Justin Cooney

Web Development Tips and Examples

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I am a Senior Applications Programmer / Analyst with years of experience developing enterprise solutions using the Microsoft technology stack including C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET, AJAX, IIS and SQL Server. I specialize in Web application development with a focus on building secure systems, integrating applications, and designing robust database structures.

Category: Security

  • Batch Script to Ping a Range of IP Addresses to Identify Active Computers

    Sometimes you will want to find out more about your local area network and what machines are running at certain IP addresses. Querying the domain name server can be unreliable since some machines may be hidden, so sending a direct ping is the most reliable way of checking for the existence of a machine.

  • Remove Internet Explorer Open or Save Popup

    In Internet Explorer 10 and IE 11 Microsoft has hidden the option to automatically open files rather than prompting for you to open or save a file of that type each time you click on it. In earlier versions of IE, the open/save dialog prompt came with a checkbox option to show, or not to…

  • Disable IE Enhanced Security Configuration in Windows Server 2012

    In some cases it’s important to have and makes a lot of sense to keep in place. In other cases it’s an annoying setting that refuses to allow itself to be removed from your server. What am I talking about? It’s Internet Explorer’s Enhanced Security Configuration setting that blocks your attempts to browse anyplace useful.