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Testing BlogJet

Posted on March 21, 2009March 9, 2015 by Alan

I have installed an interesting application – BlogJet. It’s a Windows client for posting to my blog.  I like how it handles attachments. Get your copy here: http://blogjet.com “Computers are incredibly fast, accurate and stupid; humans are incredibly slow, inaccurate and brilliant; together they are powerful beyond imagination.” — Albert Einstein

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I work for you…

Posted on March 19, 2009March 21, 2009 by Alan

You may note that many of my scripts have my email address at Veterans Affairs.  Software written by federal employees (with national security exceptions) are public domain.  (This does not mean you can put your name on it or sell it.)  I get paid with tax dollars — and I share my work with other…

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GPO Reporter HTA

Posted on March 19, 2009August 11, 2019 by Alan

This HTA (gporeporter) allows you to export GPO settings into HTML files.  This is a good way to document and to search GPO settings.  Requires the Group Policy Management Console, you will be prompted to install it if necessary. Note: The GPMC does not work with Windows 7. Update: 6/10/13:  I have published a PowerShell…

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Schedule Reboot HTA Tool

Posted on March 19, 2009August 11, 2019 by Alan

This HTA (schedulereboot) is a subset of the Remote Windows Update tool.   You can use it to schedule the reboot of a remote computer.

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Updated posts

Posted on March 19, 2009 by Alan

I have updated a few posts which had text attachments when I discovered that they were not accessible.  I am quite proud of the The Remote Windows Update tool — give it a try.

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SLAAB – Security Log Audit and Backup

Posted on March 19, 2009August 11, 2019 by Alan

SLAAB (Pronounced ‘slob’) is an MS Access based program for auditing and backing up event logs. Click here for download: SLAAB

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Open Outlook Contact Address in Google Maps

Posted on March 13, 2009March 9, 2015 by Alan

‘Alan dot Kaplan at VA dot Gov 3/12/2009  ‘This script opens address of current Outlook contact in Google Maps. Dim objOutlook, objInspector Dim objExplorer, objNameSpace, objItem Dim oIE Dim strAddress, strURL ‘Set reference to Outlook item Set objOutlook = CreateObject(“Outlook.Application”) Set objNameSpace = objOutlook.GetNamespace(“MAPI”) Set objInspector = objOutlook.ActiveInspector Set objExplorer = objOutlook.ActiveExplorer If instr(objExplorer.CurrentFolder,”Contacts”) =…

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Never do business with closeoutgenius.com

Posted on March 7, 2009 by Alan

Avoid doing company with this business.

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WSUS Client Repair HTA v 2.0

Posted on March 7, 2009August 11, 2019 by Alan

WSUS Client Repair (wusclientrepair)  is an HTA file which lets you fix Windows Update service issues on remote computers.  Rename from .txt to .HTA.

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RDP History

Posted on January 8, 2009March 9, 2015 by Alan

RDPHistory.vbs creates a text file with a list of systems you ever connected to using RDP.  Rename from .txt to .vbs  

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All the scripts are saved as .txt files. Newer files have a “View Script” button which will let you save or open a script in notepad. For earlier posts, the easiest way to download with IE is to right click on the link and use “Save Target As”. Rename file from Name_ext.txt to Name.ext.

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