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Using C# to Find Out What Your Computer is Made of

By Peter Shaw - Published 07/01/2015

Your computer has a lot of information available to your inquisitive mind. Learn all its secrets with a few lines of code.

.NET Tip: Managing Development and Production Configuration Files

By Eric Smith - Published 03/21/2007

If you use one server to develop your applications and another to deploy them, you probably have to change your database connection settings each time you deploy your configuration files. Learn a quick fix for this problem.

ASP.NET Tip: Encrypting a Configuration File Section

By Eric Smith - Published 01/29/2007

ASP.NET 2.0 enables you to encrypt portions of your configuration file. You can pick a section in your Web.config file to encrypt and then decrypt.

Redirecting Configuration with a Custom Provider

By Stefan Schackow - Published 09/27/2006

Explores this helpful technique presented by Wrox author Stefan Schackow for working in ASP.NET in multiple environments from testing, to staging, to live, to backup servers.

Accessing the Registry with VB6 and VB.NET

By Hannes du Preez - Published 07/14/2006

Discover the main differences between accessing the Registry with VB 6 and with VB.NET.

VC++ Cures for .NET Configuration Change Headaches

By Nick Wienholt - Published 09/02/2005

Changes to the .NET configuration file are not available in the application until a new application domain is started. This behavior can be a real headache when you need to read changed configuration settings. Learn what your options are for achieving this with minimal pain.