Run\RunOnce\RunOnceEx are documented ways to automatically run certain tasks when system startup or a user logs in. Run\RunOnce keys are documented here: Run and RunOnce Registry Keys http://windowssdk.msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms723554.aspx RunOnceEx...

.Net security configuration is per-CLR. This means, in 64 bit OS, there is a 32 bit .Net security configuration, and a 64 bit security configuration. When you change .Net security configuration in 64 bit OS, make sure you understand which security configuration...

If you are developing applications for Windows Vista using Visual Studio 2005, and you are adding Vista UAC manifest to your application, when your application runs on Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or Windows Server 2003 RTM (without SP1), Windows may...

MSDN launched MSDNWiki a while ago http://msdnwiki.microsoft.com/en-us/mtpswiki/default.aspx I really like the idea of MSDN Wiki. An API is rarely just an API. There is an associated history, like the background, the design choices, the limitation, the...

In Windows Vista, COM will read HKLM\Software\Classes when the process has a integrity level > MEDIUM , and it will read the merged HKLM\HKCU hive otherwise. For information about integrity level, please read Steve Riley's article Mandatory Integrity...