i get numbers instead of the text, so i will get 50399 or 104 instead of Special logon, logon, or audit policy change

Hi all,

I am currently displaying the information stored in the security logs in event viewer in vista.

But i cannot get the category task to display like it is in vista (Special logon, logon,...

Hi Rapture,

Thanks for that.

Regards
Smelf1

no worries figured it out.

I Set AutoSize property of the Label to False and resized it to hold the contents

Hi,

I have a label on my form but when you type in the text it all stays on one line.

So i set its max size to force it to tab the text but it only shows two lines.

How do i set it to allow...

hum mayby i need an if statement saying not InterNetworkv6 instead of internetwork, as ipv6 was on by default on my vista.

excuse me but when i run your code it returns exactly what i posted above, and this is on a vista machine

it returns 3 items,

ipv6 fe80::3894:6b0e:ed6c:7a1c%8
fe80::5efe:192.168.0.19%10
and what i need
192.168.0.19

how do i get it to only retung the last bit?

right i tried this

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Dim myip As String =...

ah yeah but its telling me to use gethostentry but if i use that it displays the ipv6 address and not the normal ipv4 one i need

Hi when i use the following code i get a warning
'Public Shared Function GetHostByName(hostName As String) As System.Net.IPHostEntry' is obsolete: 'GetHostByName is obsoleted for this type, please...

how do i put line 1 from a text file into richtextbox1 and line 2 from that text file into richtextbox2.

Then if i edit either i can then save and overwrite the original

Ha ha yep, once i get going its hard to stop.

I have the text file reading into a richtextbox and saving back if i edit it.

Private Const _FILE_NAME As String = "C:\cat4\bannedwebsites.txt"
...

right i have it working now,

but how do i read say the first line in a text file and put it into a richtextbox1, then read the second line and put it into richtextbox2

Hi all,

I would like to be able to read data from a text file, be able to edit it and save the new edits to that file over writing the old ones.
Dim FILE_NAME As String = "C:\cat4\text.txt"
...

no probs and thanks for the help again.

ah cool, i was going to deploy it as a windows service, i have a test service running so once i get that code perfected i will drop the code to read the event logs into it.

the problem is the program when finished will be running as a windows service so will require no user interaction. Its just going to mine data and pass it back to the database.

So i need to get...

ah right sorry i taught you wanted me to create an exe of the project then run it.

If i run vs2008 as administrator it read from the security logs.

But how do i get it to allow me to run them...

i am just running the progrma from inside vs 2008, how do i create it as an exe?

Hi mate,

I am a full administrator, i think its another one of these great security features added into vista.

I can read from the other event logs just not from the security one

I am able to read the data from the application event logs but when i try the security i get an error

Requested registry access is not allowed.
{"Cannot open log security on machine .. Windows...

changed the string to have quotes but still nothing.

I have attached a pick of the connected database and sql server and now i get the attached error.

I have changed the code to point to the...

Hi all,

I am just trying to get the information i collect from the pc's hostname and pass it into a db. All the db passwords, location etc are correct but i am getting nothing.

Imports System...

cool thats sorted it comatose.

Thanks alot.

ah yeah i changed it to urls before hand and thats when i get (collection) numerous times in the combo box.

i am only using it in a small program, but if i try your code i get (collection) a load of times in the combo box. Also it says
ComboBox1.Items.Add(urls)
url is not defined so i assume it meant...

right changed a bit so i can now get the urls to populate in a combobox.

Imports System
Imports Microsoft.Win32
Imports System.Windows.Forms

Public Class Form1

Public Function...

I was thinking of trying something along the lines of this

Public Function PopulateUrlList() As List(Of String)
Dim regKey As String = "Software\Microsoft\Internet...

got it working, i have a button and combobox in the form.

I call the getinstalled function from the button and it populates the combo box with all the installed programs.

So thanks for the help.

i am just using IE as i have IE on the machine i am using vb.net from

I presume i need to use Imports System.Windows.Forms to get that to work.

I was originally just looking to get the *.html from temp internet then i was thinking about reading them from the...

ah right so the function is left alone so if i add a button i would now need to call that function from the code under the button.

okay, but when i run the code nothing gets returned in the box.

could it be the displayname part as if you go to the registry and pick a sub key, you will see displayname. When you click on...

okay that code returns no errors but how do i display the display names it finds in a combo or text box?

okay i got this now but it returns nothing

Dim uninstallKey As String = "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall"
Dim rk As RegistryKey
rk =...

Hi all,

I would like to be able to show all the websites visited on a machine.

How would i go about doing this.

Thanks

I found something similar in c#

( static void GetInstalled()
{
string uninstallKey = @"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall";
using (RegistryKey rk =...

No probs thanks,

The keys are all located in hkey_local_machine\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall its where the registry stores all the installed programs.

I want to open...

Hi thanks for the reply.

I am new to vb.net so bear with me : ).

Now in that part of the reg i am looking the keys can be different depending on the installed programs.

So i cannot just add...