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Solution for virtualizing a VB6 application [closed]

I posted this on stackoverflow, but probably it's more intopic here. My company, a small manifacturing industry, uses a custom ERP built in Visual Basic 6, made of a single desktop application ...
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Replaced Samba3 server with Synology: old VB6 program cannot create files

I've replaced a Samba3 server with a Synology DS218 and an old program written in VB6 cannot create new files on the share anymore. The VB exe runs on some XP machines, and the share is mapped to the ...
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Windows 10 app incorrect behaviour - VB6 app

We are preparing to move to Windows 10, and one application, which works fine on Windows 7, does not behave correctly in a normal user session. The application is no longer supported by the vendor, so ...
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SQL Server does not exist or access denied but management studio connection works

I am trying to log on to SQLServer express 2008R2 on a Windows 2003 server using Sql server authentication over a VPN. The login and password work for Management Studio but not for the connection ...
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task scheduler does not run when not logged in

I have created simple exe to perform a task using VB6. I have deployed the same on Windows Server 2008 as task scheduler. The issue is when the user is not logged in on server, task fails to execute. ...
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MS Access DB performance on a VMware virtual machine

In our office, we have a Windows 2008 virtual machine hosted on an HP ProLient ML350 G6. This VM has access to all of the resources available on the host. On this machine there are some Microsoft ...
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SQL Server error "SQL Server does not exist or access denied"

I have a VB6 application with an SQL Server 2008 database. It works fine on my developer workstation, of course, but when I deployed it in a freshly installed operating system (a virtual machine), an ...
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VB6 application backup using SQL 2005 suddenly failing

We have a windows server 2003 R2 machine running MSSQL 2005, and our XP workstations all run a VB6 application which calls the SQL backup utility to backup a 700 Mb database. A couple of weeks ago all ...
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Running application as user: MSComm32.ocx error

(I'm not sure this is the best place to ask this question, so if not, please redirect me to it) I'm setting up a new win2008R2 terminal server and am having issues with an application that runs fine ...
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VB6 Application Permission Denied Error 70 for Active Directory Users

I've setup a small Active Directory users for about 25, In every individual machine they run an old VB6 Application but some how the domain users can't run it, It raises an 'Permission Denied: Error ...
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How to register a DLL using PowerShell without RegAsm

I have an ASP Classic application which references some Visual Basic 6.0 COM objects. One of these Visual Basic 6.0 COM objects reference another third-party DLL. The third-party DLL needs to be ...
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What are some techniques to monitor multiple instances of a piece of software?

It was recommended that I ask this question here by a member of StackOverflow. I have a piece of self-serve kiosk software that will be running at multiple sites. I'd like to monitor a small number ...
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VB6 COM Object not working on IIS 7 Windows 2008 x64

I am extremely new to building webs and using IIS 7 and I have been charged with migrating some classic ASP sites in or DEV environment. My question is, and I apologize if I word it incorrectly, why ...
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Legacy VB6 application under Win7 SQL error

We have a rather unfortunate legacy application at work, written originally in VB6 it predates anybody in our IT department by at least 5 years. We have a contracted developer for ongoing maintenance ...
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VB6 Scheduled tasks on Windows Server 2008 Standard

We are having issues with specific tasks written in VB6 it would seem. I am not a developer, but I am told these tasks exe are written in VB6. The task is initiated by task scheduler, the process ...
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Passing credentials from a website to a web service on the same server

I have a VB6 backend for a classic ASP site. That VB then calls a web service on the same server using MSXML2. This works all of our servers but one. If I set the web service site to accept anonymous ...
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Com DLL becomes unregistered at random

We have a VB6 application that uses a COM object to communicate with an email package. The app runs autonomously and every once in a blue moon the COM DLL seems to become unregistered. A quick call ...
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