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I discovered the new Windows user tile API
I recently discovered that you can now store user photos in an Active Directory and Outlook 2010 can display those photos. My next idea was that I wanted to use those photos as user tiles (profile...
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My ultra low power home server
I bought an Asus WL-500g Premium v2 router in April, 2009 and immediately installed DD-WRT on it. I used it for my wired and wireless LAN, printer and disk sharing, and for running Transmission. In...
View ArticleWindows antivirus API in .NET, and a COM interop crash course
Like I said in my previous post, I already coded something cool in my framework, and here it is: .NET code to call the Windows antivirus API. The best use case scenario I can think of is when...
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Getting the size of a volume shadow copy snapshot
The volume shadow service (VSS) has a storage limit on each volume. If it needs more space for a new snapshot, it deletes an old one. If you want to create a smarter space management algorithm, which...
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How to impersonate the Windows system account in an application
During the research of my previous post, I wanted to find out if it’s possible to impersonate the system account in an application (NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM). Apparently, and much to my surprise, it’s a bit...
View ArticleIPv6 in my home intranet with SLAAC, 6to4 and a dynamic IP
I set up 6to4 in my home intranet, and I’ll share my experiences. The web is full of 6to4 how-tos, but there are a few reasons why my case is special: I have a dynamic IPv4 address, I want to share...
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Directory object dialog in .NET, and advanced COM marshaling
Last week I wanted to start a new .NET project, and I needed a directory object picker for it. I searched the web and found some solutions, but they just didn’t look right and decided that I can do a...
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Joco-ADPhoto: active directory photo editor, also introducing my tools project
It’s been so long since I last wrote… My previous post was about the directory object dialog that I implemented in my framework. My plan was to use it for something, and that something is finally here....
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