Welcome to the site, my name is Jeff and I have been working in the IT field since the early 90's. Most of what I post here is related to work that I do for the various companies that I have worked for over the years. Please feel free to look around ask questions or post comments (if available).
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Recent Posts
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Get Username
One of the things we find handy is the ability to know who is logged on to a given computer at any one time. The main reason is that our users rarely tell us which computer they are on when they submit a help-request, so if we have someplace to look that makes our jobs that much easier.
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Get Prop
GetProp is a generic function that is used to return single-valued properties from objects in the Active Directory. If the property is empty it writes an entry to the application log via the LogData routine.
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Winter 2008
The main thrust of this term was moving away from manual application installation and into a software lifecycle that provided automatic application installation via GPO. We acquired the AdminStudio product that would allow us to repackage a given application and deliver it to any lab within the domain.
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How true it is...
I found this while searching for using GTK on Windows. Here is the thread.
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Why 'Scorched Earth' can be a good thing
Historically here in the School of Engineering, software installation was handled by a single person. What I mean by this is, if a faculty person required specific software to be installed, one individual would take the time to get that software to work. Little if any documentation was created as we relied on this one person to always be there.