Re: NetDDE problem
- From: "Tom Landon" <trlhouston@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 08:14:02 -0500
Thanks Randy,
I mentioned (in my original post) the need to have the services "disabled"
upon bootup then changed to manual and started to have "normal" NetDDE
communication. NetDDE is "severely" hampered if the services are set to
manual or automatic upon bootup.
My real question now is "can NetDDE as a server" on a computer having XP
SP2? I can't make it happen and I wish to move my server to a new XP SP2
computer. I wish someone could tell me this answer, either yes or no so I
could determine my future. I have given the address of the Microsoft example
of how to create a simple NetDDE server and client (very simple
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;181946), but no one
seems to have tried it to verify my results. This example has been around
for awhile and still works perfectly as a server on Win2000, but not on XP
SP2. It worked fine on XP SP1. That's my rub. I need to know about SP2.
I "did" take the time to read (entirely) the issue of the vulnerability. I
knew about this some time ago. But.... in the bulletin, it says that calls
for support from Microsoft are free if they apply to a specific security
update. I plan to call and see if my problem applies directly to this
vulnerability (even though they specifically say that SP2 is not affected by
this problem).
As an aside, could you or anyone else tell me if it possible to
programmatically set services to a "disabled" state like we can do manually
in services. If it were possible, I could then upon shutdown, reset the
services to "disabled" so that the next time the computer is booted, it is
set in the proper setting, disabled.
Once again,
Thanks,
Tom
----- Original Message -----
From: "Randy Birch" <rgb_removethis@xxxxxxxx>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.vb.general.discussion
Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 9:54 PM
Subject: Re: NetDDE problem
> Hmm ... on XP at least, NetDDE is present, but the services are disabled.
> Both NetDDE services need to be set to Manual or Automatic, then started
> before use. This relates to a security issue identified (rather
> verbosely)
> at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/ms04-031.mspx
>
> --
>
> Randy Birch
> MS MVP Visual Basic
> http://vbnet.mvps.org/
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