windows-vista

When I run: openssl genrsa -out mykey.key 2048 I get the following error: unable to write 'random state' e is 65537 (0x10001) My googling suggests this is some kind of Vista permissions issue. How can I allow Vista to write this file or how can I configure openssl to get round it? The root issue is that the RANDFILE variable in the OpenSSL configuration file is ignored on Windows. This has been a long-standing problem that continues to exist as of the OpenSSL v1.0a release, regardless of whether the target Windows platform is x86 or x64. There is a delightfully simple solution, though. Merely

When I try to create a new task in the task scheduler via the Java ProcessBuilder class I get an access denied error an Windows Vista. On XP it works just fine. When I use the "Run as adminstrator" option it runs on Vista as well.. However this is a additional step requeried an the users might not know about this. When the user just double clicks on the app icon it will fail with access denied. My question is how can I force a java app to reuest admin privileges right after startup? I'm not sure you can do it programmatically. If you have an installer for your app, you can add the registry key

How would I go about coding a new Windows Vista Shell? Everything you need to do as shell has never been documented, so there are some issues with file change notifications etc. The basics are: SystemParametersInfo(SPI_SETMINIMIZEDMETRICS,...MINIMIZEDMETRICS) with (undocumented?) flag 8 Register as the shell (SetShellWindow,SetProgmanWindow,ShellDDEInit,RegisterShellHook etc) Hide welcome screen by setting a signal ("msgina: ShellReadyEvent" and "ShellDesktopSwitchEvent") Start registry run key, start menu\startup and ShellServiceObjects Set registry Explorer\SessionInfo The good thing is, you

I a have a multithread application (MIDAS) that makes uses of windows messages to communicate with itself. MAIN FORM The main form receives windows messages sent by the RDM LogData(‘DataToLog’) Because windows messages are used they have the following attributes Received messages are Indivisible Received messages are Queued in the order they are sent QUESTION: Can you Suggest a better way doing this without using windows messages ? MAIN FORM CODE const UM_LOGDATA = WM_USER+1002; type TLogData = Record Msg : TMsgNum; Src : Integer; Data : String; end; PLogData = ^TLogData; TfrmMain = class