Hi.  I was hoping someone could explain  weird performance anomaly.  I ran a
small test to compare a new X6800 Core 2 Duo build against a three year old
P4EE:
(Both machines running VS2005)

I ran into sort of a timing issue.  I want to hold some default
properties for form controls (font, borderstyle, etc) in the registry
or a config file and then update these things after init but before the
paint.  The problem is that the form's InitializeComponent() calls the

I am struggling with folowing problem,
I am a beginner of vbnet 2005
I have a datagridview and want to use ENTER key to move  instead of the TAB
key.

I can get the status of a Window Services using the ServiceController class.  
But how does one determine that starttype for a given service?  I would like
to look at each service and determine which services are started
"Automatically".  How can I do that in C#?

I would like to test how big an sql table would be in kb if i put it in
the web cache.  I need to do this as i will need to do it for 80
databases!  So need to check this information before actually
implementing it.

Outlook Express requests password when 'Sending' mail on each attempt to
send. Mail account recreated, but still password request continues. Receive
is working fine.

OK i downloaded the new/addon framework 3 and downloaded the VS 2005 addon.
I started with XAML. So far im like mehhhhhhhh. Anyone else have the same
opinion? When i first heard about xaml i got excited as you could put a lot
of 3d effects in your apps. Who is with me in thinking ...

When I build this code in Visual Studio 2005 I get and error saying:   " 'Sub Main' was not found in 'ConsoleApplication2.Module1' "
" .  Sub Main is there.  In the online help is said is either missing or not in the correct location.  I moved it to the top and it made no ...

Is there a way to set the settings for a solution so that all the projects
can access those settings? I have a DB Connection
which is accessed by more than one project in the solution?
Regards,

I'm looking to put a CD together with a small application that runs
straight from the disk without a separate install. I would like to use
C#.
How many Windows users can be expected to have .net these days? Was it

 I am newer person in VB development, any one guide me for hardware
interfacing in VB.
Thanks.

This is a C++ linker question.
I'm trying to build an obj file, say foo.obj so that it is pre-linked
with its dependencies. However I do not want to generated an executable
right away. Some people call this "partial linking". Note that

I'm trying to get all the font names (types) so I use the following code
from MSDN which entitled : "How to: Enumerate Installed Fonts"
(refer ms-help://MS.MSDNQTR.v80.en/MS.MSDN.v80/MS.VisualStudio.v80.
en/dv_fxmclignrl/html/26d74ef5-0f39-4eeb-8d20-00e66e014abe.htm)

I am using .NET 2.0
I have a C#.Net App, which uses a .NET Class Library, which accesses a
COM object through interop.
The C#.Net App also uses a mixed mode C++.Net Class library which uses

I want to get data from location: \\server\c$\temp. But naturally acces is
denied since the directory is not shared for everyone.
How can I get the data I want by supplying username and password?