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RDC and Hibernation on Windows XP Pro / Media Center

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I encountered some strange behavior in Windows XP and Media Center versions, where hibernation or shutdown would hang after the…

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VBScript code to beautify VBScript code

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Sounds redundant, but it’s a utility function you can use when NotePad, TextPad, Context or another text editor (e.g. textarea…

Posted in VBScript.ExplorerContext

“Touching” a file’s last-modified time stamp

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The Unix world has long had utilities like “touch”, and DOS/Windows console applications exist for this: to bump the file’s…

Posted in VBScript.CommandLine

Deleting Old Files

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I’ve had this script around for some time, and thought I would share it. There are many utilities that will…

Posted in VBScript.Sinks

Blocking Dictionary Attacks on a Personal FTP site (IIS)

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Thanks to some scripts I found on various sources, I was able to piece together this script to detect and…