Offline Machine Tracking with PowerShell
Here’s a simple little script that will track which computers are offline, and how long they have been offline. It even sends you a handy email summary.
Protecting Your Computer and Personal Information
In today’s digital age, protecting your computer and personal information is not just wise but essential. Cyber threats such as malware, ransomware, phishing scams, and identity theft are on the rise, making it more crucial than ever to be vigilant. This guide will outline key steps to ensure your digital safety.
Logoff User After Idle
Recently, there was a request for our team to implement a new security requirement for workstations. Specifically, If a user remains logged in, but is idle for a specific period of time, that user should be logged out. After consulting the interwebs for a few minutes, all I could find were hacky solutions using vbscript, PowerShell, task scheduler,… Read More »
Basic CURL with VB6
This is a basic example of how to download the html of a web page with Visual Basic 6, using no ActiveX controls, and only Windows API calls.
Animated Cursors
How to load an animated cursor for use in your VB app. Attachments File Uploaded Size 899-20170813-113035-SETCURSR.ZIP 8/13/2017 11:30:35 AM 2314
Text Search
How to search across directories for a file containing specific text. Uses a recursive technique to search sub-directories (similiar to the Windows Find utility). Also shows how to properly cancel a long routine. The recursive procedure is similiar to the DirView sample but uses slower VB directory changing and searching methods rather than API functions. Attachments File Uploaded… Read More »
Screen Background
How to create a Form that has the Windows Desktop as the background. This program makes it appear as though the Windows Desktop is still running, but it actually copies the image of the Desktop to an Image control that is used as the Form’s background. Attachments File Uploaded Size 899-20170813-112705-SCRNBACK.ZIP 8/13/2017 11:27:05 AM 2393
StatusBar Panel
How to use any color or font in a StatusBar panel. Attachments File Uploaded Size 899-20170813-112548-SBPANEL.ZIP 8/13/2017 11:25:48 AM 1904
RichTextBox Scrolling in VB6
How to create a “chat” style window. This sample duplicates the functionality of a window such as those in mIRC – where text is added to the bottom of a RichTextBox and is scrolled into view IF the scroll bar is at the bottom, but doesn’t move the window when the user has scrolled up. Attachments File Uploaded… Read More »
RichTextBox Position
How to make the RTB caret follow the cursor. Shows the current row and column below the cursor. Attachments File Uploaded Size 899-20170813-112215-RTBPOS.ZIP 8/13/2017 11:22:15 AM 2234