Comments for Duncan Smart's Weblog http://blog.dotsmart.net insert witty, geeky tagline here... Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:29:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU Comment on Solved: "Cannot read from the source file or disk" by Lindsay George http://blog.dotsmart.net/2008/06/12/solved-cannot-read-from-the-source-file-or-disk/#comment-95 Lindsay George Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:18:53 +0000 http://dotsmart.wordpress.com/2008/06/12/solved-cannot-read-from-the-source-file-or-disk/#comment-95 In addition to this you can try reading this: http://www.softwaretipsandtricks.com/forum/windows-xp/32482-error-message-cannot-delete-file-cannot-read-source-file-disk.html This is unlocker(it'll do the job without having you type in names check it out!): http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/ In addition to this you can try reading this:

http://www.softwaretipsandtricks.com/forum/windows-xp/32482-error-message-cannot-delete-file-cannot-read-source-file-disk.html

This is unlocker(it’ll do the job without having you type in names check it out!): http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/

]]> Comment on Fight Spam with jQuery! by Luke http://blog.dotsmart.net/2008/05/16/fight-spam-with-jquery/#comment-93 Luke Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:10:20 +0000 http://dotsmart.wordpress.com/2008/05/16/fight-spam-with-jquery/#comment-93 I was reading a little bit lately, and I recall seeing somewhere that putting your e-mail into the page as "foo [at] bar [dot] com" doesn't really protect you at all - Google(and I assume other search engines as well) strips out the special characters, and means that all you need to search for is "at bar dot com" to find valid e-mail addresses that users have attempted to secure using this method. As a quick test, try searching "at gmail dot com" - you'll see that on the first page alone, there are a few e-mail addresses. If you try searching using "[at] gmail [dot] com", you'll notice that you get the exact same results - because Google strips out the special characters. Just my two cents. I was reading a little bit lately, and I recall seeing somewhere that putting your e-mail into the page as “foo [at] bar [dot] com” doesn’t really protect you at all - Google(and I assume other search engines as well) strips out the special characters, and means that all you need to search for is “at bar dot com” to find valid e-mail addresses that users have attempted to secure using this method.

As a quick test, try searching “at gmail dot com” - you’ll see that on the first page alone, there are a few e-mail addresses. If you try searching using “[at] gmail [dot] com”, you’ll notice that you get the exact same results - because Google strips out the special characters.

Just my two cents.

]]> Comment on Solved: "Cannot read from the source file or disk" by borg http://blog.dotsmart.net/2008/06/12/solved-cannot-read-from-the-source-file-or-disk/#comment-89 borg Sun, 13 Jul 2008 23:28:25 +0000 http://dotsmart.wordpress.com/2008/06/12/solved-cannot-read-from-the-source-file-or-disk/#comment-89 ok so im not very computer savy and i still cannot get a file on my desktop to delete it gives me this same error ok so im not very computer savy and i still cannot get a file on my desktop to delete it gives me this same error

]]> Comment on System.Net.Mail: The specified string is not in the form required for a subject by Tom Gilkison http://blog.dotsmart.net/2008/02/15/systemnetmail-the-specified-string-is-not-in-the-form-required-for-a-subject/#comment-84 Tom Gilkison Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:16:37 +0000 http://dotsmart.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/systemnetmail-the-specified-string-is-not-in-the-form-required-for-a-subject/#comment-84 Thank you for taking the time to post the solution. If everyone did this, it would be much easier to do what already should have been done. Thank you for taking the time to post the solution. If everyone did this, it would be much easier to do what already should have been done.

]]> Comment on Shortcut to Switch User in Windows Vista by Garrett http://blog.dotsmart.net/2008/01/17/shortcut-to-switch-user-in-windows-vista/#comment-79 Garrett Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:40:08 +0000 http://dotsmart.wordpress.com/2008/01/17/shortcut-to-switch-user-in-windows-vista/#comment-79 Duncan, Do I have to be logged into a server for the code to work? I've got Visual Basic Studio and had already found the Basic version of the code, but when I ran it nothing would happen (the WTSDisconnectSession call would run and return no error code but nothing would happen). That's why I was looking for the tsdiscon program itself. Do you think the C# code would work differently? Thanks! :) Duncan,

Do I have to be logged into a server for the code to work? I’ve got Visual Basic Studio and had already found the Basic version of the code, but when I ran it nothing would happen (the WTSDisconnectSession call would run and return no error code but nothing would happen). That’s why I was looking for the tsdiscon program itself. Do you think the C# code would work differently?

Thanks! :)

]]> Comment on Shortcut to Switch User in Windows Vista by duncansmart http://blog.dotsmart.net/2008/01/17/shortcut-to-switch-user-in-windows-vista/#comment-77 duncansmart Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:50:16 +0000 http://dotsmart.wordpress.com/2008/01/17/shortcut-to-switch-user-in-windows-vista/#comment-77 @Garrett - I've updated the post and added some code that you can compile into an EXE that will do the same thing as tsdiscon. @Garrett - I’ve updated the post and added some code that you can compile into an EXE that will do the same thing as tsdiscon.

]]> Comment on Shortcut to Switch User in Windows Vista by Garrett http://blog.dotsmart.net/2008/01/17/shortcut-to-switch-user-in-windows-vista/#comment-76 Garrett Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:32:57 +0000 http://dotsmart.wordpress.com/2008/01/17/shortcut-to-switch-user-in-windows-vista/#comment-76 Does anyone who has a 32-bit version of Vista have this tsdiscon.exe file? I've got the file (found online) but when I run it it says that I may need Vista 64-bit. Does anyone who has a 32-bit version of Vista have this tsdiscon.exe file? I’ve got the file (found online) but when I run it it says that I may need Vista 64-bit.

]]> Comment on Solved: "Cannot read from the source file or disk" by Aris http://blog.dotsmart.net/2008/06/12/solved-cannot-read-from-the-source-file-or-disk/#comment-74 Aris Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:57:42 +0000 http://dotsmart.wordpress.com/2008/06/12/solved-cannot-read-from-the-source-file-or-disk/#comment-74 Great! It worked like magic. Thanks. :-) Great! It worked like magic. Thanks. :-)

]]> Comment on Solved: "Cannot read from the source file or disk" by Nation http://blog.dotsmart.net/2008/06/12/solved-cannot-read-from-the-source-file-or-disk/#comment-73 Nation Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:47:05 +0000 http://dotsmart.wordpress.com/2008/06/12/solved-cannot-read-from-the-source-file-or-disk/#comment-73 Oh, and I couldn't resist trying your evil suggestion. Yes, it worked on my (Win XP NTFS) system. And the same method deleted it. There may be some hacker potential for this method of creating (practically) undeletable files. Oh, and I couldn’t resist trying your evil suggestion. Yes, it worked on my (Win XP NTFS) system. And the same method deleted it. There may be some hacker potential for this method of creating (practically) undeletable files.

]]> Comment on Solved: "Cannot read from the source file or disk" by Nation http://blog.dotsmart.net/2008/06/12/solved-cannot-read-from-the-source-file-or-disk/#comment-72 Nation Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:36:13 +0000 http://dotsmart.wordpress.com/2008/06/12/solved-cannot-read-from-the-source-file-or-disk/#comment-72 Very helpful! Glad I found this via Google. My problem was a folder name generated by a program. I tried to move it, rename it, etc -- no dice. In my case the last character in the name appeared to be a space. I couldn't seem to rename it with this trick (got syntax error - sorry, I didn't record exact error message). So I copied the contents into another folder, and then deleted the bad folder ( rd "\\?\c:\folder\folder\bad name"). It went away. Some where in some manual the exact syntax rules of these DOS commands is documented, I'm sure. Very helpful! Glad I found this via Google. My problem was a folder name generated by a program. I tried to move it, rename it, etc — no dice. In my case the last character in the name appeared to be a space. I couldn’t seem to rename it with this trick (got syntax error - sorry, I didn’t record exact error message). So I copied the contents into another folder, and then deleted the bad folder ( rd “\\?\c:\folder\folder\bad name”). It went away. Some where in some manual the exact syntax rules of these DOS commands is documented, I’m sure.

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