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Re: Why this code does not work properly?

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From: Arild Bakken
Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2002 16:05
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Mirco Soderi wrote:
That's all. *Why this code is not correct?*
> Important info:
> 1. This is the only code of this very simple program. In effect, this
> program is composed by a module (the
> Form1 one) and the code included in this module is the one given
> above and nothing more;
> 2. I have tried to use this program on a Windows XP Home Edition
> operating system and the problem is that the count-down is ok but
> when it arrives to zero, it goes to -1 minuti and 59 secondi and *the
> computer is not turned off*.
>
> THANK YOU IN ADVANCE TO ALL THE ONES THAT WILL DECIDE TO HELP ME!
>
> - Mirco Soderi -


For Windows 2000 and greater you need the SE_SHUTDOWN_NAME privilege on the
process token. Read the documentation, on the ExitWindowsEx method on MSDN,
it has sample code on how to aquire this privilege.


Arild
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