Category Archives: Microsoft
Visual Studio 2017 Installer Projects – Part 3
In Visual Studio 2017 Installer Projects Part 2 we established a test application that we want to create an installer package. In this article we will open the test application and add a new set-up installer project. Open our test project TheWorldsGreatest.sln In Solution explorer we need to add a new project to our solution, right click on the solution “Solution ‘TheWorldsGreatest’ (2 projects” and Add\New project. Select “Setup project” and name the new project “TheWorldsGreatestInstall” Click on the TheWorldsGreatestInstall project where we can edit Read More +
Visual Studio 2017 Installer Projects – Part 2
Introduction
Visual Studio 2017 Installer Projects – Part 1
In this series of articles we will install the Visual Studio 2017 Installer Projects and walk through creating an installer project for a simple Windows App.
ILMerge GUI
Graphical interface to the Microsoft ILMerge utility. Makes it merging multiple .NET assemblies easy and hassle-free.
Using ILMerge to merge assemblies
This document describes the ILMerge utility which merges multiple .NET assemblies into a single assembly. However, some .NET assemblies may not be able to be merged because they may contain features such as unmanaged code. I would highly recommend using peverify (the .NET Framework SDK tool) on the output of ILMerge to guarantee that the output is verifiable and will load in the .NET runtime.
ILMerge is packaged as a console application. But all of its functionality is also accessible programmatically. Note that Visual Studio does allow one to add an executable as a reference, so you can write a client that uses ILMerge as a library.
Obfuscating for .net
When you want to release your .net application to the public as closed source you should note that Microsoft .net applications are easy to decompile and reconstruct once distributed. In this article, I intend to explore various options and explain why we settled on one particular Obfuscator that is open source.
We explored a range of commercial and open source obfuscators such as ConfuserEX, ConfuserEX2, DotFuscatorCE, Obfuscar with varying levels of success.
TechnicaOne Security Sentry – Three new sites protected
Three additional web sites are now protected by TechnicaOne Security Sentry.
Windows: View web sites in full screen mode
Did you know that you can view web sites in full screen mode?
TechnicaOne Security Sentry – Two new sites protected
Two additional web sites are now protected by TechnicaOne Security Sentry.
Fix: PIN logon disabled on domain connected PC’s
Symptoms
You are unable to set a PIN when your Windows 10 PC is connected to a domain, Your domain controller is based on Windows Server 2008 R2.
