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


  • Build Report

    The BuildReport procedure is a basic file creation script. It verifies that the folder that is passed in exists before processing anything. I could have made the script create the folder if it didn’t exist, but in our environment a given user may not be able to create a directory. This way it logs the error in the application log for later review.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • How true it is...

    I found this while searching for using GTK on Windows. Here is the thread.