And then came a Spider
Posted on January 15th, 2010
I have often been asked for a program (or script) to search for SSNs. < ?xml:namespace prefix ="" o ns ="" "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
I have found a free program that does just that: Spider, from Cornell University. Recommended!
http://www2.cit.cornell.edu/security/tools/
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Can you hear me now?
Posted on January 8th, 2010
The only thing good about Verizon is the network. But don’t try to call me at my office in Charlotte. The signal is not strong enough to make it through the 1 story building. I loathe their billing practices, and have spent many years arguing about repairs and bills. But who can afford to disconnect?
“Verizon’s decision to double (that’s right, double) early termination fees for smartphones to $350 has me seriously ticked off.” http://www.infoworld.com/t/mobile-services/verizons-big-rip-shows-its-bad-att-300
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Convert Word 2003 and Office 2003 to 2007 format
Posted on January 5th, 2010
I have completed my project to script the conversion of 2003 files. Office Convert.zip contains scripts to convert Word and Excel 2003 files to 2007. The scripts call touch.exe, a utility that allows me to set the new files with the same filestamp data as the originals. It can be downloaded from http://www.codeproject.com/KB/applications/touch_win.aspx.
The scripts can be run interactively or from the command line. Examples are in the ZIP.
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Win32Scripting is down
Posted on January 2nd, 2010
Clarence Washington, Jr.’s site, Win32Scripting closed last September, and I am embarrassed to say that I failed to notice. I had moved on to posting most of my scripts to my blog, and I Google most of my script questions instead of starting at a particular website.
Clarence’s site was never ad supported, and it had not only vbscripts, but also javascript, PERL and others. Much of what I learned about vbscript came from there, and it was the first site where I participated in a community of administrators interested in scripting. I had a few opportunities to correspond with Clarence over the years, and he was always responsive. His contribution to the scripting community, and Win32Scripting will be missed.
I have some links and changes to make on my website as a result.
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Script to List SCCM Distribution Points and BITS status
Posted on December 31st, 2009
This script, SCCMDistributionPointsBITS.vbs will let you query your SCCM server to get a list of distribution points, and to determine whether BITS is enabled.
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Process CPU usage from remote PCs
Posted on December 30th, 2009
One of the things that seems a little too complicated is checking the CPU usage of processes on a remote computer. In response, I wrote ProcessInfo.vbs. It is mash-up of two Scripting Guy posts and allows you to see the non-zero CPU threads running on a remote PC.
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Add PCs to a Security Group
Posted on December 30th, 2009
AddPCs2Group.vbs is a version of a script written by VA colleague Suzanne Prindiville. It allows you to add computer account(s) to a security group.
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