Deploy software via Group Policy’s Scheduled Tasks

There are many ways for a system administrator to deploy software to computers on a domain. This post describes how to create a Group Policy that will deploy a Scheduled Task to your target machines that will run a batch file to perform the installation. You might ask why I would bother with a Scheduled …

ThirdGoal.com Close of Service

I decided to close down one of the websites I developed in 2005 called www.thirdgoal.com. Andrew Meyerson of www.thirdgoal.org has built a nice website and has some good momentum. I’m providing him the .com domain to drive more traffic to his .org for the Peace Corps’ 50th Anniversary. Here’s what I wrote about the closing …

SMS Spam

Late last night and early this morning I received two unwanted SMS text messages from phone number (949) 394-3052 and (949) 228-5584 bearing the same message: IRS ALERT! New gov’t program REDUCES BACK TAXES up to 70 percent, removes liens, garnish, levies. To qualify: REPLY: “IRS” (free, private consult) This isn’t my first encounter with …