Internet Connection Wizard: How has this (ISignup.exe) been replac

Our mail account s/w has used the Connection Wizard (ICW), namely ISignup.exe
to config accounts.

Vista does not have this app...does anyone know the exe that replaced it?

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Thanks so much,

george

_________________________
George S. Lockwood
Lead Client Developer
peoplePC, an EarthLink company

Give this a try, click Start > Control Panel > Network and Internet >
Internet Options > Connections (tab) > click Setup, the Connect to the
Internet wizard dialog should appear, at the bottom of the dialog, check
"Also show options that this computer is not set up for". I don't see it
here in Vista either, so its possible that it has been removed.
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"GSLockwood (IUnknown)" <IUnknown@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message
news:CACA07DF-35B1-4026-B7C4-ED499D4A9972@microsoft.com...
> Our mail account s/w has used the Connection Wizard (ICW), namely
> ISignup.exe
> to config accounts.
>
> Vista does not have this app...does anyone know the exe that replaced it?
>
> --
> Thanks so much,
>
> george
>
> _________________________
> George S. Lockwood
> Lead Client Developer
> peoplePC, an EarthLink company
>

Hi George,

It looks like this is still applicable:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/e....asp?frame=true

even though the particular exe's are not present.

I haven't tried it though, so I don't know.

The isignup.exe apparently comes with the IEAK, so I don't know what is
gonna happen in Vista relative to that.

That's for the connection.

Mail accounts are going to be handled quite differently in Vista. They are
XML files and no longer are stored in the registry (although there is some
stuff still in the registry). There are some examples of the accounts files
in the Vista SDK, but that is subject to change still.

cheers,

steve

"GSLockwood (IUnknown)" <IUnknown@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message
news:CACA07DF-35B1-4026-B7C4-ED499D4A9972@microsoft.com...
> Our mail account s/w has used the Connection Wizard (ICW), namely
> ISignup.exe
> to config accounts.
>
> Vista does not have this app...does anyone know the exe that replaced it?
>
> --
> Thanks so much,
>
> george
>
> _________________________
> George S. Lockwood
> Lead Client Developer
> peoplePC, an EarthLink company
>

Thanks Steve,

I'll try out the CheckConnWiz call and see what it does.

Yes I know about the new xml style oeaccount files and the departure from
the registry and am writing a class to handle xml writes and reads to them.

What I REALLY want is a way to programmably take a user provided password
and let the it (the ConnectionWiz or something else) encrypt it. I haven't
found any info about password cryptography for windows mail...an api would be
nice but...

Thanks for your input and please continue sending your great ideas and
knowledge.

Any thoughts on Passwords encryption for Mail?

g
--
Thanks so much,

george

_________________________
George S. Lockwood
Lead Client Developer
peoplePC, an EarthLink company



"Steve Cochran" wrote:

> Hi George,
>
> It looks like this is still applicable:
>
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/e....asp?frame=true
>
> even though the particular exe's are not present.
>
> I haven't tried it though, so I don't know.
>
> The isignup.exe apparently comes with the IEAK, so I don't know what is
> gonna happen in Vista relative to that.
>
> That's for the connection.
>
> Mail accounts are going to be handled quite differently in Vista. They are
> XML files and no longer are stored in the registry (although there is some
> stuff still in the registry). There are some examples of the accounts files
> in the Vista SDK, but that is subject to change still.
>
> cheers,
>
> steve
>
> "GSLockwood (IUnknown)" <IUnknown@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message
> news:CACA07DF-35B1-4026-B7C4-ED499D4A9972@microsoft.com...
> > Our mail account s/w has used the Connection Wizard (ICW), namely
> > ISignup.exe
> > to config accounts.
> >
> > Vista does not have this app...does anyone know the exe that replaced it?
> >
> > --
> > Thanks so much,
> >
> > george
> >
> > _________________________
> > George S. Lockwood
> > Lead Client Developer
> > peoplePC, an EarthLink company
> >
>

Oh, one more thing...what does IEAK refer to?? sorry that's a new one on me.
--
Thanks so much,

george

_________________________
George S. Lockwood
Lead Client Developer
peoplePC, an EarthLink company



"Steve Cochran" wrote:

> Hi George,
>
> It looks like this is still applicable:
>
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/e....asp?frame=true
>
> even though the particular exe's are not present.
>
> I haven't tried it though, so I don't know.
>
> The isignup.exe apparently comes with the IEAK, so I don't know what is
> gonna happen in Vista relative to that.
>
> That's for the connection.
>
> Mail accounts are going to be handled quite differently in Vista. They are
> XML files and no longer are stored in the registry (although there is some
> stuff still in the registry). There are some examples of the accounts files
> in the Vista SDK, but that is subject to change still.
>
> cheers,
>
> steve
>
> "GSLockwood (IUnknown)" <IUnknown@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message
> news:CACA07DF-35B1-4026-B7C4-ED499D4A9972@microsoft.com...
> > Our mail account s/w has used the Connection Wizard (ICW), namely
> > ISignup.exe
> > to config accounts.
> >
> > Vista does not have this app...does anyone know the exe that replaced it?
> >
> > --
> > Thanks so much,
> >
> > george
> >
> > _________________________
> > George S. Lockwood
> > Lead Client Developer
> > peoplePC, an EarthLink company
> >
>

Internet Explorer Administration Kit ;o)
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pr...ak/default.mspx

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"GSLockwood (IUnknown)" <IUnknown@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message
news:AF6EE4D2-3D23-43FF-A129-B05B6C397C61@microsoft.com...
> Oh, one more thing...what does IEAK refer to?? sorry that's a new one on
> me.
> --
> Thanks so much,
>
> george
>
> _________________________
> George S. Lockwood
> Lead Client Developer
> peoplePC, an EarthLink company
>
>
>
> "Steve Cochran" wrote:
>
>> Hi George,
>>
>> It looks like this is still applicable:
>>
>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/e....asp?frame=true
>>
>> even though the particular exe's are not present.
>>
>> I haven't tried it though, so I don't know.
>>
>> The isignup.exe apparently comes with the IEAK, so I don't know what is
>> gonna happen in Vista relative to that.
>>
>> That's for the connection.
>>
>> Mail accounts are going to be handled quite differently in Vista. They
>> are
>> XML files and no longer are stored in the registry (although there is
>> some
>> stuff still in the registry). There are some examples of the accounts
>> files
>> in the Vista SDK, but that is subject to change still.
>>
>> cheers,
>>
>> steve
>>
>> "GSLockwood (IUnknown)" <IUnknown@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message
>> news:CACA07DF-35B1-4026-B7C4-ED499D4A9972@microsoft.com...
>> > Our mail account s/w has used the Connection Wizard (ICW), namely
>> > ISignup.exe
>> > to config accounts.
>> >
>> > Vista does not have this app...does anyone know the exe that replaced
>> > it?
>> >
>> > --
>> > Thanks so much,
>> >
>> > george
>> >
>> > _________________________
>> > George S. Lockwood
>> > Lead Client Developer
>> > peoplePC, an EarthLink company
>> >
>>

Hi George,

I haven't figured out the password issue. I'm not sure its going to be
easily overcome. I know that they are not using Protected Storage anymore,
and the documentation on what they are using is quite slim.

cheers,

steve

"GSLockwood (IUnknown)" <IUnknown@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message
news:EAD6FA5B-697E-4B7E-90FA-0C69C035D1FC@microsoft.com...
> Thanks Steve,
>
> I'll try out the CheckConnWiz call and see what it does.
>
> Yes I know about the new xml style oeaccount files and the departure from
> the registry and am writing a class to handle xml writes and reads to
> them.
>
> What I REALLY want is a way to programmably take a user provided password
> and let the it (the ConnectionWiz or something else) encrypt it. I
> haven't
> found any info about password cryptography for windows mail...an api would
> be
> nice but...
>
> Thanks for your input and please continue sending your great ideas and
> knowledge.
>
> Any thoughts on Passwords encryption for Mail?
>
> g
> --
> Thanks so much,
>
> george
>
> _________________________
> George S. Lockwood
> Lead Client Developer
> peoplePC, an EarthLink company
>
>
>
> "Steve Cochran" wrote:
>
>> Hi George,
>>
>> It looks like this is still applicable:
>>
>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/e....asp?frame=true
>>
>> even though the particular exe's are not present.
>>
>> I haven't tried it though, so I don't know.
>>
>> The isignup.exe apparently comes with the IEAK, so I don't know what is
>> gonna happen in Vista relative to that.
>>
>> That's for the connection.
>>
>> Mail accounts are going to be handled quite differently in Vista. They
>> are
>> XML files and no longer are stored in the registry (although there is
>> some
>> stuff still in the registry). There are some examples of the accounts
>> files
>> in the Vista SDK, but that is subject to change still.
>>
>> cheers,
>>
>> steve
>>
>> "GSLockwood (IUnknown)" <IUnknown@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message
>> news:CACA07DF-35B1-4026-B7C4-ED499D4A9972@microsoft.com...
>> > Our mail account s/w has used the Connection Wizard (ICW), namely
>> > ISignup.exe
>> > to config accounts.
>> >
>> > Vista does not have this app...does anyone know the exe that replaced
>> > it?
>> >
>> > --
>> > Thanks so much,
>> >
>> > george
>> >
>> > _________________________
>> > George S. Lockwood
>> > Lead Client Developer
>> > peoplePC, an EarthLink company
>> >
>>

Steve,

I haven't found anything either -please let me know when you do find out
something.

What I do know is that the ICWiz took an .ins file (with text password
inside) and encrypted the password making it usable for Express. Now the
..ins is extinct and the only other text file (I currently know about) is the
..oeaccount file. BUT best I can tell is that this is an output file only -it
contains an encrypted password.

It would be wonderful to learn of a password generating API to implement, it
would be nice to know if an new app has replaced ICW and that takes a "raw"
oeaccount file and processes it (producing an encrypted password in same
file). It would OK if there was a 3rd party app that would do the same.

I can tell that you are with me on the first wish -there isn't an api that
has been revealed. but what of the other 2 "solutions"...any thoughts?


--
Thanks so much,

george

_________________________
George S. Lockwood
Lead Client Developer
peoplePC, an EarthLink company



"Steve Cochran" wrote:

> Hi George,
>
> I haven't figured out the password issue. I'm not sure its going to be
> easily overcome. I know that they are not using Protected Storage anymore,
> and the documentation on what they are using is quite slim.
>
> cheers,
>
> steve
>
> "GSLockwood (IUnknown)" <IUnknown@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message
> news:EAD6FA5B-697E-4B7E-90FA-0C69C035D1FC@microsoft.com...
> > Thanks Steve,
> >
> > I'll try out the CheckConnWiz call and see what it does.
> >
> > Yes I know about the new xml style oeaccount files and the departure from
> > the registry and am writing a class to handle xml writes and reads to
> > them.
> >
> > What I REALLY want is a way to programmably take a user provided password
> > and let the it (the ConnectionWiz or something else) encrypt it. I
> > haven't
> > found any info about password cryptography for windows mail...an api would
> > be
> > nice but...
> >
> > Thanks for your input and please continue sending your great ideas and
> > knowledge.
> >
> > Any thoughts on Passwords encryption for Mail?
> >
> > g
> > --
> > Thanks so much,
> >
> > george
> >
> > _________________________
> > George S. Lockwood
> > Lead Client Developer
> > peoplePC, an EarthLink company
> >
> >
> >
> > "Steve Cochran" wrote:
> >
> >> Hi George,
> >>
> >> It looks like this is still applicable:
> >>
> >> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/e....asp?frame=true
> >>
> >> even though the particular exe's are not present.
> >>
> >> I haven't tried it though, so I don't know.
> >>
> >> The isignup.exe apparently comes with the IEAK, so I don't know what is
> >> gonna happen in Vista relative to that.
> >>
> >> That's for the connection.
> >>
> >> Mail accounts are going to be handled quite differently in Vista. They
> >> are
> >> XML files and no longer are stored in the registry (although there is
> >> some
> >> stuff still in the registry). There are some examples of the accounts
> >> files
> >> in the Vista SDK, but that is subject to change still.
> >>
> >> cheers,
> >>
> >> steve
> >>
> >> "GSLockwood (IUnknown)" <IUnknown@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message
> >> news:CACA07DF-35B1-4026-B7C4-ED499D4A9972@microsoft.com...
> >> > Our mail account s/w has used the Connection Wizard (ICW), namely
> >> > ISignup.exe
> >> > to config accounts.
> >> >
> >> > Vista does not have this app...does anyone know the exe that replaced
> >> > it?
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Thanks so much,
> >> >
> >> > george
> >> >
> >> > _________________________
> >> > George S. Lockwood
> >> > Lead Client Developer
> >> > peoplePC, an EarthLink company
> >> >
> >>
>