News Page

On this page I'll report on changes to my web site or related news items.

Don't expect a full-blown weblog, more like a list of highlights in shorthand.

May 8, 2008	• I wrote another scripts to check the version of installed software: WinInVer.vbs checks the Windows Installer version, and returns an "errorlevel" 1 if it is older than a specified minimum.
May 7, 2008	• I wrote some scripts to check the versions of installed software: MDACVer.vbs checks the MDAC version, and returns an "errorlevel" 1 if it is older than a specified minimum; NETFxVer.bat lists all .NET Framework versions found on the local computer.
April 7, 2008	• It seems Microsoft has removed the WSH 5.6 for Windows 9x/ME and NT 4 download from their site. Or does anyone out there know where it has been moved to?
April 5, 2008	• On my Unattended Installation Procedures for Specific Software page I added a section on silent installations for OpenOffice.
April 4, 2008	• In my new SeCEdit page I explain how to use SeCEdit and MMC to set the security on files, folders and even on registry keys with batch commands. I recently learned this technique from Adriaan Westra, who has used it successfully on Windows 2000, XP and Server 2003. Thanks again, Adriaan.