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SubAuthentication package gets Zero LogonId
Hi all, The other day I worked on an issue related to a SubAuthentication package that one of my customers had developed. One of the things that package was doing was getting the LogonId field of the LogonInformation struct being passed to Msv1_0SubAuthenticationFilter Read More...
Controls won't get resized once the nesting hierarchy of windows exceeds a certain depth (x64)
Hi all, welcome back, I've been working on an issue where WM_SIZE events are not properly generated once the nesting hierarchy of windows exceeds a certain depth. This issue only occurs on current x64 Windows : like XP, Server 2008 or the latest Windows Read More...
NdrClientCall2 fails with RPC_S_ALREADY_LISTENING when using pipes over ncalrpc
Hi all, I've been working on a Microsoft Remote Procedure Call (RPC) issue recently, where the first call to a specific remote method fails because the call to NdrClientCall2 function in the client stub returns RPC_S_ALREADY_LISTENING ( "The server is Read More...
How to create a certificate request with CertEnroll (ASP)
Hi all, The other day I posted a Javascript sample which shows how to use CertEnroll COM component to create a certificate request and install the response from the CA (Certificate Authority): How to create a certificate request with CertEnroll (JavaScript) Read More...
SHA-2 support on Windows XP
Hi all, If you try to use any SHA-2 algorithm ( SHA-256, SHA-384 and SHA-512 ) on Windows XP , you may get the following error when using i.e. CryptCreateHash : NTE_BAD_ALGID or -2146893816 or 0x80090008 or "Invalid algorithm specified" . Same algorithms Read More...
Security Warning dialog box is displayed when you try to silently install a hotfix or an update
Hi all, You may be trying to install a hotfix or update silently , but you keep getting a security warning dialog because the file was downloaded from the Internet . The following article explains this situation: 889815 The Open File - Security Warning Read More...
CAPICOM support on Windows Vista
I know there has been a lot of confusion about this, because some articles on the web (i.e. MSDN) say CAPICOM is not supported on Vista , while others say it is. I have good news for you people, especially for those who want to do cryptographic operations Read More...
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