Software Development for Windows Vista

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  • IWbemServices::Release hanging in Vista if machine is in Standby
    by zebratiger
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    Last post by zebratiger
      • I use WMI connect to remote machine and receive notification event through async mode. If the remote machine is actived not in standby, everything is OK. BUT, if the remote machine is in standby, IWbemServices::Release() will be blocked for about 5 minutes. code like this, <<<< remote machine is actived IWbemLocator * pWbemLocator; IWbemServices * pWbemServices;
  • Anyone Help Me!! Windows Media Player does never call the IMediaObject::ProcessOutput in My DMO
    by MyeongJeong, Park
    10 Replies
    Last post by LGS
      • I'm writing a DMO Decoder to be used in windows media player. Things are almost done... Media negotiation is fine and the player calls the ProcessInput() function well.. but the WMP does not call the ProcessOutput() function at all. The function call sequence in my DMO that I see is called as you look like this: InternalAcceptingInput InternalFlush InternalAcceptingInput InternalProcessInput
  • Where to download regdump.exe and regdiff.exe?
    by Bumper
    13 Replies
    Last post by wifi007
      • Hi all, I am looking for these 2 tools mentioned in the "Certified for Windows Vista Test Cases," regdump.exe and regdiff.exe. They are part of "Vista Logo Test Tools" but I can't google them. Does anyone know where I can download them Regards, David
  • Elevating an IE7 toolbar to Integrity Level: Medium
    by traimo
    14 Replies
    Last post by Rafael Franco
      • Hello, I have an IE7 toolbar that needs to write to an Access DB that resides in the Program Files directory. However, because IE7 runs in Protected Mode, the toolbar does not have access to write to the Program Files directory. So, I tried to move the Access DB to the ProgramData directory. Now, I don't get the Access Denied error, but the toolbar doesn't write to the DB that is in the Program
  • Expanded Menu item (System)'s FindAll call returns 0 children item
    by Mike Cai
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    Last post by Mike Cai
      • After Expanding the menu item (System) under the SystemMenuBar object, the below call FindAll children returns 0 item: AutomationElementCollection tempC = AccessibilityObject.FindAll( TreeScope .Descendants, Condition .TrueCondition); AccessibilityObject here is a ref to the menu item (System), and which is expanded already. The same code logic works fine with menubar's m
  • Replace the WF rules engine with my own implementation?
    by TjMulder
    1 Replies
    Last post by Jonathan Davlin
      • Is it possible to replace the WF rules engine with my own implementation I like to do this as the WF rules engine is obvious for developers but difficult for non developers. I like to expose the WF engine to non developers, which would include the WF rules engine. Thanks, Tjeerd
  • Question about submission
    by Selder
    3 Replies
    Last post by Bruce N. Baker - MSFT
      • Hello, I have a question about the application submission. We provide our customers with the same products (online gambling products ¨C casino, bingo and poker) but their name and content (games available etc) varies. We¡¯ve been testing our applications (test apps) including all the current content we offer. Can our customers (software licensees) advertise the logo if we have created t
  • Taskbar Notifications
    by Tim Joyner
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    Last post by Tim Joyner
      • Does any one know how to implement the Windows Vista style Taskbar Notifications in C# ot VB.Net I have searched the Internet and can't find any much informaton on this. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
  • Using WriteFile() with opened disk Handler in Vista, Why it returns ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED?
    by Wendell Wang
    6 Replies
    Last post by Nik_And
      • When I use CreateFile() to open a disk with Write/Read mode, such as: HANDLE hDevice = CreateFile(szDisk, GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE, FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE, NULL, OPEN_EXISTING, 0, NULL); It is successful Using ReadFile() to read appointed sectors' contents.But when using WriteFile(), it is failed and retu
  • "My Pictures" and "My Music" links messed
    by katalitis
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    Last post by katalitis
      • Just installed Vista Business 32bit. I have all my music, documents and pictures in a backup drive. I wanted to change the Documents, Music and Pictures shortcuts on the right pane of start menu to point to the backup drive. I changed the target paths, but I accidentally entered the same path for both Music and Pictures. Now I cannot change them in any way! The both link to the same folder no mat
  • Install GINA DLL
    by Antonas
    1 Replies
    Last post by Eric Perlin
      • Hi, all Didn't find a forum on Windows XP, so my post is here. I have a stange problems with install/uninstall custom GINA. Running under Windows XP SP2: 1. Copy msgina.dll to the smgina.dll; 2. Set HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\GinaDLL to the smgina.dll and LogonType to the 0; 3. Reboot, logon; 4. Remove HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Win
  • graphBuilder->Connect(sourcePin, destPin) failing
    by MMCompton
    3 Replies
    Last post by MVP User
      • Hello, I've written a custom filter that works proprely in GraphEdit, but generates an error (-2147220897) when I try to connect to it in code. My filter has 1 input pin and 1 output pin, and has the same pin defs as the example NullNull filter. I'm trying to connect it's input pin to an output pin of an InfiniteTee. Connecting the tee to a WMAsfWriter filter works fine. My code:
  • mmioRead returns incorrect value
    by Jimmy317
    1 Replies
    Last post by Geraint Davies
      • I am attempting to use mmioRead to read data out of a wav file. However, the values that are returned do not match the values that are stored in the original wav file (when viewed with a hex editor). For my 16-bit PCM wav file, it appears that when the wav file contains a positive value, the corresponding value in the buffer returned by mmioRead is one less than the file's value. For example, if t
  • how to get the ball sample to work
    by Sina Eizad
    7 Replies
    Last post by Chris P.
      • im farely new to Directshow and wanted to get the samples available in Samples\Multimedia\DirectShow\Filters to work. building these filters will only generate some dlls but how can see for example the ball example in action also can anyone direct me to a site that gives detailed explanation of how to get started writing filters namely source filters. and how to test them. i know this might be a
  • Cant Burn a Cd on Vista??
    by Sum Guy75863
    1 Replies
    Last post by David Burg - MSFT
      • When ever I try to burn a CD Vista keeps on saying please insert a CD. Well, I'm pretty sure I know how to put a CD into a computer. Any1 know why this problem is happing Its a reg. CD-R.
  • reading wma from a SMB share with username and password
    by Luca Armani
    5 Replies
    Last post by Luca Armani
      • hello everybody, I have the following problem. I'm trying to read a wma of the type \\10.100.0.150\shared\test.wma, and this share is accessible only by a specific windows user. Unfortunately I cannot use ftp or http (like http://user assword@10.100.0.150/mypage/test.wma), nor run the whole process as that user I'm using wmp 10+ (IWMPPlayer4) and I can access the dshow graph (IFilterGraph) Is it p
  • How to differentiate Vista Ultimate Edition and Vista Starter Edition
    by Z.Z.C
    2 Replies
    Last post by santir
      • OSMajorVersion and OSMinorVersion for them are same. Anybody knows what information do I need to differentiate them Thanks.
  • MY DVD BURNER/DRIVE KEEPS DISAPPEARING?!?!
    by visitdonna
    3 Replies
    Last post by Roger Gentry
      • Any Clues
  • AVI Movie
    by JaanviRagu
    2 Replies
    Last post by Thore Karlsen
      • Hi i am new in the forum as well as new to programming and i am trying to combine audio and vedio files to form a movie in avi format. Can anyone please help me to do this. Any link to the tutorial on how to do this using Visual C++ or how to use DirectX functions for this purpose. I have installed Platform SDK.
  • Installing with run as administrator
    by Down_Under
    3 Replies
    Last post by Bruce N. Baker - MSFT
      • Can Vista Logo certfication be obtained if the install has to "Run as Administrator" while logged in as logouser1
  • Problem Retrieving token detials from STS
    by Dr Adrian Colquhoun
    3 Replies
    Last post by RCRISH
      • Hi I am creating a custom managed card based on the Microsoft STS sample. I have everything working to the point when I try to retrive my custom credentials from my STS (essentially the sample sts). I am using the username / password endpoint. I have the following inner exception message System.ServiceModel.FaultException: At least one security token in the message could not b
  • How to record from 'Wave' or 'Stereo Mix' in Vista?
    by yjslash
    14 Replies
    Last post by markm75c
      • Hi all, I wrote the following question in other forum space but some MSFT guy told me to try this forum for my question. I hope I could get right answer as soon as possible here. On Windows XP or earlier, I could capture the audio stream to the speacker not from the external device (maybe endpoint device in Vista) like the microphone. In other words, D irectSoundCapture was able to capt
  • Markup with ComposityActivities
    by &amp;#91;MSP&amp;#93;D
    7 Replies
    Last post by Angel Azcarraga - MSFT
      • Hi, I have the following scenario: I have a custom activity named BaseActivity. This acivity has a DependencyProperty string name. I have a custom activity named ComposityActivity. This activity is a sequential activity which has two child activities: BaseActivity and CodeActivity. I create an instance of ComposityActivity and I set the property name to "Test", then I create an ins
  • Building a custom rules editor
    by FranFLY
    5 Replies
    Last post by BRMS
      • Hello, I¡¯m working in a project which uses WF and its rules engine. All technology developed by Microsoft serves us very well but we need to define a custom rules editor because our clients do not have any technical skills. To build this editor, can we reuse any logic from the built-in RuleConditionDialog to extract expressions from .rules files Or we have to work directly with classes from Sy
  • question about .crd
    by Elche41
    5 Replies
    Last post by Toland Hon - MSFT
      • Hi, Actually, my Identity Provider return a .crd file under IE7 with the standard downloading messagebox (with open, save,etc.) . So, i want to know if its possible to directly import a card in cardspace when the user click on the form button .. Thank you for your response (and question if you don't understand my problem)