Hi Dave, Tracy, et al.:
Thanks for the suggestions. It seems that SYS(0) works like a champ.
HOWEVER....
Now I'm being asked to apparently "sign" the executable to avoid having
Vista ask if they really want to run the application. The user sent me the
following comment:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
windows prompts me to run the software because of it being an unknown
publisher, but I think that is an easy fix? Can you change?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Well, I could, if I knew how to do this. Or even what to do to create
such a signature or certificate. Can someone enlighten me? This is
essentially an in-house application; I just happen to be maintaining it from
1800 or so miles away. ;)
Thanks for any help any of you can share. (Oh, I tried to search for
this on the ProFox search website but, without knowing exactly what it was I
was trying to find, I was having a lot of trouble finding anything useful
that wasn't talking about SSL Certificates for web pages.)
Jon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tracy Pearson" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 11:25 AM
Subject: RE: Question on Registry in Vista vs Windows XP
> It might be this:
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Volatile Environment\UserName
>
> I searched the registry for things, I do not have a reference to say this
is
> what you are looking for.
>
> As Dave said, SYS(0) or a complicated API call might be what you are
looking
> for.
>
> GetEnv("UserName") can be dinked with.
>
> When you start VFP with Run As... who the application is running as from
> SYS(0), API, and direct Registry read are all the same.
>
> Tracy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jon Westcot
> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 11:45 AM
>
> Hi all:
>
> I've got a question regarding retrieving a value from the Registry
> within Vista that I hope someone here can help me answer.
>
> Here's the situation. I've got an existing application that has been
> working just fine under Windows XP Pro. At application startup, it
queries
> the Registry to retrieve the following key value:
>
>
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Logon
> User Name
>
> This value is then used to check in a Security table for a match on
the
> name. (Yes, I know this is an odd logon situation; it's what the client
> wanted.)
>
> The thing is, now they're looking to move to Vista. And, for some
> reason, this key value does not exist in Vista.
>
> Can someone point me to a reference of registry keys for Vista? Or
can
> someone recommend to me a key value I could use that would return the
Logon
> User Name? Unfortunately, I don't have direct access to Vista, so I can't
> just open up the Registry and browse around to find the appropriate key.
>
> Any help you can send my way will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Jon
>
>
>
>
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