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Use for questions about programming with or for Windows 7, a past release of Microsoft Windows. General software or troubleshooting questions not directly related to programming are off topic and should be posted on Super User

Windows 7 is an edition of Microsoft Windows, released to manufacturing on July 22, 2009. Windows 7 is the successor to Windows Vista, which was released three years prior, and is succeeded by Windows 8.

A fully detailed description of Windows 7 can be found at the Wikipedia page on Windows 7 and also on the Microsoft website. It's based on the Windows NT line of Windows.

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Windows Credential Provider, Filter, and Unlock Workstation Scenario

I'm developing a credential provider and filter. I have some problems with lock scenario. First, I have tried the SampleAllControlCredentialProvider from here. And it works. Even when I logon and lock it afterward, it shows my credential. Second, I…
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My Delphi 7 with Firebird 1.5.6 application is freezing itself after some time of inactivity on Windows 7

I have developed a Delphi 7 application that is using Firebird 1.5.6 database in client server environment. The application is running on Windows 7 32 bit on notebook computer an the database is running on Windows XP 32-bit machine that is used as…
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Is it possible to use Aero Peek for MDI children within a winforms application?

I've seen from the Windows API Code Pack that it is possible to enable custom glass in a winforms application, but I've been unable to ascertain how to get child windows to show as separte thumbnails for aero peek (in much the same manner that IE…
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Problem with `pause` command when redirecting a command-line log to file

Let's say we execute a command as below and redirect the console output into text file. My issue is that there is pause commands within the batch script and when redirecting like this, I cannot know when to hit enter to continue the batch. Please…
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Program Built on Win7 won't run on WinXP

I have a project that I'm building on Windows 7 (32-bit) using Visual Studio 2005. The program builds fine, and I can move it to another Windows 7 machine and run it just fine. The problem comes when I try to move it to a Windows XP Pro machine.…
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NetBeans Development 7 - Windows 7 64-bit … JNI native calls ... a how to guide

I provide this for you to hopefully save you some time and pain. As part of my experience in getting to know NB Development v7 on my Windows 64-bit workstation I found another frustrating adventure in trying to get the JNI (Java Native Interface)…
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How do I programmatically invoke Aero Peek on a window?

Raymond Chen has confirmed that there is no publicly documented way to do this. Does anyone know an undocumented solution?
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Request administrator rights on Win Vista/7 from a c++ app

I found info on how to do it in c#, but how to make a C++ app pop-up that UAC "Run as administrator" when it is run?
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How do I execute .jar java program on Windows 7 command line?

I have been looking things up online and could not find a good answer so far. I want to execute the YUI compressor tool to obfuscate/minify my javascript file. I do have JRE installed. It looks like the file association is fine as you can see…
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Is ITaskScheduler supported in Windows 7?

Is ITaskScheduler supported in Windows 7? I've used the Task Scheduler in Windows XP and Windows Vista to create scheduled tasks. On Windows 7 the job gets (correctly) created, for example: C:\Windows\Tasks\Foo Test Task.job But the task never runs…
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Is there a way to programmatically tell if a system is touch enabled?

I'm trying to figure out how to programmatically tell if a Windows 7 machine has touch enabled. Are there any touch API's (managed or unmanaged) that can help me achieve this? Or perhaps something in the registry I can check?
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vagrant error the version of powershell on this host is less than required

I have a problem with vagrant. 1) I have Windows 7. 2) Run script in Windows PowerShell 3) Code that i execute: PS D:\vagrants> vagrant --debug 4) my windows Path entry: C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\iCLS Client\;C:\Program Files\Intel\iCLS…
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API for supporting Echo Cancellation in Windows Vista/7

In 2007, during the fever over DRM being included in Windows Vista, a Windows Vista Team blog was created to respond to a lot of the concerns. One of the questions responded to the ability of VoIP software to perform echo cancellation when running…
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How do you programmatically Turn Password Protected Sharing on/off in Windows 7?

Let me apologize ahead of time. I saw this question on here already, but it has not been answered completely. (How do I turn Password Protected Sharing on or off programmatically?). I couldn't figure out how to have a question addressed again,…
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C# WinForms FontDialog can't be initialized with some fonts?

I am using VS C# 2008 Express. I am adding the capability to store and retrieve a user's font selection to my app using the standard FontDialog control. During my testing I have noticed that certain fonts do not initialize the dialog fully -- the…
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