Butchart Gardens

Posted by: Alex  :  Category: Alex and Jess

The gardens are in Victoria, British Columbia.  Quite pretty.

Butchart Gardens

Twelve Drummers Drumming
Twelve Drummers Drumming
Eleven Pipers Piping
Eleven Pipers Piping
Ten Lords a-Leaping (frogs jumping up from behind the back hedge)
Ten Lords a-Leaping (frogs jumping up from behind the back hedge)
Nine Ladies Dancing
Nine Ladies Dancing
Eight Maids a-Milking
Eight Maids a-Milking
Seven Swans a-Swimming
Seven Swans a-Swimming
Six Geese a-Laying
Six Geese a-Laying
Five Golden Rings
Five Golden Rings
Four Calling Birds
Four Calling Birds
Three French Hens (Eiffel Tower in background)
Three French Hens (Eiffel Tower in background)
Two Turtledoves
Two Turtledoves
...and a Partridge in a Pear Tree.
...and a Partridge in a Pear Tree.
The Sunken Garden in daylight (it used to be a limestone quarry for the cement plant)
The Sunken Garden in daylight (it used to be a limestone quarry for the cement plant)
The Sunken Garden
The Sunken Garden
The Sunken Garden at night
The Sunken Garden at night
The Sunken Garden
The Sunken Garden
 
The Ross Fountain in daylight
The Ross Fountain in daylight
The Ross Fountain
The Ross Fountain
The Ross Fountain at night
The Ross Fountain at night
The Ross Fountain (the water is actually much taller than you can see in the pictures)
The Ross Fountain (the water is actually much taller than you can see in the pictures)
The smokestack from the old cement factory
The smokestack from the old cement factory
 
 
distant picture of the milking ladies
distant picture of the milking ladies
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dean (Jess' uncle) on his lordly lion on the Rose Carousel
Dean (Jess' uncle) on his lordly lion on the Rose Carousel
Jess in her lovely mismatched attire
Jess in her lovely mismatched attire
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Eight maids
Eight maids
 
Looking across the rose garden toward the main buildings and Italian Garden (the rose in the center is the Garden's logo)
Looking across the rose garden toward the main buildings and Italian Garden (the rose in the center is the Garden's logo)
 
The Italian Garden
The Italian Garden
in the Italian Garden
in the Italian Garden
Looking up from the Italian Garden toward the Rose Garden
Looking up from the Italian Garden toward the Rose Garden
 
poinsettia tree display
poinsettia tree display
 
 
 
one of Jess' favorite trees
one of Jess' favorite trees
 
 
 

Christmas Letter 2009

Posted by: Alex  :  Category: Random

Christmas Letter 2009!

Coming to you from a Mac… running Windows 7… that’s just how I roll.

What’s new in the world of the USA Rock Paper Scissors League? (I’m not joking.  It’s a real association.  Rock/Paper/Scissors is serious business.) I don’t know—probably hand cramps!  However, I do know what’s going on in the world of the Lawrences.

First, the big stuff.  We decided to take plunge into the fiscal responsibility that ishomeownership.  In the words of Tom, “It’s keen.” For pictures, wiggle your fingers on over to www.gachis.net.  Our new place is located at 46° 37′ 0.93″ N x 122° 49′ 11.86″ W (a.k.a. Chehalis, WA)!  And before you ask, we’re not in the flood zone.  It’s on three-tenths greater than two acres, approximately 1850 square feet, and in the middle of nowhere!  When I say nowhere, I don’t mean far enough out to not be annoyed others (though I do mean than too).  I mean we’re in the middle of nowhere-we-cannot-even-get-decent-internet nowhere!  I’ve made what adjustments I can to make it tolerable by [insert computery language here].  Otherwise, it’s been a rather mellow year for the big stuff!

Jess continues to teach the in the preschool special needs programs at the Longview School District.  She still enjoys it!  She’s also been giving talks on autism at various places—namely her school district as well as our old church, Messiah Lutheran in Auburn, WA.  They’ve proven to be enjoyable experiences.  Of course, while doing her job + consulting, she’s also started her National Board certification.

She’s hoping to be able to branch out more into consulting as time goes by.  When it comes down to it, her biggest interests are found within research and designing interventions/modifying curriculum to best fit the needs of the child.

As for myself, I’m still with the Washington State Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals.  It continues to be enjoyable and provide an outlet for my crazy computer-related ideas.  I still do lots of random things under the sun: scripts, servers, switches, firewalls, blah, blah, blah.

I also still do some work on the side as the need arises.  In August I flew back to Wisconsin to help out the Holmen School District in preparing for the new school year and opening the new building.  It was fun to see everyone and see how they’ve progressed in the year since I left. They’re doing great!

We spend our time these days NOT on the computers (as we no longer have a game-that-shall-remain-nameless).  We’ve spent most of our time doing all sorts of nerdy-related things: carving nerdy pumpkins at Halloween (also viewable on our website), building floor plans for the house/garden/closet (in Visio!), mushroom hunting, and just having fun with friends (what?!  Alex talks to real people?!  Not just digital representations of real people?!  NO WAY!  For real).

For all of you folk in the digital age, feel free to check the website, www.gachis.net or drop us a line by email/Facebook/whatever your poison!

Let me leave you with this random information à la Tom Volk:

The plural of Octopus is Octopodes.

Nerdy Pumpkin’s 2009

Posted by: Alex  :  Category: Uncategorized

What nerds do on Halloween!

Nerdy Pumpkins

All of 'em!
All of 'em!
Line up!
Line up!
Bender from Futurama by Chris Eeds!
Bender from Futurama by Chris Eeds!
Rebel Alliance by Matt Eeds!
Rebel Alliance by Matt Eeds!
The Empire by Alex!
The Empire by Alex!
Klingon Symbol by Alex!
Klingon Symbol by Alex!
Space Invaders by Jess!
Space Invaders by Jess!
Twilight!  Edward by Trissan, Jacob by Aimee.
Twilight! Edward by Trissan, Jacob by Aimee.
Spiderweb by Scott Onken!
Spiderweb by Scott Onken!
Happy Pumpkin by Kristin!
Happy Pumpkin by Kristin!
Scary Pumpkin by Matt Eeds!
Scary Pumpkin by Matt Eeds!
The guts!
The guts!
The carvers!
Top: Alex, Scott, Chris, Kristin
Bottom: Jess, Trissan, Aimee, Matt
The carvers! Top: Alex, Scott, Chris, Kristin Bottom: Jess, Trissan, Aimee, Matt

Coat Closet

Posted by: Alex  :  Category: Alex and Jess

Designed and built by Alex!

My first time EVER attempting to build something from wood-type stuff.  I blame the PLU-CATS (Pacific Lutheran University – Computing and Telecommunications) department for making me think I can use power tools.

Coat Closet

 
 
 
 
 
 

New Home!

Posted by: Alex  :  Category: Alex and Jess

Pictures of our new home!

112FaunRae

Our first "snow!"
Our first "snow!"
The back of the house, looking from the back corner of our property
The back of the house, looking from the back corner of our property
The entry
The entry
Wider view of the entry (kitchen on right, hallway to bedrooms on left)
Wider view of the entry (kitchen on right, hallway to bedrooms on left)
Living room from by the front door
Living room from by the front door
Living room
Living room
Living room, looking toward the bedroom hallway
Living room, looking toward the bedroom hallway
Kitchen (no, it's not crooked, I'm just not a great photographer)
Kitchen (no, it's not crooked, I'm just not a great photographer)
Kitchen view from the dining room
Kitchen view from the dining room
Kitchen looking out to the living room
Kitchen looking out to the living room
Dining room
Dining room
China hutch
China hutch
Pantry (everything is encased in plastic to thwart the plans of the pantry mouse)
Pantry (everything is encased in plastic to thwart the plans of the pantry mouse)
Lower half of the pantry (we don't really drink that much pop, we just like variety)
Lower half of the pantry (we don't really drink that much pop, we just like variety)
Laundry room
Laundry room
Laundry room sink & cupboards
Laundry room sink & cupboards
 
Dining Room
Dining Room
Looking at the side of the house from the lane
Looking at the side of the house from the lane
Front of the house from the lane
Front of the house from the lane
From the hallway, looking at the Great Room and view from back windows/slider
From the hallway, looking at the Great Room and view from back windows/slider
Guest Bathroom
Guest Bathroom
Hallway (from Master Bedroom)
Hallway (from Master Bedroom)
Hallway looking into front two bedrooms
Hallway looking into front two bedrooms
Looking from the Kitchen to the Mud Room, Pantry, and Dining Room (left to right)
Looking from the Kitchen to the Mud Room, Pantry, and Dining Room (left to right)
Looking out at the Great Room from the Kitchen
Looking out at the Great Room from the Kitchen
Kitchen (looking from the Dining Room)
Kitchen (looking from the Dining Room)
Left Front Bedroom
Left Front Bedroom
Looking from back sliding door back at (left to right) hall, closet, and front door (Kitchen is just out of sight to the right)
Looking from back sliding door back at (left to right) hall, closet, and front door (Kitchen is just out of sight to the right)
From left to right: Breakfast Bar, Mud Room, Pantry, Dining Room, and Media Room as seen from by the back sliding door
From left to right: Breakfast Bar, Mud Room, Pantry, Dining Room, and Media Room as seen from by the back sliding door
Fireplace in the Great Room
Fireplace in the Great Room
Master Bath
Master Bath
Master Bath
Master Bath
Looking from Master Bath out to Master Bedroom and Hallway
Looking from Master Bath out to Master Bedroom and Hallway
Master Bath
Master Bath
Master Bedroom
Master Bedroom
Master Bedroom (from Master Bath)
Master Bedroom (from Master Bath)
Walk-in Master Closet
Walk-in Master Closet
Media Room (from the Great Room)
Media Room (from the Great Room)
Mud Room (W/D hookups against outside wall under window)
Mud Room (W/D hookups against outside wall under window)
Right Front Bedroom
Right Front Bedroom

Road Sign Hacking

Posted by: Alex  :  Category: Random
Mario Road Sign

Mario Road Sign

There’s a new fad out there in the geek world if you hadn’t noticed.  It’s hacking road signs to say things.  Such things as Ninjas Ahead.  Those are great and all, but this, this stands above the rest.

See the full story at: http://i.gizmodo.com/5154285/marioprincess-road-sign-is-the-pinnacle-of-sign-hacking

Water, water everywhere…

Posted by: Alex  :  Category: Random

So, fun stuff right? We all like the snow (not me, I’m a curmudgeon) right? See what happens when you like the snow and you want more of it to fall? Yeah… this happens. WATER EVERYWHERE.

Let’s just hope it doesn’t block off BOTH ways out of my house to work…

All the photos…

http://picasaweb.google.com/roskozero/Flood2009#

Here it was at 1:15 today…

Here it is now… (3:30pm)

The Xmas Letter – 2008

Posted by: Alex  :  Category: Random

So there are two big changes in this year’s roller-coaster-cling-to-the-edge-of-your-seat-non-stop-thrill-ride of a letter… Okay, so maybe it’s not that exciting, let’s just pretend it is. We’ll both feel better about it, really. Change number one: I’m writing this on a (brace yourselves) Macintosh (slowly, Dean Shutt, we’ll convert the world!). Wait! Wait! That’s not a bad word anymore. It’s actually a pretty okay one these days. Honestly, I love it. It’s a great piece of hardware (I know most you can’t believe I’d ever say a Mac product is good! But there you have it). Change number two: I’m writing this in Open Office! Don’t worry, I haven’t abandoned Microsoft completely. I still support and own many of their items. Let’s just say… we have a series of on-again-off-again interactions.

2008. It’s been a big year, hasn’t it? For one, it’s gone way too fast (Father Time is going on notice for that one…). As most of you know (if you don’t, sorry!) we moved back to the Pacific Northwest—yay! We both enjoyed our jobs and the people in Wisconsin; however, it just never really felt right. We learned a few things about ourselves: we hate snow (ok, I hate snow; Jess still acts like a 5-year-old when it starts to fall, although even she will admit it got a little tired after 6 months of it), we don’t like it to be sub-zero temperatures for weeks at a time, and we don’t like not having mountains near (quick movie side note: The Hulk just threw an engine at some guy in a field—that was awesome). We were planning to stay in Wisconsin longer but Jess had a great opportunity present itself back in Washington.

We were not looking really, then all at once, we found out that the superintendents were leaving each of the districts we worked in. We figured we had two options: look and see what was available back home or stick it out for a few more years. We figured it couldn’t hurt to look… Well, in the process of looking Jess stumbled across the “gimme-job-now” button and bam! We’re here! She found the job opening on a Friday, emailed about it, got called on Sunday, talked for over an hour with the director of what is now her program, applied on Sunday, interviewed over the phone Thursday, and had the offer by Thursday night. So! It was quick. Everything that has worked out well for us has been quick, so we figured we had to go for it! Once she had the “word” I started to seriously look into the opportunities as well.

I figured I’d stay in school district IT (masochist I know!); however, when I started to really delve in, I found a veritable paucity of jobs at school districts. I was looking into the Tumwater school district when I found a link to the Washington state job search. I figured it couldn’t hurt, so I threw my resume to a few of the offerings; a few weeks later I had a call from the Washington State Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals! I interviewed over the phone a little less than a week later—an interview I was convinced I did HORRIBLE on. A few days later I got a call (while I was in a meeting!) saying they’d like to meet me in person! So I arranged to fly out a week later. I did the second interview in person, had a great time with them, and had a phone call with an offer that evening (the really fun thing was landing in SeaTac at 9:30 am and getting to Olympia by 10:30 am for the interview on a weekday… by the end of the day I had been up for close to 23 hours. At that point Dr. Seuss was an amazing philosopher to me: One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish changed my perspective on stuff!).

So Jess is now teaching in the preschool special ed programs at Broadway Early Learning Center in Longview, Washington. I do Systems and Network Administration for the BIIA in Olympia, Washington. We live in Kelso, Washington. Jess has around a 6-mile commute each day. Mine’s closer to 130 (it takes a bit over an hour each way, so it’s not too bad—70 mph half the way there). Before we left WI we sold the Kia (the end of a dynasty, I know) to one of my coworkers (great guy, very fun to work with).
When we got here, I drove the Subaru for a few weeks but we wanted to get something with better gas mileage (this was when gas was over four dollars a gallon) so I looked around for something I would like. I test drove the Jetta TDI, Toyota Prius, and Mini Cooper. Out of them all, I instantly knew the Cooper was for me. It was actually a bit cheaper than both the Prius and the Jetta TDI (crazy right?!) and they were actually in stock! It’s Mellow Yellow, gets 40 mpg highway, and is very fun to drive. So if you’re in the market for a small car, I’d seriously suggest you check one out. You can’t help but smile when you drive it (it’s quite comfy, roomy, and Scott Onken at 6′6” can fit in it! No one can sit behind him but…he fits).

Quick update on the movie: They just popped Edward Norton (The Hulk) to force him to change. He just punched a scientist. His skin can stop bullets, but leather straps?

Since we’ve been back, we’ve spent a fair amount of time catching up with friends and family, which has been fun. A lot of the time, though, we’re working, sleeping, and working… and to change it up, a bit of sleeping. When we can, we watch movies (we just adopted a Blu-Ray player via one of those save the starving PlayStation 3 infomercials staring Barbra Streisand—okay, that was a nerdy joke; but hey, I’m a nerd). We also enjoy paying video games every so often. So really nothing has changed on that front!

Abomination (the bad Hulk) just threw a guy out a window. That was awesome! Don’t worry though: Edward Norton (the good Hulk) is coming to save the day. According to this movie a Humvee will break an axle before it dents the front in a front-on collision. Interesting…

One of the more entertaining projects we’ve taken on as of late was growing mushrooms from a wood brick! They’re quite tasty. Shiitake mushrooms. Mmm… I met a guy though my professor from UWL (Dr. Tom Volk) who is a member of the Oregon Mycological Society named Tony. He was selling three bags for 20 dollars for Christmas as a fundraiser for OMS—normally each bag is 20. So I went for it! Best choice I ever made. I’m sure between all three bags (we gave two as Christmas presents), they’ll net well over $200 in mushrooms by store prices. Quite the value…

Best line of the movie! “HULK SMASH!!!!” Abomination is on the ropes!

While it has been a very busy year, it really hasn’t seemed like it. It’s been fast, that’s for sure! Time just speeds up once you get to be the ripe-old-age of twenty-four. Yup. Oh look! I think I had my first joint ache! Wunderbar. Yup, so old… Really though, when you’re having fun, enjoying your jobs, and making positive progress, things do move fast. But that’s fine! That’s how the world works!

So that’s it! You’ve made it. You’re at the end of the letter. So I’ll leave you with one last piece of advice. Fire up your computer, go to http://www.hulu.com, and search for “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog.” It stars Neal Patrick Harris (Doogie Howser!). You’ll thank me later. Seriously. Do it. Don’t worry. It’s free and legal.

We hope everyone has an enjoyable new year.

Alex and Jess

Oh look, The Hulk just transformed again. Woo. Fade to black.

(If you want to hear more incessant ramblings, or feel like checking up on us, venture over to http://www.gachis.net. I consider it to be a mildly humorous stop on the web, you might too!)

Henchmen Needed

Posted by: Alex  :  Category: Random

Every once in a great while you stumble upon something that can truly only be described as “Epic.”  This, my friends, is one of those somethings.  Thanks to Jake for pointing this out to me as it will bring me unmeasurable amounts of joy.

(On a side note, if you haven’t seen Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, your truly missing out.  You must drop whatever it is that you’re doing currently, and go watch it.  You’ll thank me later).

[code]
From: http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/ldn/783766933.html

HENCHMEN NEEDED


Date: 2008-08-05, 2:34PM BST

20-30 henchmen needed for moderately-sized supervillain organisation with large expansion potential (fortresses built into geological structures, corruption of government officials, possible genesis of 'nemesis' vigilante). Electrical theme.

Applicants must be willing to learn new skills, including but not limited to operation of specialised 'lightning guns'. Applicants will also be required to wear specialised uniform when at work (functional rubber suits with my logo on front), except in cases where deception is required (posing as hostages in order to ambush vigilantes, etc).

Desired (but not necessarily required) in applicants:

-interesting deformations/obsessions/powers(?) giving rise to interesting nicknames (e.g. Claws, Pyro, Buzzsaw, and similar)
-unwavering loyalty
-being a corruptible government official
-ability to work as part of a close-knit team (unless interesting obsession is of the 'lone wolf' variety)
-grudge against any well-known vigilante
-flexible moral code

Equal opportunies employer. Both henchmen and femmes fatales absolutely welcome.

Great promotion opportunities - right-hand-man position constantly being unexpectedly opened. Would look good on any future supervillain resume/CV.

Send an email with details of any prior henchman work, or details of what is driving you to join the ranks of a supervillain organisation. Will reply to all serious applicants. Hope to hear from you, and with luck, welcome you into a rewarding and promising career!

- Jacque (The Zapper) Zerapi[/code]

Local Admin Password Change VBS

Posted by: Alex  :  Category: Random

Hate the task of changing your local admin password across your domain of computers?  If your like me, you do!  A large group of people only change this when they deploy a new image, a very valid time to do this!  If you really are like me your also some what of a Nazi when it comes to changing passwords!  I don’t like only doing it upon a new image deployment.  What if I want to change it quarterly?  What if I want to do it mid day?  What if I’m just feeling like clicking a bunch of buttons for no reason?

Well, if any of those reasons sound good to you, then I submit to you, the following!  This is all in VBS.  It’s written for Active Directory with a Windows XP/Server 2003 R2 environment.  It’s very straight forward, no frills.  I don’t even password mask the password input fields.  Why?  Frankly, I just did not see the need take that much extra time just for a password mask.  It prompts for a user name and password that has Domain Admin level access, and then it asks you for a Organizational Unit in your AD structure, followed by a local account and new password.

What’s the practical use?  Say you have a user call the help desk from a remote location with a company machine (tablet, laptop, etc…).  They’re two minutes out from the biggest presentation they’ve ever made that will land your company over a million in revenue if the presenter succeeds.  EVERYTHING about making this presentation work hinges on the presenter using their personal micro-portable-ergonomic-deluxe-with-lasers-that-kill-kittens-Microsoft-sponsored-blue-bedazzled mouse.  Obviously, the only option we have is to give said user the local admin account to install.  And now you have to change that account across your domain machines.  Yay for you!  You get to click buttons.

Without further adieu, just copy and paste the following into a text file and save it as “blah blah blah.vbs” Do not forget to change the following line (line 86):

[code]Set objOU = GetObject("LDAP://OU=" & strOU & ",DC=Gachis,DC=Net")[/code]

To something that matches your domain (E.g. change DC=Gachis,DC=Net to DC=YOURDOMAIN,DC=YOURDOMAIN etc…)

Disclaimer: I am not responsible if you bork your domain/computers/local squirrels by using this script.  I am providing it free and open to anyone and everyone who wishes to give it a try for their own needs.

[code]

'=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
'              This is a VBS to change a local account's password across an OU of Computers in AD.
'            This is a collection of snippits of code from all over the place as well as a bit of my own.
'                                   Enjoy! -Alexander Lawrence
'=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

On Error Resume Next

'constants
Const WbemAuthenticationLevelPktPrivacy = 6
Const ForAppending = 8

' Create the File System Object
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objFSOTwo = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objFSOThree = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

'directory and file paths
strDirectory = "c:\output"
strFilePW = "\PWChanged.txt"
strFileNR = "\NotReached.txt"

' If..Exists. Then, Else ... End If construction for directory/files for log output.
If objFSOThree.FolderExists(strDirectory) Then
Set objFolder = objFSO.GetFolder(strDirectory)
Else
Set objFolder = objFSO.CreateFolder(strDirectory)
End If

If objFSO.FileExists(strDirectory & strFilePW) Then
Set objFolder = objFSO.GetFolder(strDirectory)
Else
Set objFile = objFSO.CreateTextFile(strDirectory & strFilePW)
End If

If objFSOTwo.FileExists(strDirectory & strFileNR) Then
Set objFolder = objFSOTwo.GetFolder(strDirectory)
Else
Set objFile = objFSOTwo.CreateTextFile(strDirectory & strFileNR)
End If

'User input on Domain Admin Account/Password, OU, Local Account/Password.
strUser = InputBox _
("Please enter a User Name with sufficient Domain Level Access (E.g. Domain Admin):", _
"User Name","User Name")

If strUser = "" Then
Wscript.Quit
End If

strPassword = InputBox _
("Please enter Password:", _
"Password")

If strPassword = "" Then
Wscript.Quit
End If

strOU = InputBox _
("Please enter the organizational unit of the computers you wish to modify:", _
"Enter OU Name","Organizational Unit")

If strOU = "" Then
Wscript.Quit
End If

strLclUsr = InputBox _
("Please enter the Local User account you wish to modify:", _
"Local User","Local User")

If strPassword = "" Then
Wscript.Quit
End If

strLclPass = InputBox _
("Please enter the new Local User account password:", _
"Local User Password")

If strPassword = "" Then
Wscript.Quit
End If

'Get Computer information out of AD and Ping active computers.  If no return on ping, write "Time - Computer Name: Could not be reached" to C:\output\NotReached.txt
'If able to change account password, write "Time - Computer Name: Password Changed!" to C:\output\PWChanged.txt
strNamespace = "root\cimv2"
Set objOU = GetObject("LDAP://OU=" & strOU & ",DC=Gachis,DC=Net")
objOU.Filter = Array("Computer")

For Each objComputer in objOU
strComputer = objComputer.CN

Set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
strCommand = "%comspec% /c ping -n 3 -w 1000 " & strComputer & ""
Set objExecObject = objShell.Exec(strCommand)

Do While Not objExecObject.StdOut.AtEndOfStream
strText = objExecObject.StdOut.ReadAll()
If Instr(strText, "Reply") > 0 Then

Set objWbemLocator = CreateObject("WbemScripting.SWbemLocator")
Set objWMIService = objwbemLocator.ConnectServer _
(strComputer, strNamespace, strUser, strPassword)
objWMIService.Security_.authenticationLevel = WbemAuthenticationLevelPktPrivacy

Set objUser = GetObject("WinNT://" & strComputer & "/" & strLclUsr)
objUser.SetPassword strLclPass

Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
("Select * From Win32_OperatingSystem")
For Each objItem in ColItems
Set objFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile("C:\output\PWChanged.txt", ForAppending, True)
objFile.WriteLine Now & " - " & strComputer & ": Password Changed!"
objFile.Close
Next
' ==========
' End
' ==========
Else
Set objFileTwo = objFSOTwo.OpenTextFile("C:\output\NotReached.txt", ForAppending, True)
objFileTwo.WriteLine Now & " - " & strComputer & ": could not be reached."
objFileTwo.Close
End If
Loop
Next

'Announce to User that script is done.
Wscript.Echo "Script is Finished.  See C:\Output for Logs."[/code]