If you get "The certificate chain did not validate, no local certificate found " error, the application needs access to "certs" folder under Verisign folder of the extracted SDK
You can make it accessible under windows OS using one of the following 2 methods
1. Copy entire "certs" folder to System32 ( C:\WINNT\Sytem32 or C:\Windows\system32) OR
2. Add Sytem Environment variable PFPRO_CERT_PATH with value set to complete path to "certs" folder
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Managing System Environment Variable
OS: Windows 2000 or higher
System Environment Variables can be managed using one of the ways below
1. Start->Control Panel-> System->Under Advanced tab->Click Environment Variables button->Add, modify, delete system or user variables by clicking New, Edit or Delete buttons respectively . Reboot the system for changes to take an Effect.
2. System Environment Variables can be managed by making changes to the registry key Below
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment
- Add Variable -> Create a New Value under this Key
- Modify Variable-> Modify Value if it already exists under this key
- Delete Variable -> Delete a registry value for the variable
Modifying registry requires a reboot for changes to take an effect
3. SetEnv command can be used to manage system environment variables and avoid reboot
Download a free tool at link below
http://www.codeproject.com/tools/SetEnv.asp
- Add to a variable with multiple values, prefix value with % character
SetEnv –a [VARIABLENAME ] %[VARIABLEVALUE] - Add User Variable
SetEnv –ua [VARIABLENAME ] [VARIABLEVALUE] - Deleting a variable
SetEnv –d [VARIABLENAME ] [VARIABLEVALUE] - Deleting a value from multiple value variable
SetEnv –d [VARIABLENAME ] %[VARIABLEVALUE] - Deleting a user variable
SetEnv –ud [VARIABLENAME ] [VARIABLEVALUE]
Sunday, July 8, 2007
Control Service from command line
You can remotely start, stop and query status of service from command line using NETSVC.EXE tool
For more information refer to
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;166819
Monday, July 2, 2007
Taking ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP
To take ownership of a folder
1. Right-click the folder that you want to take ownership of, and then click Properties.
2. Click the Security tab, and then click OK on the Security message (if one appears).
3. Click Advanced, and then click the Owner tab.
4. In the Name list, click your user name or group. If you want to take ownership of the contents of that folder, select the Replace owner on subcontainers and objects check box.
5. Click OK, and then click Yes when you receive the following message: You do not have permission to read the contents of directory folder name. Do you want to replace the directory permissions with permissions granting you Full Control?
All permissions will be replaced if you press Yes.Note folder name is the name of the folder that you want to take ownership of.
6. Click OK, and then reapply the permissions and security settings that you want for the folder and its contents.
To take ownership of a file
1. Right-click the file that you want to take ownership of, and then click Properties.
2. Click the Security tab, and then click OK on the Security message (if one appears).
3. Click Advanced, and then click the Owner tab.
4. In the Name list, click Administrator, or click the Administrators group, and then click OK.
The administrator or the Administrators group now owns the file. To change the permissions on the files and folders under this folder, go to step 5.
5. Click Add.
6. In the Enter the object names to select (examples) list, type the user or group account that you want to give access to the file. For example, type Administrator.
7. Click OK.
8. In the Group or user names list, click the account that you want, and then select the check boxes of the permissions that you want to assign that user.
9. When you are finished assigning permissions, click OK
For more information refer to microsoft article
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421
1. Right-click the folder that you want to take ownership of, and then click Properties.
2. Click the Security tab, and then click OK on the Security message (if one appears).
3. Click Advanced, and then click the Owner tab.
4. In the Name list, click your user name or group. If you want to take ownership of the contents of that folder, select the Replace owner on subcontainers and objects check box.
5. Click OK, and then click Yes when you receive the following message: You do not have permission to read the contents of directory folder name. Do you want to replace the directory permissions with permissions granting you Full Control?
All permissions will be replaced if you press Yes.Note folder name is the name of the folder that you want to take ownership of.
6. Click OK, and then reapply the permissions and security settings that you want for the folder and its contents.
To take ownership of a file
1. Right-click the file that you want to take ownership of, and then click Properties.
2. Click the Security tab, and then click OK on the Security message (if one appears).
3. Click Advanced, and then click the Owner tab.
4. In the Name list, click Administrator, or click the Administrators group, and then click OK.
The administrator or the Administrators group now owns the file. To change the permissions on the files and folders under this folder, go to step 5.
5. Click Add.
6. In the Enter the object names to select (examples) list, type the user or group account that you want to give access to the file. For example, type Administrator.
7. Click OK.
8. In the Group or user names list, click the account that you want, and then select the check boxes of the permissions that you want to assign that user.
9. When you are finished assigning permissions, click OK
For more information refer to microsoft article
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421
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