I was wondering if there is a way to detect if Windows Updates are currently being installed.The reason is that I have written some software that sends my PC to hibernation if is idle for a specific amount of time, but I do not want this to happen if Windows is in the process of updating.
View 2 RepliesThis is going to sound weird but I was wondering if there is a way to show in a list all of the installed Windows Updates.
View 9 RepliesI'm trying to figure out if specific Windows updates are installed so I can install the correct ones.I'm currently checking the WindowsUpdates.log file that is located within the windows directory, but it's terribly unreliable.In my search to find an alternative method, I cam across this blog post. It seems like a perfect fit. Unless you take into account that this is VBScript and their querying Microsoft.Update.Session.what class in WMI that would relate to VB so I can pull the info.
View 4 RepliesI know that all installed programs and updates can be found at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionUninstall key in the registry.
But how can I differentiate between installed programs and installed updates?
Problem: Current regex pattern does not filter all lines. Adding ^ to the beginning and $ to the ending of the pattern seems to break it as well. If I try it ont gives partial results using options(multiline & case insensitive). Using it in the application returns nothing at all.
View 1 RepliesIs there any way to determine that a system has automatic updates enabled and has the little yellow security center icon indicating that updates are available? I'd like to drop a little service on one of my servers to monitor for that condition but can't find a good resource to get started.
View 12 RepliesI wrote this code to try and figure out which drive Windows is installed on - it basically starts with C and looks for the first "fixed disk" with a Windows folder.
' Start with c: and look for first fixed drive (type=3) with a windows folder
Dim getInfo As System.IO.DriveInfo
Dim m_start As Integer = 67
Dim m_drv As String = Chr(m_start) & ":windows"
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Is there a function that determines the letter that windows is on installed. For example:
D:
C:
G:
etc...
I have sent out software created with VB2008 Express and everything has installed correctly on my PC which is running windows vista. But they can't get it to install, one is running XP the other Vista, they get the following errors
Windows XP
Microsoft.VisualBasic.Powerpacks.Vs Version 9.0.0.0. to be installed in the Global Assembly Cache
Windows Vista
system.windows.forms.data visualization version 3.5.0.0 be installed in the global assembley cache first
Currently converting the infamous Windows Update VB Script examples to VB .NET so that I can have a more polished GUI for our end user's as we have to nofity them every step of the way when installing updates (so the built in WUA interaction is not viable for us).
Converting from VBS to VB .NET seems to be more troublesome then I estimated, FYI I am no a full time .NET programmer so I might be making newbie mistakes!!!
So here is the VB Script example from MSDN for searhing, downloading and installing Windows updates using VBS:
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I am writing a Windows Update Client in preperation for it's use with our Windows 7 OS when we start to migrate this year from our Windows XP SP3 computers. We currently use a vbScript to control the installation of Windows Updates, we dont use the built in Windows Update client for the installation of updates as we need a little bit more control to allow for the deferral of updates being installed and more notification to the end user as to when a reboot will occur.
I want to replace the vbScript with a VB .NET executable as the presentation of information is much nicer, so I took to converting the Microsoft WUA API examples from vbScript to .NET, Following is the the vbScript Example code I am working with, at this stage of development of the application I am looking just to get a count of updates that need to be installed:
Set updateSession = CreateObject("Microsoft.Update.Session")
Set updateSearcher = updateSession.CreateupdateSearcher()
WScript.Echo "Searching for updates..." & vbCRLF
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Ive only recently starting fiddling with Visual Basic Express and Sql Databases. Ive managed to get a database up and running, and can query information from it. I have even created a form that can add a new entry to the table im using.The first form has a ComboBox that list the PlayerNames in my table. Form2 allows you to add a new name to the table, but anything I add isnt immediately updated in Form1. I have to relaunch the program to see the new entries. Even then, these new entries dont seem to be permanent as they eventually dissappear.The code I have for Form1:
Public Class Form1
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
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I have been trying for days now how to create a process to the user to easily create a connection to any installed data types they have installed. I have found an example right inside vb2008. I never use this because I code my own connections, but this would be real nice if I could include it or duplicate it.
View 1 RepliesIf not what else is needed.
Is it possible to install it as a virtual application?
I know the default install path of the app and the name of the .exe file, but is there a way to see if it is actually installed? I've seen suggestions for checking registry entries, but I don't know if this app uses any or if if varies for different users on different pc's.
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EDIT: I'm starting a bounty on this question. For the moment, I've moved on and am developing my application using VS2010 Pro Beta, but I'd really like it to be able to be built with express edition, since we are generally not a .net shop and even if one or two developers have VS PRO it will not be available to our entire team.
To be the accepted answer and claim the bounty, you must provide sample code and instructions that will allow a Windows Service to be installed and uninstalled using vb 2008 express edition. You don't necessarily need to start with my code (but the essentials of it are included below).
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I don't know how to get my asp code to work on windows 7. I ran my project, it works correctly.
But for some pages I'm getting an HTTP 401.5 error.
I'm wondering how I would go about creating a program that once installed was a windows toolbar. What I'm trying to do is similar to the clipboard, but I want to customize it to my own style. I work in a data entry job and many of the bills we enter have similar information that I'd like to be able to enter without repeated typing. I'd like the toolbar to be docked to the top of the screen, and have several buttons on it. Clicking a button, while having a focus in my data entry program, would paste the button's text (or the full text of what the button caption represented) into the selected field. Alternately, if focus between multiple applications is too difficult to try, then clicking the button would highlight the text and copy it to the windows clipboard, so I could then click back into my data entry program and hit ctrl-v. I dont need help on the program itself...just on how to make it as a windows toolbar, if possible.
View 1 RepliesWe have a certain application installed on a single machine. I would like to enable/disable a button based on the existence of this application. Is there a way to check for its existence from asp.net?
the app is currently on an XP machine, but want to code for Win7 as well. VS2008 3.51. Asp.net
Do users of windows applications have to have the database application installed if your program uses databases to store information? For example, when making VB2008 programs, if I use the visual studio express database (.sdf), or maybe a MSAccess database, to store information within my visual basic program...when I deploy the application to the users, can they run the program okay even if they don't have MSAccess installed on their computer?Also, do I need to have MSAccess installed in order to write programs that use MSAccess databases?
View 1 Repliesi have installed visual studio 2010 32 bit on my new computer which have windows 7 64 bit. Everything seems ok. But now I try to learn how to draw some spheres with movement. I have tried to install openGL2 but it does not work or said that it does not fit with 64 bit, or it works only with VC.
Could any one, please, give me a short introduction to install and use open GL in vb.net 2010 installed on windows 7 64 bits ?
I have a simple windows Service developed in VS.net 2008 and VB.net. When I install the service using Installutil.exe from the command prompt it is working like a charm.
When I try to add a setup project and set the output and build and install it though it says successfully installed, it is not showing up in the services.
The event log shows that it is successfully installed. I just did check the registry, it did place the assemblies in HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftinstallerassemblies.
But I don't understand why it is not showing up in the services listing. I refreshed and restarted.
what's the best way to handle the updates to the database.For example i have one datagridview that's binded to a datatable (with two fields, id auto incremented and a varchar). The user can do all the operations Insert, Update, Delete.If i insert one row (only the text) and call the update method to save the changes to the database, and after that remove the same row and call the update method the adapter will throw a exception because it didn't update the datatable with the value of the id. So the best way to do this is always calling the fill method after every update?
View 22 Replieshere is part of the code i am working with at the moment:
Public Sub runbar(ByVal time As Integer)
sleep(2)
Dim i As Integer
i = 0
ProgressBar1.Maximum = time
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The problem is that when i click the button to run this, it does the runbar animation BEFORE it updates the text box. I have even tried putting a loop around the TextBox1.Text = obj to see if that would force it to work, but it did not. I would like to know if there is anyway to get the text to update before the runbar animation runs, just seams weird as i have the text editing first lol.
Last night 3 updates automatically installed from VS 2008 on my comp KB952241, KB971091 and KB973674 Today intellisence was not working for .net - I uninstalled the updates and everything is, once again, working fine I dont know what update did it ... But I was just wondering if anyone else has experienced this - I would rather not have the updates if they stuff things up.
Oh - and before anyone asks - I tried resetting the visual studio settings
I would like to ask if it is possible to do a multiple records editing by linqtosql method in one click event? What I've been trying to do is to edit all the names in the table which are having the same account number. I was able to edit but only one name has been edited and the rest are not
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Private Sub Button2_Click(------------) Handles Button2.Click
Dim accnt As String
accnt = Textbox1.Text
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Why is it these codes could only edit records in one datarow? Can you debug the codes to edit all records which are having the same account number after it is being query?if that is possible for you.
i am making a software =D (Does the Name matter ??)
Ohk so its gonna be my first try
my last soft was a success with 800+ downloads
so i want my program to check for updates everytime it opens or like when it clicks on a button
then it checks if there are updates then it will show the link to download the new exe file in a messsage box or in a textbox
I have code similar to the code below that works in other parts of my program. The reason the code below does not work is because the datatable is made up of data from two separate tables. Does anyone know how to make this work for multiple tables? Can I choose what fields to send back and where to send them? This is what fills my datagridview and it works fine.
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i dont know anything about any of them XD
1). Whats a server? are they web based or locally on a pc?
2). I've made a program and want to make updates for it and put them on the web for download, Do i need a server to do this?
3). How do i make updates work on visual basic 2008, i mean ive made a program and i want to put it on the internet but i also want to bring out updates, apparently i can use visual basic to automatically download updates and install them. What do i need to do this? where can the updates be downloaded from on the internet? will a file share like rapidshare work?
Okay so i made a small code that my application can check for updates onstart time. The problem is that it freeze up the application. How can i make it work faster.
Try
My.Computer.FileSystem.DeleteFile(My.Application.Info.DirectoryPath.ToString & "" &
"v.txt")
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