Posts tagged Security

Unable to get running user’s MyDocuments folder due to security interference

I was trying to retrieve the running user’s MyDocuments folder in a WinForms application via

To my surprise, it returned an empty string.

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Walkaround for Error : An add-on for this website failed to run. When opening Visual C++’s Add Variable Wizard after IE 8 is installed

Update: it looks like a lot of people are hitting this page by mistake. If you don’t write software for a living then this page is not for you.

The program is lost, but what it does is basically copying the entries from the restricted zone to the 1000 zone (custom zone of VC++ Wizards engine). In addition it has a REG_DWORD value set to 0 for name “1207”. IE security zone settings are stored in the registry path HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionInternet SettingsZones

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请勿向第三方公开你的个人密码

Please don’t show your password to 3rd party.

一直以来我都持续收到一些加入在线手机社区http://www.sms.ac的邀请,因为我没有手机(要找我的人注意:我醒着的话一般都挂在MSN上),所以总是看过就算。但是今天收到了来自一个不是很熟的朋友的加入这个社区和另外一个社区http://www.bebo.com的邀请,所以上网搜索了一下一些个人BLOG对这两个网站的引用。搜索的结果触目惊心。

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