I have two computers, client and server.  The client is running Windows 2000
Professional and is in a workgroup, say "MyWorkgroup".  The server is running
Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition and is in a domain, say "MyDomain".  
What I need is to logon to the client as some ...

I have been scanning through the available English newsgroups specifically
designed for matters relating to "Programming Pocket PC 2003 applications
using the .NET compact framework (VB .NET & C#)"
Unfortunately I cannot locate any specific, can someone be as kind to

I am new to .net.
I'm looking into buying visual studio.net but not sure if I need to buy
whole package or I can buy individual visual basic.net, C#.net, J#.net...
The only difference I could find was, visual studio.net has SQL 2000 and

Can anyone point me to a good link on MSDN that has all the information on
how to create Setup and Deployment projects in VS.Net? I've got the basics
down and have created custom installer classes and they work fine, but I
cannot find any information on the different properties ...

I wrote a stored procdure in SQL Server which calculates some metrics.
This procedure always returns only one row with 11 columns of integer
values.
I ran it in SQL Server Query Analyzer thru a remote machine and it executes

Can someone provide some assistance (code or tutorial) that will show me how
to access the AD using .NET?  I have some old ASP code that I wrote awhile
back but I would like to do this using ADO.NET.  I have read about the
System.DirectoryServices namespace but it doesn't appear ...

Can anyone explain me why it is neccesary to include SqlDbType to the
SqlParameter. In every example I see, it is done, but no one explaines
why.
I have for example a date I want to save into my Sql Server database

I have just created a new solution and project in VS 2003 as a VB Web
Application called "CRM". VS has created a folder in Inetpub/wwwroot/crm for
me and set up a virtual directory.
This is OK, but I was wandering if I could work from a different directory

Is there someone who has moved from Delphi to VS.NET?
I'am using Delphi currently but seriously considering to moving VS.NET. I
would like to hear if someone has already done that, is it worth of it or
should i continue to ude Delphi for new projects. I'am developing mostly

Can anyone tell me how to detect when a client socket connection has failed
(ie remote equipment power failure) using VB.net.
Thanks in advance

I am going to buy 5 VStudio .Net Enterprise Architect licences and I would
like to know if I get licenses for Visio  and Visual SourceSafe with it. I
have been looking for information about this but I find it a little confuse.
Any help will be welcome.

I was checking prices for Visual Studio .NET 2003 and noticed the 2005
edition is in beta stage.  Are there options to protect my investment
if I bought .NET 2003 today and 2005 comes out in a few months? (other
than the upgrade price)

I am using visual studio .net with C#. I need to take directory path input
from user. First I thought to use fileopen dialog but that will allow the
user to select files. However, what I want is that user should be able to
pick directories only not files. Any idea how to do that ?

I have a label that will not display.  On the form load event I wrote
"label1.visible=false".
when my routine get at the end of the code I inserted "label1.visible=true".
I have had a similar problem with vba in excel and I had to put a wait

I'm starting to learn ASP.NET from this book and there is something I
don't really understand.
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