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I like scripting . It helps me manage my client PC 's, perform redundant tasks, push out software updates, among other things. Most of the users on my network do not have privileges to install software, so this affects how some of my scripts function . I discovered that setting GPO to install applications with elevated privileges doesn't mean that the logon scripts also get processed the same way. This annoyed me, and I quickly found a solution. Introduce CPAU, from http://www.joeware.net/ . A neat little utility that takes the place of RUNAS, and very easy to use. I use it to launch my domain logon script, as it copies a HOST file , and other batch files run locally by the scheduler service, which are not allowed write by ordinary users. The following line encodes a file that will run logon.cmd using the credentials provided it. \\mydc\netlogon\cpau.exe -u mydomain\UserWithPermissions -p UserWithPermissionsPassword -ex \\mydc\netlogon\logon.cmd -file \\mydc\netlogon...

My wife and I recently purchased a Panasonic SDR-H40 for capturing video of our son and daughter, after our Canon MiniDV crapped out last year. It was disappointing when the Canon failed again...TWO times this thing decides to get tape debris caught in the heads. This was the most delicate camera ever owned, and captured excellent quality footage, but I will NEVER buy another tape-based machine. The Panasonic falls short in the quality department as compared to the Canon, and we knew that going in. The maximum video quality is 10mbps, which seems to be pretty good quality on a laptop. I haven't tried it on a analog TV yet. Image via CrunchBase I needed to post these clips on YouTube for family and friends located in various parts of the planet, and rapidly discovered that the MOD files stored on the SDR-H40 can be accessed easily as plugging in the USB card, and waiting for udev to automatically mount it on my shiny new installation of Ubuntu. I discovered that t...

I've been putting together a lot of automation in the way of login/logout scripts, and documenting on our company Intranet that I put together [FlexWiki.com]. Here are the scripts. UPLOAD.BAT Location: F:\DATA\DOWNLOAD\OUTPUT. Explanation: Used by persons scrubbing data to upload to Misys server and change permissions for interfacing purposes. Without this script, the files would not be set to the correct permissions, and a root user would have to manually change those at the AIX CLI. @ECHO OFF :: Create the temporary script file >script.ftp ECHO ftputil >>script.ftp ECHO mypassword >>script.ftp ECHO ascii >>script.ftp ECHO prompt n >>script.ftp ECHO cd /src/APPS/HT/bin >>script.ftp ECHO mput *.TXT >>script.ftp ECHO debug . :: Create the file list dir /b *.TXT > FILES.LST FOR /F "tokens=1" %%I IN (FILES.LST) DO >>script.ftp ECHO quote SITE chmod 666 %%I :: Exit FTP >>script.ftp ECHO quit :: Use the tempo...