP, and has not been using scanning software, so the hacker may have gotten hold of this IP while the legitimate user was offline. The problem hasn't come up again since.
"Please don't put cigarette butts in the urinal. It makes them soggy and hard to light" - Sign in a Bullhead City, AZ Restroom
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nslookup will get a name from an IP address if the DNS server has an entry. Unfortunately most Adress to hostname translations are useless for ip addresses assigned to customers.
As far as getting the information contained in the ISP's DNS server, it all depends on how their DNS server is configured. If the ISP allows DNS zone transfers to "unauthorized" servers then you could run a DNS server of your own and configure it as a backup DNS server for thier domain. This would download the primary database into your server where you could then examine it.
Not much point in doing this though. If nslookup does not provide the info your pretty much out of luck. That means they don't have an entry for it. Most DNS servers these days also are configured to allow zone transfers only for sites that are on an "authorized" list.
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Bummer... The evil doer was back last night, this time hijacking my IP address. Since that wiped out my connection, I can at least take some consolation in knowing that he probably couldn't use it either. I got the mac address, though, and the ISP can block users from that info.
"Please don't put cigarette butts in the urinal. It makes them soggy and hard to light" - Sign in a Bullhead City, AZ Restroom
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Probably could have titled this post Hey Roger! again, but then again some of you other gurus may not have answered.
I reinstalled an ancient HP Pavillion a few months ago for the unemployed parents of a kid that goes to my sons school. During the installation of Windows 98 SE everything went along fine if not a bit slow. I installed all known updates for things like Internet Explorer, Windows Installer, DirectX etc. With no problems, I then performed all Windows Updates (yes Roger, all of them) and once again found no problems.
A few weeks later (a couple of months ago now) I took over a not so old scanner and printer I found in the garage. When I tried to install the drivers for either device Windows would give me a Blue Screen Of Death claiming it couldn't read the CD.
I knew the CD was OK as I tested it at home. I then tried to copy the contents of the CD to HDD using Windows Explorer, same problem. So I booted off a Windows 98 SE boot disk and used xcopy from the command line and all was good.
So now I have a problem with Windows where it is refusing to read all CD's except some very old stuff they have. Audio, Norton, SystemWorks, CD-R's all fail.
Any idea what I could try to get this to work?
Michael Martin
Australia
mjm68@tpg.com.au
"I personally love it because I can get as down and dirty as I want on the backend, while also being able to dabble with fun scripting and presentation games on the front end."
- Chris Maunder 15/07/2002
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This sounds like a bad CD-ROM drive (and I've had experience with those!). Buy a new one. They only cost $25 these days.
I installed Windows 98 with a certain CD-ROM drive, and it did fine. But when I got into Windows for the first time, it wouldn't even finish booting up, ever. So I tested the CD-ROM drive on a different computer that had no history of boot problems, and it stopped booting up whenever the CD-ROM was attached. Then I switched to another old CD-ROM. It let windows boot up, but it had the annoying habit you mentioned - the blue screen telling you it can't read from the CD-ROM. It also would sometimes go "nuts" and not stop reading from the drive when it was told to, continuing until the computer was turned off.
Only one other thing - there can be problems if the CD-ROM drive is in DOS compatibility mode.
"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." - Jesus
"An eye for an eye only makes the whole world blind." - Mahatma Gandhi
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