Curt,
For your knowledge Hassan has the exe file & its testing ok, which is also
done when I tested it.
I changed the code in the WinVNC server for hassan only because he
requested
it & everyone else can use the version downloadable on the Real VNC
website.
Your last few posts has really confused me in a way because you seem to go
off into one for a reason I cannot work out.
You said yourself that you have a huge ego & why not? Maybe you are like
me
& have grown up with running Windows & supporting it in a professional
environment since the release of Windows 3.1 onwards. I cannot help it if
I
have been programming daily since 1980 & progressed through the languages
like others have or haven't, as the case maybe.
As for the registry tweak that i mentioned. This is an example of what I
mean't
Example 1)
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Regedit4
[Hkey_Local_machine\bla\bla\bla\...\Run]
"MyFile"="C:\Location\File.exe"
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Then telling the OP to copy whats between the lines into notepad, then
file|save as putting double quotes around the filename & addind '.reg' to
the end of the filename. Example: "MyKey.reg" then getting the user to set
the filter to all files & then click the save button
Example 2:
Create the registry file myself, zip it & add it to the post so anyone
using
OE to view the newsgroups can save it like an attachment.
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I create these keys myself & don't have to search for it on the Internet
or
point the user to a file that maybe the OP doesn't look through & could be
entering absolutely anything into their registry
What is so difficult then to go into the registry, double-click a key &
change the value from 0 to 1, click ok & close the registry editor for
example?
Regarding tweak UI
I have seen it keep popping up on startup & being problematic to get rid
of
back in the 98 days. Plus, as I mentioned earlier in this thread I think
tweak isn't 100% perfect & sometimes messes certain setting up. All it
does
it manipulate the registry keys. If you have one registry setting, lets
say
a DWORD value. What is the point of installing teak ui just to change a 0
to
a 1 or vice cersa? Makes no sense whatsoever.
If you see the answers to a lot of these posts the same few tools are
recommended all the time. Tweak UI, MSCONFIG or SYSTEM RESTORE for
example.
People only have the knowledge of how to use these tools, but if they
weren't available then they wouldn't have any idea on how to fix it.
Therefore, their knowledge is lacking somewhat, isn't it?
About my registry experience:
I do one hell of a lot of regisry programming & can honestly say that I
have
been working in the registry approx 5 days a week for the past 10 or so
years.
Other people could get a simular sort of understanding if they go to the
Microsoft website & look through the resource kits with every registry key
explained & most subkeys...
Around 4 years ago when I was setting up Windows 2000 for the umteenth
time
after a fresh install it used to take me 3 hours or so to do the registry
tweaks I wanted. So I got fed up & wrote my own setup tool which on one
button click does more than what I used to do in 3 hours changing the
registry manually. Although I can control every registry entry via the
application. The same tool cleans my entire computer with with one button
click although I can choose which parts I want to clean. Have you ever
heard
of the term "Lazy Programmer"? Why do it manually when you can automate
it?
Here's another automation I did yesterday for laziness. I have 1, 305
icons
with random names & I needed to rename them all. What did I do? Correct,
knock up an application that renames them all in 2 seconds instead of
manually changing them over days. Makes sense, doesn' it?
Regarding VBS files:
I used to do quite a lot of scripting, but very rarely do it now. As you
know VBS files are powerful & can do a lot of damage very easily. Rememver
the VBS LoveLetter strain that was out many years ago? Look at the damage
that caused for such a simple script. Nowadays, I have no interest in
scripting, but have to create them for network administration purposes
like
logging on scripts, simple drive mapping etc.
Strangely enough you mentioned about changing the background of the
Windows
Desktop. Around 2 months ago I wrote a small application that changes the
Desktop wallpaper because a friend of mine needed something for his work
as
the administrator had disabled that feature on their workstation.
)
About Kelly. I never have mentioned anything to do with her, but the
Kelly's
Corner website. Why on earth are MVP's having to point someone to a reg
file
on there? Its because they haven't got the knowledge to create the
solution
themselves. Again, how do you know all those registry entries are 100%
safe?
You don't & just because they are on a website doesn't mean to say they
are
safe or 100% correct.
I am not trying to prove myself at all. I believe in doing things to 100%
&
for me 99.9% isn't good enough. When you get an MVP who provides half a
solution then that its just showing them up for not knowing something that
maybe incredibly simple. There are far too many MVP's out there who really
don't have any idea & it seems that Google is their best friend, but again
that only goes to show the level of their knowledge. The best MVP I have
come across who knows his stuff is Richard Drydo & the worst is easily
Herfried. Herfied has an MVP in C# & basically never writes a single line
of
code, but does a totally useless Google search which 9/10 of the time is
in
the wrong language & isn't what the OP originally asked for. Should he
have
an MVP - NO WAY!!!!! Another thing it proves is that there are more than
one
way usually to do the task & it shows that for example Rock has to use
Tweak
UI. Ken another MVP a few months ago never knew what malware stood for & I
have seen Rock, Malke & one other say something is malware when its 1) not
proved to be malicious & 2) could quite easily be adware.
Anyway. I haven't slept & I am now an hour late for going to set up one of
my MSN chat friends' wireless
Speak to you later, Curt!!
