All,
I hope somebody can help me with regards to this Windows 2000 problem I have been experiencing.
Basically, what I have been doing is writing an application in Microsoft Access, which runs an external program as part of the functionality. This external program attempts to change the password on a remote machine. This is fine and works correctly, but there is a problem because it takes a LONG time to run as it has to log onto the remote computer and attempt the change. If it does not work the first time then it has a list of other possible passwords that it has to check and as you can imagine if it has to check all of them then the program becomes basically unusable.
What I would like to know is either of the following:
1) A Windows API function, which will allow me to find the correct password BEFORE running the external application. This needs to be relatively quick as I am trying to reduce the run-time of the application considerably!
2) Alternatively I could write my own function to perform the password update. What I would need to do is the following:
- log onto the remote box using a specified IP address and password
- perform the password change, logging any errors
- close the remote connection.
As part of my attempt to fix it I have tried creating a NET USE connection, but this is just as, if not slower than the current solution.
Any hints/tips/advice would be MOST welcome as I am new to the murky world of Windows API's.
Thanks in advance.
Andrew
I hope somebody can help me with regards to this Windows 2000 problem I have been experiencing.
Basically, what I have been doing is writing an application in Microsoft Access, which runs an external program as part of the functionality. This external program attempts to change the password on a remote machine. This is fine and works correctly, but there is a problem because it takes a LONG time to run as it has to log onto the remote computer and attempt the change. If it does not work the first time then it has a list of other possible passwords that it has to check and as you can imagine if it has to check all of them then the program becomes basically unusable.
What I would like to know is either of the following:
1) A Windows API function, which will allow me to find the correct password BEFORE running the external application. This needs to be relatively quick as I am trying to reduce the run-time of the application considerably!
2) Alternatively I could write my own function to perform the password update. What I would need to do is the following:
- log onto the remote box using a specified IP address and password
- perform the password change, logging any errors
- close the remote connection.
As part of my attempt to fix it I have tried creating a NET USE connection, but this is just as, if not slower than the current solution.
Any hints/tips/advice would be MOST welcome as I am new to the murky world of Windows API's.
Thanks in advance.
Andrew
