Using the Network Functions in C# (Part I – User Functions)
Welcome to another “How-to” article in Visual C#.NET. This article will focus on the Network functions within the Win32 API library associated with Network Management. The first thing is to point out is that there are two ways to manage users using the .NET Framework, the first being the Active Directory method, as you will notice you need to have Active Directory Installed and if you were managing users on a small network or on a stand alone station Active Directory won’t be install and it would be not worth installing it.
No Pain, No Gain
I lift weights. (Hey, don’t laugh…) Several times a week I get to go down to my local gym, put on shorts and a T and lift heavy pieces of metal attached to rods. And I love it.
Electronic currency using SIM Access Profile
You might remember an ad campaign in which a woman approaches a soft drink vending machine alongside a young male executive. The executive rummages through his pants pocket to find, to his dismay, that he has no change to purchase a cool drink on a hot afternoon. The woman then pulls out her cell phone, presses a few buttons, and a soda can drops down from the vending machine. The ad was meant to show a future of a seamless, interactive world. The SIM Access Profile, released by the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), makes such transactions a reality, allowing a consumer to use a cellular device to obtain, for example, a 50-cent soft drink without spending 25 cents on a cell phone airtime charge.
Security Administration with Debian GNU/Linux
Debian has a package manager (DPKG) that resolves dependency problems automatically. It help us to automatically keep up to date programs looking for new versions on the internet, resolving and completing the files and libraries dependencies which a package requires, making system administration easy and keeping us up to date with the new security changes. It also shows some important and substantial security features: it doesn’t have commercial goals, also doesn’t obey mercantile urgencies, It has a good pursuit of errors, problems are fixed in less than 48 hours and it’s priority is to develop a complete and reliable operating system.
How to Purchase Online Advertising
One of the most difficult things for a small business owner to part with is their advertising dollars. Face it, as a small business or work from home mom, we just can’t afford to throw money around without a guarantee of results.
Beyond Pure Mini-Sites
In its purest form, a mini-site consists only of a sales pitch and an order form. While many successful marketers believe this is the only way to go, there’s a catch in this approach.
The 10 Commandments of a Successful Online Entrepreneur
Anyone can start an online business, but making it profitable is a whole other ball game.If you were to ask a group of web entrepreneurs what the secret is to their success, you’d get many different responses, but you would find a common thread running through their answers –comprising these simple online “commandments”:
7 Ways to Supplement Your Income During Career Transition
It is important to your peace of mind to have a supplemental income while you’re working on starting up your own business. Before you make any decisions, create an inventory of your skills and knowledge. This will be important when you start looking for ways to earn extra cash.
Five Reasons Your Home Business Needs a Business Plan
Do you have a business plan for your home business? “Don’t need one,” I can hear some of you saying. “I don’t want or need a bank loan or venture capital, so why bother? Besides, I have other, more urgent things to do.”
An Introduction to Network Firewalls and Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server
Everyone needs a firewall. If you run a web site, have a dial-up connection or control a corporate backbone you have to install a firewall. This will allow the control of what internal information from your network or computer is allowed to go out, and what information is allowed to come in. Taking advantage of a simple firewall installation can help you preserve your data and report all attempts of unauthorized access.