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  1. TheTuna

    STRONGM - Get Folder ACE Flag to see if it inherits permissions

    StrongM, if you're available, I'm in a pinch... Or if anyone knows a quick solution for this issue: I need to look at a folder and determine if it inherits permissions from its parent folder. I've been researching the FSO for a way to access ACE flags and I can't find a solution there. I've...
  2. TheTuna

    picturebox as container

    I need to load a picturebox, then load a label INSIDE the newly loaded picturebox... any help on doing this with code would be appreciated. [fish] [COLOR=red] No Dolphins were harmed in the posting of this message... Dolphin Friendly Tuna! Ever feel like you're banging your head against a...
  3. TheTuna

    PopUp Browser Windows are empty

    If I click the link to give you a star, the window that pops up is completely void. This happens on ALL pop up windows that I try to open... I've run spybot, there's no spyware. I've run hijackthis, everything is normal. I don't have a popup blocker running. I'm not using SP2 Any help would...
  4. TheTuna

    Linking to .xls / memo field truncating text data

    I'm linking to a spreadsheet (one sheet within) and one of my fields is greater than 255 characters, so it's going into a memo field. For some reason, the memo field is chopping off the text. Does Access STILL not have this problem resolved? Does anyone know of a way around the 255 character...
  5. TheTuna

    Compaq Presario 900 Laptop CD/CDR/DVD Combo Drive

    I've got a combo drive that will read DVD's but the CD Player doesn't work. Drop in a cd and there are just clicks coming from the drive. Drop in a dvd and the movie plays. Any clues? [fish] [COLOR=red] No Dolphins were harmed in the posting of this message... Dolphin Friendly Tuna! Ever...
  6. TheTuna

    Possible Malware or Worm... Task Manager and Hijackthis being killed

    My friends PC has something (worm or malware) killing task manager and hijack this. He's in Dallas, I'm in Houston, so I remoted his PC to try and remove some spyware for him. Grabbed Hijackthis and Spybot S&D. First tried to run Hijack... it wouldn't start up. So I tried to view the task...
  7. TheTuna

    Removing SearchCentral.cc

    Greetings fellow spyware/malware/hijack victims. I've searched for a solution, but thus far, none can be found. After our XP Pro box reboots, the home page keeps being re-routed to searchcentral.cc. Hijackthis presents 3 entries that when removed seem to make it back after a reboot. Anyone...
  8. TheTuna

    Deleting Accounts

    On a windows xp Corporate box, when I'm logged in as administrator, I am seeing an extra account called Guest2, and I cannot delete it. I know there is a way, but I just can't manage to figure it out. Thanks for the help. [fish] [COLOR=red] No Dolphins were harmed in the posting of this...
  9. TheTuna

    Momentary Pauses aka Sudden Processor Spikes

    For two days now, my laptop (Presario 900 running XP Home) has been getting 100% processor spikes for about a second and a half. During these spikes, the mouse freezes, which is very irritating. I suspected spyware/malware and ran Spybot S&D (fully updated) and discovered the biggest flood of...
  10. TheTuna

    CD-R / DVD Combo Drive Reads DVD but not CD's

    I've got a compaq presario 900 with a combo dvd/cd-r drive. Gradually, I noticed that burning CD-R's failed more and more, then one day the drive stopped reading CD's all together. I assumed that the drive wouldn't read DVD's anymore, but today I found that it will. It reads dvd's just fine...
  11. TheTuna

    Who's the best HD Maker these days?

    For years I was a Seagate buyer, then it was Western Digital. Then, Maxtor (or anything cheap). Now, after many years of giving my opinion about drive makers based on experience, I'm ready to ask everyone else. Who's your HD Daddy?! Please, don't say Maxtor! :) [fish] [COLOR=red] No...
  12. TheTuna

    Ultra Easy Collision Detection and Game Demo

    If you've ever wanted to do a little game programming in vb, there's a simple way to do collision detection between two objects using the IntersectRect API Function and the RECT type... Below is a form that contains a break-out style game, demonstrating bouncing a 'ball' into 'bricks'. Let me...
  13. TheTuna

    Getting Certified (MCAD)

    Greetings, I'm an old pro at vb6, and up until now I've been slow to transition to dot net. But now, it seems that NO EMPLOYERS are looking for VB6 developers anymore (in Houston, TX). I've got dot net but I can't install it since my cd rom drive is fried on my laptop. I'm about to invest in...
  14. TheTuna

    Microsoft Maneger = Spoole32.exe

    Hijackthis reports Microsoft Maneger = Spoole32.exe Is this supposed to be there? Note the spelling of "Maneger". I just cleaned up my laptop and gotten rid of some other nasties, and I realized in the process that Spoole32 is always running in my task list, but never was before...
  15. TheTuna

    " is not a valid date (Why is this message plauging me)

    Whenever I open internet explorer or any explorer windows, i'm getting an error message that states " is not a valid date. When I click ok, the window opens normally. Can anyone identify the cause of this for me? Thanks! [fish] [COLOR=red] No Dolphins were harmed in the posting of...
  16. TheTuna

    Accessing SQL Server & Access Data via internet

    I know nothing about setting up an IIS Server. Is it possible using IIS to allow a vb application to connect to data on the server (either access or sql server) when said application is connected via the internet? If Yes, can someone provide direction? [fish] [COLOR=red] No Dolphins were...
  17. TheTuna

    GetLogicalDriveStrings

    [COLOR=blue]GetLogicalDriveStrings Declare Function GetLogicalDriveStrings Lib "kernel32" Alias "GetLogicalDriveStringsA" (ByVal nBufferLength as Long, ByVal lpBuffer as String) [COLOR=green] Retreives a string containing the root drive paths for all current logical drives...
  18. TheTuna

    Vamp, Strongm, others... please read

    In a previous thread (thread222-543543) I asked a question about stopping a VB Developed OCX from firing a Validate event. Said OCX doesn't have a CausesValidation property, and it does not get focus, yet it still causes the Validation event to fire. How might I stop the OCX from doing this...
  19. TheTuna

    Creating OCX with Validate Event & CausesValidation

    I have a self-developed OCX with the following Properties: Windowless = true CanGetFocus = False ClipControl Uses Region Among others... Because the control is NOT allowed to get focus, only a few intrinsic components are allowed. They are the label control and the image control. That's it...
  20. TheTuna

    I can Get but can't Put (inet FTP)

    Doesn't an Inet.execute "PUT" work just like an Inet.Execute "GET"? I've set up an FTP site to transfer data between kiosks and server. Accounts are set up, and downloads of binary files are flawless (to kiosk from server) But when I try to perform a PUT or SEND (from...

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