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On the french forum, I got some code to read any sector of a disk, physical, or logical.

See SectorReader

Compile and have fun...

It seems that my web server did not like the zip files package.
It is now a .rar file.

To dowload all files together, goto A Windows service that start a GUI application launcher

Rename able.purebasic to able.rar and use purebasic as password.

Everything got his speed by indexing and reading $MFT if my memory is right.

About $MFT, you may have a look at powerbasic code to get MFT filenames . This will give you an idea on how to access it. It should be not to hard to convert to purebaba. Here it is in action...

https://drive.google.com ...

What you got is normal. As Fred said, #PB_Window_ScreenCenter centers the window on the main monitor.

To work on a multi monitors setup, you will need more work.

Here some api that you might find useful to connect a window and a monitor. > MonitorFromPoint(), MonitorFromRect(), MonitorFromWindow ...

Hi tatanas,
yes, it will work only when started from a service.

At least, for experimenting or expanding, I think this last version is more clean and robust.

Sadly, I guess it won't be enough in your context. Above posts from JHPJHP and you seems to reveal this.

About replacing ...

tatanas & JHPJHP,

I did a complete rewrite of the code, starting from scratch using the original C++ program.
I tried to keep the same coding style, so it is easy to compare both sources.
The updated the beast is in my first post.
Works as intended on my side. Yours to try...

tatanas: Too bad the PsExec source is not available...

A quick note: Are you aware of PAExec source, clone of PsExec

Added: Code in my first post was updated with EnableExplicit. I did set the type of all variables and made some more modifications. Program should be more robust, without the ...

About FreeLogonSID, I had some GPF, the absence of "*" is the left over result of some try I did.
It's now set back to a *Pointer as it should.

About CreateProcessWithLogonW, I'm with you, I went back to CreateProcessAsUser.
Before calling CreateProcessAsUser I call AdjustTokenPrivileges with ...

In my context, i didn't have success with CreateProcessAsUser_() even with SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege and SeAssignPrimaryTokenPrivilege privileges.
Still more work to do on this.

I replaced CreateProcessAsUser_() with CreateProcessWithLogonW() and it seems to work fine...
As always, LogonUser_ and ...

I got this working... Still not enough... Going back to the drawing board...


Protected TokenPriv.TOKEN_PRIVILEGES
TokenPriv\PrivilegeCount = 1
LookupPrivilegeValue_(#Null, "SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege", TokenPriv\Privileges[0]\Luid) ;SE_INCREASE_QUOTA_NAME = "SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege"
TokenPriv ...

Hey,
On my side, I thought OutputDebugString_ reported only successfull action.
I missed the CreateProcessAsUser_() error.

Not sure about the Debug(), maybe some conflict since this code goes goes deep in some aspect.
As a try, you may download Sysinternals's debugview

I may have some time today ...

Hi tatanas,
Good to read you again.
I did some small modifications to your code.
In the hope that it will help a little...
Double check, I might have missed some points...
Of course, for lurkers, LogonUser name and password have to be set...

Take care,
Pierre

[Complete rewrite using the original ...

Why is it necessary to convert it "again" via the FileTimeToInternationalTime(File_Time) procedure?


A little late since last May, still...

In fact, it is not necessary, for me the point was to convert a FileTime variable to another FileTime variable.Wich is done via FileTimeToSystemTime ...

For reference, here is a link to Microsoft about this... How to Create Dynamic Jump Lists

Satisfy curiosity is the main purpose... :-)
The three significant aspects of this code are, how to code a service, get System account rights, and start a GUI from a service.

As is, it give super power to an application of your choice.
For example, if you want to access the registry HKEY_LOCAL ...