Set your signature in OWA
Ever get tired of adding a signature block to an email? Typing your name and other info every time you write an email? Here is how to get rid of that tedium with Outlook for the web.
Use PowerShell to see who Rebooted a Server
Let’s say one of the production servers got rebooted unexpectedly and you would like to find out who rebooted it and when the server got rebooted. In PowerShell, you can take a look at the event log using the PowerShell one-liner command shown below. You don’t need to write a bunch of lines in a script and then… Read More »
Connect to Network Printer via TCP/IP
Sometimes you are unable to connect to a printer via the print server. Maybe your driver is unavailable, or for some reason you may not have rights to print to that printer. You can bypass the print server, most times, and print directly to a network printer.
XPFrame User Control
XPFrame solves well known problem of standard frame’s behaviour with XP styles (see screenshot bellow). This control looks like .NET GroupBox under Windows XP or like VB Frame under early systems. Demo project is included.
MD5RC4 VB Class
This class encrypts/decrypts data with MD5 hashing and RC4 encrypting algorithms using Windows CryptoAPI functions.
How to start/stop and Enum Services using ADSI
This post will show you sample code in VB6 to use ADSI to manage services.
GetCpuDescription
Get information on the CPU using Active Directory ‘ Get a description of the processor using Active Directory” NOTE: requires a reference to the Active DS Type library Function GetCpuDescription() As String Dim thisComputer As ActiveDs.IADsComputer Dim thisService As ActiveDs.IADsServiceOperations ‘ we need this object to retrieve computer name Dim sysInfo As New ActiveDs.WinNTSystemInfo ‘ retrieve the AD object corresponding to this… Read More »
WindowFromMouse
Gets the handle of the window under the mouse cursor. Private Type POINTAPI X As Long Y As LongEnd TypePrivate Declare Function GetCursorPos Lib “user32” (lpPoint As POINTAPI) As LongPrivate Declare Function WindowFromPoint Lib “user32” (ByVal xPoint As Long, _ ByVal yPoint As Long) As Long ‘ Return the handle of the window under the mouse cursor. Function WindowFromMouse() As Long Dim… Read More »
Drag and Drop in VB6
This example show a way you can fake a drag/drop with listboxes. It does not use the official Drag/Drop features of VB.
Download File
Shows you a couple very easy ways to download files from the internet using the url. Uses api, no controls. You can download files, webpages ect.. If someone has right clicking disabled. Recovered from the remains of vbcodesource.com.