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Do the verbs of a file, like Run as administrator, and Pin to Taskbar.
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Learn to determine whether or not a disk is plugged in. Also, learn how to make the disk Autorun, similar to CD drives, and, how to run a normal VB 6 program from this disk, without needing to install it on the client machine.
MAC-Based Authentication for Web Sites
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Learn how to implement an additional security layer on company web sites by getting the machine ID of the system from registered users along with the user ID and password.
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Learn how to launch the main desktop icons, some Control panel items, and more with explorer.exe and Visual Basic.NET 2005.
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