I have often been asked for a program (or script) to search for SSNs. I have found a free program that does just that: Spider, from Cornell University. Recommended! Tags: PII, PHI, SSN
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Convert Word 2003 and Office 2003 to 2007 format
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…
Win32Scripting is down
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…
Script to List SCCM Distribution Points and BITS status
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. Tags: SCCM, BITS
Process CPU usage from remote PCs
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. Tags: Process+Info
Add PCs to a Security Group
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.
The Advance of IT
… is a meandering road. This Dumb Decade: The 87 Lamest Moments in Tech, 2000-2009
The “No-Fly” list
Two years ago, while flying to a VA computer security conference with my federal government issued ID and federal government paid ticket, I discovered that I was on the “No-Fly” list. Apparently, the name “A. Kaplan” was associated with some bad guy. I filled out the requisite forms, and was off the list within the year. I was…
Command Line One-Liners
http://blog.sapien.com/index.php/2006/11/28/command-line-one-liners/ From Sapien Software, makers of PrimalScript. I have created a shortcut to query AD using rundll32 dsquery,OpenQueryWindow
Tis the Season
I bought my first laptop with the proceeds of donations from my shareware WP macros. People sent me checks for $10 because they appreciated the work that I spent on the macros. Online donations are easy to make — please consider spending a few dollars on making a donation to Wikipedia, and to the makers of…