Win32 Kernel

Why does PostMessage fail with ERROR_NOT_ENOUGH_QUOTA(1816)?
Hello, I get this error during a cross process call of QueryInterface which itself returns 0x80010100, "System call failed". I tracked it down to the server side OXIDEntry::PostCallToSTA, which contains the PostMessage that fails. Has anyone a clue which quota is exceeded? I tried to call PeekMessage on t... 19 Dec 2005 17:54

IDiscMaster::ProgressAdvise returns E_FAIL!
I am attempting to use the IMAPI objects to burn a CD. I want to use the callback functionality so I implemented an IDiscMasterProgressEvents interface and called IDiscMaster::ProgressAdvise in my code passing my instantion of IDiscMasterProgressEvents to it. But, everytime I call this, ProgressAdvise returns E_F... 16 Dec 2005 21:57

Windows PCI Initialization and pci.sys
Does anyone have links to discussions on how Windows handles setting up the PCI bus and on what pci.sys does? The searched I have done turn up problems with pci.sys, but nothing describing its functionality. We are trying to debug a problem where under Windows the machine can talk to devices on any of 3 PCI to c... 12 Dec 2005 21:11

Multiple Virtual COM ports
Hi All, We use a CDC device implementation( modem), and is making use of usbser.sys as the communication driver. As per our requirement we need to emulate multiple virtual COM ports over the usb. (usbser emulates only 1 com port). Is there a way,by which I could emulate multiple COM ports,using USBSER.ie can I a... 16 Nov 2005 05:16

Matching a volume to a device
Our aim is to find the device instance ID for a USB flash drive so that we can use it for certain purposes. We have some native code in our system which basically (and erroneously) does this: // Use the drive letter to get the volume name. TCHAR Drive[] = TEXT("C:\\"); Drive[0] = drive... 14 Nov 2005 18:28

API to select active display (i.e. how do I change my laptop to use external monitor)
I need to be able to programmatically change the active display (monitor). My target system: Windows XP, Intel 82855 GM\GME Graphics Controller Tools: VS.Net 2005, any language Is there a standard way to do this ((WindowsXP), or is this functionality specifc to each video controller? (Or is the graphics cont... 11 Nov 2005 18:15

USB Mass Storage Medium change and re-enumeration
Hi, I have a MFC mass storage application, it provides the login/logout function which switch between partitions, the function works well in Win2000/XP; Ex: the jump-to partition pop-up after login, but I found it doesn't work in Win98/ME, after login, the OS NOT try to do medium-change as in XP, because 98 ... 11 Nov 2005 02:33

how can I reset COM Port.
Hello. I have written a modem comunication app and got a very strange problem. When CE_RXPARITY error is catched by my app, I use ClearCommError() to reset this error. but COM access become abnormally since this connntion. My app only can get the first telegram from any connection. It is failed to repair thi... 4 Nov 2005 11:55

OpenThread
I am sure this has been covered before but I can't find any references to it. I need to suspend an active thread using SuspendThread and ResumeThread. My problem is I need to use OpenThread to get the handle in order to pause it. But when compiling my VC++ app cannot find it. I get "error C2065: 'OpenThread' :... 13 Oct 2005 11:25

Need to detect when a USB drive is inserted.
Windows XP Pro and Visual Studio 6.0 I need to write a small service that detects when a USB drive is plugged in so I can run another program from the removable drive. I have been testing with the Autoplay settings using TweakUI and such but it isn't as reliable as I would like. And I don't like the way it funct... 4 Oct 2005 05:50