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In this section you will find my articles which were originally published in Russian on RSDN.ru. I found topics of these articles interesting enough to translate them in English and present here.

These articles are the result of not only my efforts but also other RSDN Team members. I would like to thank all RSDN Team members for their valuable comments and suggestions that helped me much in preparing these acticles.

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Enumerating Windows Processes
Though there are different ways to enumerate processes in Windows, none of them can be used on every version of the system. Some techinques that work perfectly on Windows NT fail on Windows 95 and vice versa. This article describes five different ways to enumerate Windows processes, which you can easily combine into one truly universal function.

Terminating Windows Processes
This article shows how to terminate a process in Windows. Windows NT security normally prevents you from terminating certain processes. This article explains how you can employ your administrative powers to kill any process in the system. Terminating a process tree is another interesting task which is also covered in the acticle.

Creating Self-Installing Packages
When distributing applications over Internet, you'll definitely want to compress the installation package to reduce download time, especially for users with slow modem connections. The next thing you will want to do is to combine both the decompression utility and the intallation package into one program, so users will be able to download and install your program with just a single mouse click. This article explains how to implement such a self-installing package using Win32 API.

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Last modified on Fri, Feb 10 2006

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