.NET Security

Hi, If I get the ACL of a desktop folder, I do not get the 'right' security settings. For example the right Read is true when I check using the security properties in the windows explorer. The strange thing is that in comparison with a normal folder (say c:\temp) ...

I'm reading through the general help file on user-level security and it indicates that when a person logs on using their password, "Access then goes out and reads a workgroup information file".  Does this mean that the user ...

Hi there. I am trying to encrypt a connect string that has some special characters in it (i.e. ';' and '=' and whatever other funky chars can be in a password). So this chokes when I use the Convert.ToBase64 and ...

Hi, GetProcessesByName throws exception if the user isnt administrator.. Considering user cant be administrator on computer how can he see what processes are running on computer with VISTA!??! Thanks, Hilla ...

Hi all, How do you tell if a user "is in role Adminstrator" when using Vista with UAC enabled?  I know I can right click the executable and select "run as administrator", but how do I check for permissions and then force elevated ...

Hi I am getting an error returned when I try to use the constructor for WindowsIdentity when running from an XP platform. I am using .NET 2.0: System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity objIdentity =                     new ...