Title	Keywords
HowTo: Grab the image of another program's form in Visual Basic .NET	form image, background, clipboard, PrntScrn
HowTo: Use the Clipboard to grab an image of the screen in Visual Basic .NET	desktop image, background, clipboard, PrntScrn
HowTo: Randomly change the desktop background in Visual Basic 6	backer, desktop, background, Registry, default editor, wallpaper, wastebasket, recycle, ShellExecute, SHFileOperation, RegOpenKeyEx, RegSetValueExA, wallpaper style, centered, tiled, stretched
HowTo: Randomly change the desktop background in Visual Basic 2005	backer, desktop, background, Registry, default editor, wallpaper, wastebasket, recycle, ShellExecute, SHFileOperation, RegOpenKeyEx, RegSetValueExA, wallpaper style, centered, tiled, stretched
HowTo: Get information about a shortcut in Visual Basic 6	shortcut, link, desktop shortcut, Visual Basic 6
HowTo: Get information about a shortcut in Visual Basic 2005	shortcut, link, desktop shortcut, Visual Basic 2005
HowTo: Download the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day and use it for wallpaper	wallpaper, desktop, SystemParametersInfo, APOTD, NASA, Astronomy Picture of the Day
Tip: Icon Hell	icon, crash, missing icons, icon crash, Windows Explorer, Internet Explorer
HowTo: Grab part of the desktop image from a tray icon in VB .NET	desktop, grab pixels, image, background, VB.NET, NotifyIcon, ContextMenu
HowTo: Grab part of the desktop image in VB .NET	desktop, grab pixels, image, background, VB.NET
HowTo: Make a tray icon that grabs an image of part of the desktop and saves it to the clipboard and/or a JPEG file on the desktop	desktop image, background, JPEG, JPG, try, system tray, clipboard
HowTo: Grab an image of part of the desktop and save it in a JPEG file on the desktop	desktop image, background, JPEG, JPG
HowTo: Make a tray icon that grabs an image of part of the desktop and saves it in a JPEG file on the desktop	desktop image, background, JPEG, JPG, try, system tray
HowTo: Hide and then grab the desktop image after a delay	desktop image, background, delay
HowTo: Grab the desktop image after a delay	desktop image, background, delay
HowTo: Grab the desktop image after a delay in VB .NET	desktop image, background, VB.NET
HowTo: Grab the desktop image in VB .NET	desktop image, background, VB.NET
HowTo: Make a bouncing ball screen saver with VB .NET	VB.NET, screen saver, commandline, command line, parameters
HowTo: Make a slide show screen saver in VB .NET	VB.NET, screen saver, commandline, command line, parameters
HowTo: Display a form in the system tray with no other icon	system tray, icon, taskbar
HowTo: Make a "formless" program with a system tray icon	system tray, icon, taskbar, formless
HowTo: Grab a specific part of the desktop image	desktop, grab pixels, image, background
HowTo: Create program groups and items in program groups	program group, group, folder, item
HowTo: Get information about running windows	enumerate windows, EnumWindows, window information
HowTo: Grab the desktop image	desktop image, background
HowTo: Get the path to special folders such as the Favorites, Cookies, and StartUp	special folder, special path, favorites, cookies, startup
HowTo: Make a slide show screen saver (PictureSaver)	screen saver, commandline, command line, parameters, slide show, PictureSaver
HowTo: Change the desktop wallpaper	wallpaper, desktop, SystemParametersInfo
HowTo: Make a bouncing ball screen saver	screen saver, commandline, command line, parameters, bounce
HowTo: Start the system's screen saver	screen saver, start
HowTo: Refresh the desktop's icons	desktop icon size, Registry, regedit
HowTo: Set the desktop icon size	desktop icon size, Registry, regedit
HowTo: Build a silly work manager	work manager, desktop, Dilbert, quitting time
HowTo: Display a secret desktop folder	desktop folder, folder

System

Title	Keywords
HowTo: Catch a form's minimize and maximize messages and optionally cancel them in Visual Basic .NET	minimize, maximize, cancel minimize, cancel maximize, catch events, Visual Basic .NET, VB .NET
Tip: The difference between Refresh, Update, and Invalidate	Refresh, Update, Invalidate, redraw, paint, repaint, WM_PAINT
What's New in Visual Basic 2010	Visual Basic 2010, Visual Basic, Orcas, changes, what's new
Tip: Make a shortcut that passes a program command line parameters	shortcut, command line, parameters, command line parameters, commandline, commandline parameters, Windows, Visual Basic 6, Visual Basic .NET, VB 6, VB .NET
HowTo: Use WMI to get the operating system name including its edition, plus some other information in Visual Basic 6	WMI, operating system, version, 32-bit, 64-bit, Visual Basic 6, VB 6
HowTo: Use WMI to get the operating system name including its edition, plus some other information in Visual Basic .NET	WMI, operating system, version, 32-bit, 64-bit, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Search files in a directory hierarchy for a target string in Visual Basic .NET	example program, search file contents, Visual Basic, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
Tip: Misc Windows Tips	Misc Windows Tips
HowTo: Get mother board serial numbers and CPU IDs in Visual Basic 6	serial number, cpu, cpu id, WMI, Windows Management Instrumentation, Visual Basic 6
HowTo: Get mother board serial numbers and CPU IDs in Visual Basic .NET	serial number, cpu, cpu id, WMI, Windows Management Instrumentation, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: List system process information similar to the information provided by Task Manager in Visual Basic .NET	process information, processes, Task Manager, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Open a PDF file in a WebBrowser control in Visual Basic .NET	PDF file, Adobe, open PDF file, WebBrowser, Adobe Acrobat, Acrobat, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Open a PDF file in an Adobe Reader control within an application in Visual Basic 6	PDF file, Adobe, open PDF file, Adobe Reader, Adobe Acrobat, Acrobat, Visual Basic 6
HowTo: Open a PDF file in an external Adobe Reader process in Visual Basic 6	PDF file, Adobe, open PDF file, Adobe Reader, Adobe Acrobat, Acrobat, Visual Basic 6
HowTo: Open a PDF file in a WebBrowser control in Visual Basic 6	PDF file, Adobe, open PDF file, Adobe Reader, Adobe Acrobat, Acrobat, Visual Basic 6
HowTo: Open a PDF file in an Adobe Reader control within an application in Visual Basic .NET	PDF file, Adobe, open PDF file, Adobe Reader, Adobe Acrobat, Acrobat, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Open a PDF file in an external Adobe Reader process in Visual Basic .NET	PDF file, Adobe, open PDF file, Adobe Reader, Adobe Acrobat, Acrobat, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
Tip: Visual Basic Data Type Characters	Visual Basic, Visual Basic .NET, type characters, data type characters, literal type characters
HowTo: Use a program to merge PDF files in Visual Basic 6	PDF, merge PDF
HowTo: Get operating system information in VB .NET	OS version, operating system version, VB.NET, system
HowTo: Use Microsoft's .NET Framework parallel extensions to generate Mandelbrot sets quickly in Visual Basic 2008	parallel extensions, parallel programming, multiple CPUs, multi-core, Mandelbrot, Mandelbrot set, .NET, .NET Framework
Tip: Restart Vista print queues	Windows, Vista, print, print queue, printer offline, operating system, printing, printer
HowTo: Get the operating system version in Visual Basic 2005	OS, OS version, operating system, operating system version, Visual Basic 2005
HowTo: Get the operating system version in Visual Basic 6	OS, OS version, operating system, operating system version, Visual Basic 6
HowTo: Copy the text contents of any messagebox (Visual Basic 6 example)	Messagebox, message box, copy message box
HowTo: Copy the text contents of any messagebox (Visual Basic .NET example)	Messagebox, message box, copy message box, VB.NET
Tip: Should I Upgrade to Visual Basic 2008?	VB 2008, Visual Studio 2008, Visual Basic 2008
HowTo: Use Registry API functions to save and restore values in Visual Basic 6	Registry, API, RegCloseKey, RegCreateKeyEx, RegOpenKeyEx, RegQueryValueExString, RegQueryValueExLong, RegQueryValueExNULL, RegSetValueExString, RegSetValueExLong, SHDeleteKey, Visual Basic 6
HowTo: Use WMI to get lots of information about the operating system in Visual Basic 2005	WMI, Visual Basic 2005, BootDevice, BuildNumber, BuildType, Caption, CodeSet, CountryCode, CreationClassName, CSCreationClassName, CSDVersion, CSName, CurrentTimeZone, DataExecutionPrevention_Available, DataExecutionPrevention_32BitApplications, DataExecutionPrevention_Drivers, DataExecutionPrevention_SupportPolicy, Debug, Description, Distributed, EncryptionLevel, ForegroundApplicationBoost, FreePhysicalMemory, FreeSpaceInPagingFiles, FreeVirtualMemory, InstallDate, LargeSystemCache, LastBootUpTime, LocalDateTime, Locale, Manufacturer, MaxNumberOfProcesses, MaxProcessMemorySize, MUILanguages[], Name, NumberOfLicensedUsers, NumberOfProcesses, NumberOfUsers, OperatingSystemSKU, Organization, OSArchitecture, OSLanguage, OSProductSuite, OSType, OtherTypeDescription, PAEEnabled, PlusProductID, PlusVersionNumber, Primary, ProductType, QuantumLength, QuantumType, RegisteredUser, SerialNumber, ServicePackMajorVersion, ServicePackMinorVersion, SizeStoredInPagingFiles, Status, SuiteMask, SystemDevice, SystemDirectory, SystemDrive, TotalSwapSpaceSize, TotalVirtualMemorySize, TotalVisibleMemorySize, Version, WindowsDirectory
HowTo: Use WMI to get lots of information about the computer system in Visual Basic 2005	WMI, Visual Basic 2005, AdminPasswordStatus, AutomaticManagedPagefile, AutomaticResetBootOption, AutomaticResetCapability, BootOptionOnLimit, BootOptionOnWatchDog, BootROMSupported, BootupState, Caption, ChassisBootupState, CreationClassName, CurrentTimeZone, DaylightInEffect, Description, DNSHostName, Domain, DomainRole, EnableDaylightSavingsTime, FrontPanelResetStatus, InfraredSupported, InitialLoadInfo, InstallDate, KeyboardPasswordStatus, LastLoadInfo, Manufacturer, Model, Name, NameFormat, NetworkServerModeEnabled, NumberOfLogicalProcessors, NumberOfProcessors, OEMLogoBitmap, OEMStringArray, PartOfDomain, PauseAfterReset, PCSystemType, PowerManagementCapabilities, PowerManagementSupported, PowerOnPasswordStatus, PowerState, PowerSupplyState, PrimaryOwnerContact, PrimaryOwnerName, ResetCapability, ResetCount, ResetLimit, Roles, Status, SupportContactDescription, SystemStartupDelay, SystemStartupOptions, SystemStartupSetting, SystemType, ThermalState, TotalPhysicalMemory, UserName, WakeUpType, Workgroup
HowTo: Determine whether the computer is running from battery or line power in Visual Basic 2005	power, battery, charging, GetSystemPowerStatus, power status, VB 2005
HowTo: See on which processors the current process can run in Visual Basic 2005	CPUs, number of CPUs, processors, number of processors, VB 2005
HowTo: Determine whether the computer is running from battery or line power in Visual Basic 6	power, battery, charging, GetSystemPowerStatus, power status, Visual Basic 6
HowTo: Install a font	fonts, install font, create font
HowTo: Install a temporary font	fonts, install font, create font, remove font, uninstall font, temporary font
HowTo: Use the fsutil utility to get a disk's NTFS information	fsutil, NTFS, console
HowTo: Display drive information in Visual Basic 2005	drive information, VB2005, VB.NET
HowTo: Use the fsutil utility to get a disk's NTFS information into an object with fields in Visual Basic 2005	fsutil, NTFS, console, VB2005, VB.NET
HowTo: Use the fsutil utility to get a disk's NTFS information in Visual Basic 2005	fsutil, NTFS, console, VB2005, VB.NET
HowTo: Mark a program to run with elevated privileges by using its manifest in Visual Basic 2008	UAC, shield, Vista, user access control, elevated privileges
HowTo: Launch a program while requesting privilege elevation in Visual Basic 2008	UAC, shield, Vista, user access control, elevated privileges, Run As, RunAs
HowTo: Add UAC shields to buttons, menu items, and picture boxes in Visual Basic 2008	UAC, shield, Vista, user access control
What's New in Visual Basic 2008	Visual Basic 2008, Visual Basic, Orcas, changes, what's new
HowTo: Run control panel applets in Visual Basic 2005	control panel, applet, control panel applet, VB 2005
What's New in .NET Framework 3.0	.NET Framework 3.0, .NET Framework, changes, what's new,
Phong Shading and Reflections	Phong shading, reflection, ray tracing, Visual Basic, VB.NET, Camil Moujaber
What's New in Vista	Vista, operating systems, changes, what's new,
HowTo: Get the computer's total and available physical and virtual memory in Visual Basic 2005	physical memory, virtual memory Visual Basic 2005, VB 2005
HowTo: Convert between UTC time and local time	UTC time, local time, convert time
Tip: Internationalization	internationalization, localization, locale
Tip: Dir$ returns a non-blank path for "CON" even if it doesn't exist	Dir, Dir$, CON, directory
HowTo: Learn the number of CPUs on the system in Visual Basic 2005	CPU usage, CPU load, PerformanceCounter, VB.NET
HowTo: Learn the number of CPUs on the system	CPUs, number CPUs, CPU, processors
HowTo: Make a standard DLL	DLL, ActiveX DLL
HowTo: Monitor CPU usage in Visual Basic .NET	CPU usage, CPU load, PerformanceCounter, VB.NET
Tip: Protect files when the operating system crashes	crash, Windows, blue screen of death, operating system, files, shutdown
Tip: Protect files when the operating system crashes	crash, Windows, blue screen of death, operating system, files, shutdown
HowTo: Display samples of the SystemFonts in Visual Basic .NET	SystemFonts, system fonts, font, VB.NET
HowTo: Set an environment variable	environment variable, SetEnvironmentVariable, environ
HowTo: Get the local and invariate date and time formats in VB .NET	date, time, format, invariate, local, VB.NET
HowTo: Open a text file in the system's default text editor	editor, default editor, system editor, text file
HowTo: Open a text file in the system's default text editor	editor, default editor, system editor, text file
HowTo: Get the current user's name in Visual Basic .NET	user name, username, GetUserName, current user, VB.NET
HowTo: Use a .NET system DLL in a Visual Basic 6 program	VB .NET, DLL, System DLL, WebClient, downloadFile
HowTo: Shell a program with a specific startup directory	Shell, run, startup directory, start in
HowTo: Display the program's current directory	CurDir, show directory, display directory, current directory
Tip: Icon Hell	icon, crash, missing icons, icon crash, Windows Explorer, Internet Explorer
Tip: Using XP Search Companion	XP Search Companion, XP, Search Companion, search, find, find files
HowTo: Use FSO to create a FileInspector application that displays information about files	FSO, File System Object, file inspector, file, file attributes, file times, modification time, access time, creation time
HowTo: Add files to the Recent Documents list and clear the list	Recent Documents, Recent Documents list
HowTo: Add files to the Recent Documents list and clear the list in Visual Basic .NET	Office, Word, spell, spellcheck, VB.NET
HowTo: Display the Windows About dialog	About dialog, Windows
HowTo: Show the current screen saver	screen saver, INI, INI file, get INI value, Windows directory, get Windows directory
HowTo: Get or set the current screen saver	screen saver, INI, INI file, get INI value, Windows directory, get Windows directory
Bug: Trouble with WinXP SP2	WinXP, SP2, Windows XP
HowTo: Get the computer's DNS name in VB .NET	DNS, name, computer name, host name
HowTo: Get the computer's NetBIOS name in VB .NET	NetBIOS, name, NetBIOS name, computer name, host name
HowTo: Get the operating system version in VB .NET	OS, OS version, operating system, operating system version
HowTo: Find the user's profile path	profile path, GetUserName, GetWindowsDirectory
HowTo: Open the Windows Start menu by using SendMessage	Start menu, open Start menu, SendMessage
HowTo: Open the Windows Start menu	Start menu, open Start menu
HowTo: List shell windows	shell windows
HowTo: Resolve relative paths in VB.NET	path, special folders, VB.NET
HowTo: Get the paths to special folders in VB.NET	path, special folders, VB.NET
HowTo: Display information about the computer's logical drives in VB.NET	drive, drives, list drives, logical drives, VB.NET
HowTo: List the computer's logical drives in VB.NET	drive, drives, list drives, logical drives, VB.NET
HowTo: Set the system's colors (window background, highlight, text, etc.)	system color, color
HowTo: Get the system bitmaps for minimizing, restoring, ComboBox arrows, etc.	bitmap, image, system bitmap, system image
HowTo: Display the Microsoft System Information application	system information
HowTo: Set the system cursor	system cursor, cursor
HowTo: Learn about the system font	system font, font
HowTo: Get the Windows and System directories	system directory, windows directory
HowTo: Map a network drive	map drive, network, network drive, drive
HowTo: Change controls faster by preventing window updates	LockWindowUpdate, modify control, change control
HowTo: Lock the computer and trap the mouse so the user cannot move it outside of the form	lock computer, screen saver, mouse, trap mouse
HowTo: Lock the computer so the user cannot use other programs	lock computer, screen saver
HowTo: Delete a registry key and its subkeys	registry, delete keys, keys
Tip: Install fonts	install font, font
HowTo: List top-level tasks	tasks, list tasks, top-level tasks
HowTo: List the ODBC system DSNs	DSN, ODBC, database
HowTo: Get the computer's name	computer name, GetComputerName
HowTo: Use the GetVersionExA API function to get the operating system version	GetVersionExA, OS version, operating system version
HowTo: Use the SysInfo control to get the operating system version	SysInfo, OS version, operating system version
HowTo: List top-level windows on the system	window, top-level window, system
HowTo: Make an ActiveX control that display standard system images (min, max, restore, help, scroll arrows, etc.)	frame, draw frame, buttons, help, close, min, max, restore, scroll
HowTo: Use standard system images (min, max, restore, help, scroll arrows, etc.) to make a button	frame, draw frame, buttons, help, close, min, max, restore, scroll
HowTo: Draw standard system buttons (min, max, restore, help, scroll arrows, etc.)	frame, draw frame, buttons, help, close, min, max, restore, scroll
HowTo: Get a file's creation, last access, and last modification times using FSO	file times, modification time, access time, creation time
HowTo: Set the computer's time using the NIST atomic clock	time, clock, NIST, atomic clock
HowTo: Get a file's creation, last access, and last write times	file, creation, access, write
HowTo: Display the value of a specific environment variable	environment variable, specific environment variable
HowTo: Display all of a program's environment variables	environment variables
HowTo: Find the Windows directory and system drive	windows directory, system drive
HowTo: Get the path to special folders such as the Favorites, Cookies, and StartUp	special folder, special path, favorites, cookies, startup
HowTo: Make a program display a control panel	control panel, applet
HowTo: Format a disk	format disk, format
HowTo: Find the first CD drive letter	cd drive, drive, cd-rom
HowTo: Erase a 1.44MB floppy disk so it cannot be recovered	floppy, erase, disk, clean
HowTo: Disable Ctl-Alt-Del	ctl-alt-del, disable
Tip: Working with VB .NET and VB .NET 2003	VB.NET, VB.NET 2003
HowTo: Get the Windows operating system version	Windows version, version, operating system
HowTo: See how long Windows has been running	Windows, time, run time
HowTo: Get the user's name	username, user name, GetUserName
HowTo: Find the system's color depth (bits per pixel)	color, color depth, bits per pixel, bpp
HowTo: Hide a program from Ctrl-Alt-Del (Windows 95)	ctrl-alt-del, control-alt-delete, kill
HowTo: Change the TextBox cursor blink rate	caret, cursor, blink rate, blink speed
HowTo: List available printers and select one	printer, select printer, list printers
HowTo: Install a hotkey that minimizes the window with the focus	hotkey, minimize, focus window, accelerator, install hotkey, RegisterHotKey
HowTo: See how much disk space is used and free using GetDiskFreeSpaceEx	GetDiskFreeSpaceEx, GetDiskFreeSpace, disk space, free, used, precent
HowTo: Install and deinstall hotkeys	hotkey, accelerator, install hotkey, RegisterHotKey
HowTo: Get system memory information	memory, system memory, resources
HowTo: Make a program display a control panel applet	control panel, applet
HowTo: Add a command to Autoexec.bat	autoexec.bat, batch files, startup
Tip: Download compression programs	compression, archive, zip, WinZip, WinRAR
HowTo: Shutdown or restart Windows using ExitWindowsEx	shutdown, restart
HowTo: Shutdown or restart Windows	shutdown, restart
Tip: Protect files when the operating system crashes	crash, Windows, blue screen of death, operating system, files, shutdown

Console

Title	Keywords
HowTo: Make a console window clear the console window in VB .NET	console application, console window, clear, console, VB.NET
HowTo: Execute a console program and capture its output	console program, capture output, stdout, execute
HowTo: Make a console application that checks for palindromes	console, stdin, stdout, stderr
HowTo: Execute commands in a console window	console window, DOS window

Starting and Stopping

Title	Keywords
HowTo: Start another program using Shell and get its Window handle (hWnd)	Shell, start, execute, hWnd, Window handle
HowTo: Make an inactivity timer in Visual Basic 6	inactive, inactivity, user activity, time out, timeout
HowTo: Make an inactivity timer in Visual Basic 2005	inactive, inactivity, user activity, time out, timeout
HowTo: Start Notepad and wait for it to close in Visual Basic .NET	start Notepad, start process, process, Notepad, VB.NET
HowTo: Start Notepad and wait for it to close in Visual Basic 2005	start Notepad, start process, process, Notepad, VB2005
HowTo: Allow only one instance of a program at one time in Visual Basic 2005	one instance, instance, previous instance, PrevInstance, VB 2005
HowTo: Allow only one instance of a program at one time in Visual Basic .NET	one instance, instance, previous instance, PrevInstance, VB.NET
HowTo: Read command line parameters in VB 2005	command line, commandline, command line parameters, parameters, VB 2005
HowTo: Set an application's Task Manager icon	icon, application icon, task manager
HowTo: Use SendMessage to make an editor where a single instance handles all requests	one instance, instance, SendMessage
HowTo: Use DDE to make a single instance of a program handle all requests	one instance, instance, DDE
HowTo: Make sure only one instance of a program can run at one time on a computer	one instance, instance, DDE
HowTo: Use DDE to make an editor where a single instance handles all requests	one instance, instance, DDE
HowTo: Display a form in the system tray with no other icon	system tray, icon, taskbar
HowTo: Make a "formless" program with a system tray icon	system tray, icon, taskbar, formless
HowTo: Start another program using Shell and wait until it finishes	Shell, start, execute, wait, finish
HowTo: Start another program using Shell and get its task ID	Shell, start, execute, task ID
HowTo: Shutdown Windows	ExitWindows, shutdown, reboot
HowTo: Start another program inside your MDI form	Shell, start, execute, MDI, reparent, SetParent
HowTo: Make a program display a control panel	control panel, applet
HowTo: Clear the list of programs in the Start menu's Run command	run command, start menu, clear, command
HowTo: Get and set file names copied to the clipboard by Windows Explorer	Windows Explorer, clipboard, files, file names
HowTo: Hide a program from Ctrl-Alt-Del (Windows 95)	ctrl-alt-del, control-alt-delete, kill
HowTo: Start another program using Shell	Shell, start, execute
HowTo: Make a program do something special the first time it runs	one time task, startup, first time
HowTo: Register a product for a particular system	product, register, serial number, disk, system, shareware
HowTo: Use the ShellExecute API function to execute a file, launch the Find utility, and perform default actions	ShellExecute, start, execute, find, open, default action
HowTo: Make a program display a control panel applet	control panel, applet
HowTo: List a VB .NET program's command-line arguments	list, command line, command, arguments, .NET, VB.NET, CmdArgs, Sub Main, Function Main
HowTo: Allow only one instance of a program	instance, program
HowTo: Display the number of times a program has run and its last run time	display, times run, last time
HowTo: List a program's command-line arguments	list, command line, command, arguments
HowTo: Find the default executable for a file	default, associated, executable, file
HowTo: Make a program run at startup	startup, boot, login, logon, start, run, execute
HowTo: Tell when an application is activated or deactivated	activate, deactivate, subclass
HowTo: Start another program inside a PictureBox	Shell, start, execute, reparent, SetParent
HowTo: Start another program inside your MDI form	Shell, start, execute, MDI, reparent, SetParent

Display

Title	Keywords
HowTo: Get information about the window under the mouse in Visual Basic .NET	mouse position, MousePosition, window text, window handle, root window, VB.NET, Visual Basic .NET
HowTo: Set another application's caption	caption, title, SendMessage, application title
HowTo: List display modes	display modes, color resolution, resolution, display size
HowTo: Change display mode	change display mode, color resolution, resolution, change display size
HowTo: Change display resolution in Windows XP	change display mode, resolution, change display size

DOS

Title	Keywords
HowTo: Change between long and short file names	file name, long file name, short file name, DOS name
HowTo: Run a DOS batch file passing it a parameter	DOS, batch file, command file
HowTo: Add a command to Autoexec.bat	autoexec.bat, batch files, startup

Drives

Title	Keywords
HowTo: Get drive information (type of drive, whether a floppy is present, etc.) in a structured format	disk, drive, drive information, serial number, volume name, file system type, FAT32, FAT, removable, loaded
HowTo: Get drive information (type of drive, whether a floppy is present, etc.)	disk, drive, drive information, serial number, volume name, file system type, FAT32, FAT, removable, loaded
HowTo: Get low-level drive information (model, firmware, serial number, etc.) by using SMART	disk, drive, drive information, serial number, disk model, firm ware, cylinders, heads, sectors, tracks
HowTo: Display information about the computer's logical drives in VB.NET	drive, drives, list drives, logical drives, VB.NET
HowTo: List the computer's logical drives in VB.NET	drive, drives, list drives, logical drives, VB.NET
HowTo: Map a network drive	map drive, network, network drive, drive
HowTo: Open and close the CD drive	CD ROM, CD drive, open drive, open CD
HowTo: Eject a ZIP tape	zip, eject zip, eject tape
HowTo: List information on the system's drives	drives, disks, information
HowTo: Format a disk	format disk, format
HowTo: Find the first CD drive letter	cd drive, drive, cd-rom

Keyboard

Title	Keywords
HowTo: Determine the keyboard's locale	locale, language, internationalization

Registry

Title	Keywords
HowTo: Use GetSetting while protecting against bad values in the Registry in Visual Basic 2005	GetSetting, SaveSetting, VB.NET, error handling, error trapping
HowTo: Use GetSetting while protecting against bad values in the Registry in Visual Basic 6	GetSetting, SaveSetting, Visual Basic 6, error handling, error trapping
HowTo: Save and restore a popup menu's selected choice when a program starts and stops	SaveSetting, GetSetting, popup, Registry
HowTo: Enumerate registry keys, subkeys, and values	Regsitry, System Registry, key, subkey
HowTo: Enumerate the subkeys for a registry key	Regsitry, System Registry, key, subkey
HowTo: Get subkeys from any part of the registry	Regsitry, System Registry, key, subkey