Configure IIS to listen on specific IPs

By default IIS will listen for connections on port 80 for any IP bound to the server. This happens even if there are no host headers or bindings set for a specific IP. This can be a problem when trying to run multiple web servers on port 80. To set IIS to listen on specific […]

Install Microsoft and Windows Updates

A lot of scripts out there only install windows updates, this one gets the lot. I’ve found that there are a number of patches not included in the LanGuard patch management, so here’s a script to fill in the gaps. This script is a modified version of the one found here – blogs.technet.com/b/chrad/archive/2009/07/13/dynamic-provisioning-with-vmm-proxy-windows-updates-and-scripts.aspx Also just […]

Detect Internet Explorer Version

Someone requested how to determine what version of IE (internet explorer) was installed on a machine. The version registry entry was unreliable so this gets the version straight from the executable. strComputer = “.” Set objWMIService = GetObject(“winmgmts:” & “{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\” & strComputer & “\root\cimv2″) sQuery=”select * from cim_datafile where path=””\\Program Files\\Internet Explorer\\”” and filename=””iexplore”” and […]