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Thanks Ankit<br />
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But we need to implement this solution on hundreds or (maybe thousands if successful) of computers. It will be cost effective to develop our own software. Moreover all the application available in market don't offer all the reporting options.
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Thanks Ankit

But we need to implement this solution on hundreds or (maybe thousands if successful) of computers. It will be cost effective to develop our own software. Moreover all the application available in market don't offer all the reporting options.

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In order to keep a check on printing of confidential documents, we want to password protect the print option in Windows 7, Windows 8 PCs. &nbsp;After issuing print command print should prompt from a username and password. There are already softwares available for this. But they don't satisfy all my requirements. <br />
&nbsp;I want to develop my own software in .net, Kindly suggest me where to start from.
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In order to keep a check on printing of confidential documents, we want to password protect the print option in Windows 7, Windows 8 PCs.  After issuing print command print should prompt from a username and password. There are already softwares available for this. But they don't satisfy all my requirements. 
 I want to develop my own software in .net, Kindly suggest me where to start from.

Password protected printing in domain environment

Software is any set of instructions that directs a computer to perform specific tasks or operations. Computer software consists of programs, libraries and related non-executable data (such as documentation). Computer software is non-tangible, contrasted with computer hardware, which is the physical component of computers. Software written in a machine language is known as "machine code". However, in practice, software is usually written in high-level programming languages than machine language. High-level languages are translated into machine language using a compiler or interpreter or a combination of the two.

Software

The .NET Framework is not specific to any one programming language; rather, it includes a library of functions that allows developers to rapidly build applications. Several supported languages include C#, VB.NET, C++ or ASP.NET.