In some cases we need to programmatically restart/shutdown a local or remote
machine.  I know that there is a Windows 2000 Resource Kit that contains a
Shutdown.exe that does just this; however, we cannot get approval to
purchase the resource kit.  Therefore we are looking to ...

Is it possible to create a C project within Visual Studio 2005?

I have an unmanaged MFC project. The output is static lib. I would like
to compile using /clr option. The native lib size is 64 megs and with
/clr and /O1 options is 940 megs.
Is it possibly Metadata enlarge size so dramaticlly?

Hey There,
   I have been writing some code in C++ that gets a message from a
Macromedia Flash Player to launch an application that is associated
with a flash button. When the button is pressed, it launches the

I am using .NET version 2.0 and implementing all my event handlers to use the
new generic type. The problem I am running into is most of my Event Arguments
are defined in a single header which requires me to place some forward
declarations in sorce files that reference these ...

While I know this is not the correct venue... I realize this is of
little to no importance to most out there... however, if I had found
this in my initial searches, I would have used this.  So, as an
alternative to the mentalis.org's IniReader, I submit the following

Reading - Parsing Records From An LDAP LDIF File In .Net?
I am in need of a .Net class that will allow for the parsing of a LDAP
LDIF file.  An LDIF file is the standard format for representing LDAP
objects.  I need to be able to read the records from an LDIF file into

I am considering buying Visual Studio Standard Edition and have these
questions about the VC++ incuded. Could you also, to help me know the
diffrene in capablility, answer the same questions about the express edition.
Here they are:

In Visual Studio 2003 and VC++ Express 2005, how do I create a SDI form and
also with a formview class?  It was easy in VC++ 6, but I am not sure how to
do this in Visual Studio 2003 or VC++ Express 2005.
   Z.K.

Hello Friends,
i am dealing a project, in which i stuck here, the problem is i am new to
VC++.net so i need a friends help to solve this problem.
I have to identify a system  which is connected in a network using VC++.net

I am interested in writing my own secure file deletion program. I want to be
able to read and write to my hard drive directly. My application will seach
my hard drive for all locations marked for deletion and then replace it with
"x" or something that securely removes previoius ...

Hey There,
   I have this function that is called through EnumWindows:
BOOL CALLBACK EnumOpenWindows(HWND hwnd, LPARAM lParam)
{

I've been browsing and reading all articles I could find on technet
,msdn and other knowledgeable sources to understand the issue I'm
dealing with.
However, I did not find so far how to fix that.

My application uses FindFirstFile for searching for specific file types
entered by a user.  
Entries like c:\myfiles\*.txt and \\myserver\shareddrive\myfiles\*.txt work
okay, but when I use a UNC name with an IP address like:

I am using an OpenSource library I have wrapped in Managed C++.
There is no way I can do without it :-(.
Due to on going problem with this library (which I cannot debug as it is not
in a language supported by VS.NET and as GDB is pitifully inadequate) I plan