Archive - October 2012

"I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand." - Confucius
 
 
  

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Timestamp in Loop
Simple Copy Script
Drag Pic To VBS Create HTA
Disable Sleep on Chromebook
HTA Progress bar
Cleanup LANDesk/Symantec IDs
Deploy IE Tab to Chrome Browser 
Password Generator
Mouse Cursor Trailing Clock
Change Computer Description
Disable Back Button
Chrome Browser and Your Enterprise


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Δ Tuesday, October 30th, 2012
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Δ Timestamp in Loop

How to use time in a loop

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Have you ever noticed that your %time% or %date% do not update in a loop?  That's because
variables are defined at run time.  You need something that will update each time the loop is
processed, and this is how you do it.



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Δ Sunday, October 28th, 2012
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Δ Simple Copy Script

How to copy, check, and delete files

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I was asked to create a script that would copy files from a specific local folder to a network share,
check to see if the file made it to its destination, delete the source file if successful, and then
log successful and failed copies.



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Δ Saturday, October 27th, 2012
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Δ Drag Pic To VBS Create HTA

How to create a frame for your pictures

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Have you ever wanted a desktop script that you could just drag and drop a pic onto? And,
then it be displayed in a nice little popup frame?  That's what this vbscript does.  It creates
a temporary hta frame for your picture.



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Δ Thursday, October 25th, 2012
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Δ Disable Sleep on Chromebook

How to stop laptop from going into sleep/standby mode

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There is one annoying feature that comes with the Google ChromeBook; by default, it goes
into standby mode shortly after not being used.  This makes it very difficult to monitor a task
or keep an eye on email.  These are the steps to take to disable the standby feature.



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Δ Wednesday, October 24th 2012
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Δ HTA Progress bar

How to create a simple 100% hta progress bar

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Ah, the quest of progress bars never end.  This is yet another way to present a progess bar.



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Δ Sunday, October 21st, 2012
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Δ Cleanup LANDesk/Symantec IDs

How to fix landesk/symantec IDs

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This was created to do some cleanup after someone sysprepped a computer with static IDs. 
Symantec and LANDesk go bonkers when there are multiple machines on your network using
the same IDs.  This script was utilized on post installation setup to provide a workaround
(and to keep from having to build another image). 



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Δ Thursday, October 11th, 2012
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Δ Deploy IE Tab to Chrome Browser

How to deploy ie tab using the freeware edition

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This covers the nearly impossible task of deploying IE Tab to your enterprise machines. 
It's not so much the IE Tab app itself, as it is the settings thereof.  There is no way to populate
Auto URLs and other options you would like to send out to your fleet.  Ah, but a little copying
and pasting the right files from a reference machine (this can be any machine that has the setup
options you want), and viloa, you now have the ability to mass deploy IE Tab options. 

Steps
1 - Install IE Tab on a reference machine.
2 - Setup IE Tab exactly the way you want it, including URLs and other settings.
3 - Copy the files below to your script folder.  Note, they are located in the user's chrome folder.
4 - Use/edit the script below to work in your environment
5 - Use deployment software like SCCM, LANDesk, Altiris, etc. to deploy and run the script


The files you want to capture are:

chrome-extension_hehijbfgiekmjfkfjpbkbammjbdenadd_0.localstorage and
chrome-extension_hehijbfgiekmjfkfjpbkbammjbdenadd_0.localstorage-journal.


Script


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Δ Wednesday, October 10th, 2012
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Δ Password Generator

How to generate random passwords

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Ever need something to create passwords for end-users?  Wait no longer, this will generate the
random passwords you need.



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Δ Sunday, October 7th, 2012
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Δ Mouse Cursor Trailing Clock

How to have a clock follow your cursor

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If you're hung up on time like I am, this is perfect for you.  Add this to a webpage or your
HTA apps, and watch the time follow your cursor.



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Δ Friday, October 5th, 2012
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Δ Change Computer Description

How to modify computer description

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This is a simple vbscript to change the computer's description.  It instantiates the object needed to update
the registry key with the new description.



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Δ Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012
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Δ Disable Back Button

How to disable the back button in IE

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I don't recommend using this without thinking first (can be annoying as a person becomes
trapped in a webpage).  A good use for this is for business sites where you pay for a product,
and the web designer absolutely doesn't want you hitting back due to merchant account
processing; this could result in the buyer being double-billed.



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Δ Monday, October 1st, 2012
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Δ Chrome Browser and Your Enterprise

How to deploy chrome to your enterprise




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