Welcome to My Stuff

Saturday 21st January 2012
Updated wsname to 2.95 - Added $RANDNUM option

Saturday 9th August 2011
Updated wsname to 2.94 - Added support for Windows Vista and Windows 7 XML based unattend files when using the /UNATTEND option

Saturday 9th April 2011
Updated wsname to 2.93 - Added option to allow form factor identifiers to be specified on the command line, was fixed at "D" for desktops and "L" for laptops.

Friday 10th September 2010
Updated wsname to 2.90 - Added data variables, added ability to trim returned strings by whole word (was just by character length previously)

Monday 23rd March 2009
Updated wsname to 2.88a - Added detection of 64 bit Operating systems (for some other stuff that I need to do later). Added text parsing support to the computer description field.

Sunday 7th December 2008
Updated wsname to 2.87 - Added a TRIM statement to ensure that results from WMI queries are not returned with white space padding.

Wednesday 16th March 2008
Updated wsname to 2.86 - Added option to mask password when using the /RCID option.

Wednesday 5th March 2008
Updated wsname to 2.85 - Fixed a wee bug when using the /RDF option where the new name wasn't reflected when using the /MCM and /SCD switches.

Tuesday 5th February 2008
Updated wsname to 2.84 - changed the way the WMI calls are made. Hopefully it will work more reliably now.

Tuesday 26th June 2007
Updated wsname to 2.83 - Added the /UNATTEND switch, in this mode the new name is written out to a text file in "unattend" or "sysprep" format. No changes are made to the computer. Useful for automating your scripted builds or sysprep process perhaps?

Friday 1st June 2007
Added a script which tracks down PST files and logs them to a SQL database to the "vb stuff" page

Friday 18th May 2007
Added a script which shows if the computer is a laptop or desktop to the "vb stuff" page

Saturday 31st March 2007
Updated wsname to 2.82 - Lots of changes, added the /LOGFILE switch so you can specify an alternative location for the log file. Also added the $CHASSIS option so you can determine desktop or laptop chassis types. Fixed bug in username and password process where names with spaces in them were not read correctly from the command line.

Friday 12th January 2007
Updated "wallpaper creator" utility to version 2.42 to support two more variables - %SPVERSION% and %IEVERSION%

Sunday 15th October 2006
Added a script for getting AD group membership to the "vb stuff" page

Monday 28th August 2006
Updated wsname to 2.8 - Lots of changes, added the /EXCLUDEADAPTERS and /NOSTRICTNAMECHECKING switches, removed the IP address string padding and updated the version of UPX used to compress the compiled executable.

Wednesday 23rd August 2006
Updated "wallpaper creator" utility to be "Vista" aware - updated to version 2.4

Wednesday 14th July 2006
Added ability to write information over the existing wallpaper to the "wallpaper creator" - updated to version 2.3

Wednesday 26th April 2006
Updated wsname to 2.75j - Added logic to ignore VMWare and IPSEC adapters when using $MAC

Tuesday 25th April 2006
Updated wsname to 2.75i - Added logic to ignore WLAN adapters when using $MAC

Saturday 15th April 2006
Added the forum for online discussions, tips and tricks, I'm still trying to figure out how it works!

Friday 14th April 2006
Updated wsname to 2.75h - Added logic to ignore Bluetooth adapters when using $MAC

Saturday 8th April 2006
Added a process for automatically generating computer names using a SQL database to the "vb stuff" page

Sunday 26th March 2006
Added an example of using ExecuteGlobal to share common functions across scripts to the "vb stuff" page

Wednesday 22nd March 2006
Updated wsname to 2.75g - Think its nailed now.

Monday 13th March 2006
Updated wsname to 2.75e - Still trying to get this right.

Saturday 11th March 2006
Added the DSGetDCName function to the "Delphi stuff" page

Sunday 5th March 2006
Updated wsname to 2.75d - The ADSI stuff was failing when the user was logged in locally, fixed this.

Wednesday 22nd February 2006
Added additional functionality to the "wallpaper creator" - updated to version 2.2