I am using windows XP Professional SP2. For the last one week my computer
respond very slow. I run some spyware terminator programe but of no use.
Today when i tried to install registry cleaner i got a message that the
registry editor is disable by the administrator.I tried to ...

I'm struggling to come to grips with CASPOL.
I'm experimenting with a small utility program (written in VB 2005) called
Compare_Prog.exe.
From drive c:, it runs successfully.

I have been asked to implement a 'run as' methodology in a .net application.
I have read several threads regarding impersonation but have questions.
Here is what I think I need to do....
I have already a 'setting' that can be maintained off of the tool menu so

I need to roll out a permission set and add a url to the Trusted zone
group.  I was planning to use caspol.exe but I'm getting inconsistent
results with zone numbers.  Specifically, caspol -listgroups returns
this on my PC (I've removed the strong name key):

On XP Pro, is their any benefit or harm in installing .Net 2.0?  I already
have .Net 1 and don't intend to install Vista.

Hopefully someone can help or at least point me in the right
direction...
I have developed a site that uses the CyberSource system to process
credit cards. All works great locally on my dev. computer. When I

I want to use RIPE MD-160 hash algorithm from C#.NET.
Is the algo. support already available in standard.net framework (as direct
class is not supported like other hash algorithm, may be some configuration
etc.)?

I have a web service which needs to use a C++ COM component. The ws runs
under an NT service account and allows impersonation. The directory security
allows anonymous access using the NT service account.
The ws uses the COM component to carry out some processing. When I try and

downloaded client security software v8(lenovo ibm thinkvision standalone oc
running xp)  ; uninstalled version 7; now pc asks for passphrase - dont have
one; i probably installed v8 incorrectly; cant use pc at all ; what can i do?

We're running into intermittent authentication failure with Kerberos
with our web application that results in 401 Unauthorized errors.
Here is an overview of the environment:
. The webapp is running on server A. It is configured for

I'm trying to connect my web application (NET 2.0) to a Unix LDAP server.
if i try to search users everything go ok:
Dim directoryEntry As New
System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry("LDAP://ip/path", "", "",

I am using .NEt.2.0 and trying to get the current identity in order to
retrive the role that my user belongs to.
For that I am using the following code
WindowsIdentity identity = (WindowsIdentity)Thread.CurrentPrincipal.Identity;

Here's an error i get. I have IIS6 and Sql Server 2000 on different
machines both running wk2003. I'm using Intergrated Windows
Authentication. here's an error Id get.
System.Security.SecurityException: There is a time and/or date

I'm using System.DirectoryServices.Protocols. I'm binding to an ADAM user.
The basic functionality is working fine, correct passwords and user DNs
successfully bind and incorrect passwords and user DNs fail.
When the password is incorrect, but the user DN is correct I would expect ...

I must be missing something since this seems like a common task, but I can't
find any .NET samples of, if given an NT domain/username and password, to
validate that the username and password are correct.  LogonUser won't work
since the code needs to run on Windows 2000 without ...