Re: Message box origin

Buck wrote:

Tom Liotta wrote:

So, the question: If a message box is being displayed on a Win2K
desktop, is there a useful way to determine where it came from?

Been away from Win2k too long, I can't recall if there is Administrative
tools / system event viewer or not. That would be my first place to
look. After that, I'd try visiting the Sysinternals site and getting
some of their tools.

Unfortunately, there's no WRKACTJOB and scan for jobs in MSGW that I
know of.

Buck:

I've been away from a number of things for too long -- but Win2K isn't one of them. (I'm even going to pretend I didn't read John's advice to upgrade beyond W2K, since I'm _never_ going to both upgrade _and_ continue using Windows on any of my PCs. Linux will be fully in use before that ever happens. :-) )

Anyway, yeah, WRKACTJOB would be useful. I'm pretty sure I've seen how to do it from a technical perspective somewhere in years gone by. (I.e., how to access attributes of windows, etc., to determine where they came from.) But ya' never know what's been discovered in recent years if ya' don't ask.

Even Windows has its secrets revealed over years. There's always the chance that some tricky utility was made available somewhere.

BTW, I'm avoiding describing what I _think_ was part of the original cause.

Tom Liotta