Hilltop Lab is where the programs on this web site are tested. It is a Windows network with on-premises Active Directory. The lab was originally setup in a small house on the top of a hill in rural Wisconsin - hence the name. Except for the servers, the machines are cast offs that no one else wants.

The lab clients are Windows 98, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10. Three servers are domain controllers. This allows me to make sure the programs will work in most environments.

The network has one domain, several nested Organizational Units, many nested groups of all types, user objects scattered all over in Organizational Units and containers, and computer objects for each client machine in various locations in Active Directory. Startup, Shutdown, Logon, and logoff scripts run from Group Policy. Logon scripts are also assigned on the "Profile" tab of user objects. The Startup, Shutdown, Logon, and Logoff scripts log information to a log file on the network.