You can also use VBScript to send email using CDO.  I don't have the code in front of me but it's similar to...

dim m as CreateObject("CDO")

m.sender = "me@here.com"

m.recipient =...

From the Microsoft site:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;304261

Windows Hardware Quality Lab (WHQL) Qualified Devices

Microsoft Windows servers and networked servers or NAS storage servers that are Windows Hardware Quality Lab (WHQL) certified automatically...

I was guessing you had recently attended an HR class. 

Robert