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  1. April 12th, 2012, 03:32 AM #1
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    Red face BlockInput fails with 5

    Hi folks,
    I'm calling BlockInput in user32.dll, and it's failing with 5 Access Denied when UAC is on. How do I deal with this?
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  2. April 12th, 2012, 03:57 AM #2
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    Re: BlockInput fails with 5

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  3. April 12th, 2012, 06:53 AM #3
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    Re: BlockInput fails with 5

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  4. April 13th, 2012, 11:45 AM #4
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    Re: BlockInput fails with 5

    A quick search of the MSDN came up with this:

    http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/For...e-35684cb38941

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