One of the first CMD commands I fell in love with (yes I’m that geeky) was TREE. When executed from a command prompt it would give you a nice graphical representation of the directory structure. Never being satisfied I wrote…
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I don’t want you to think that it is PowerShell now and forever more. VBScript isn’t going away anytime soon and I still answer plenty of VBScript questions in the forums at ScriptingAnswers.com. A topic that has come up several…
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PrimalScript 2009 ships with a new Logon Script Wizard, generating VBScript code and providing easy customization.
Most of the items are straight forward, like drive and printer shares. You can edit your Welcome message right there in the wizard and…
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Recently in the VBScript forum at ScriptingAnswers.com there was a question about creating a file name from the current date, but with leading zeros. This is a pretty common question. It is easy enough to get the month or day…
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The PrimalScript 2009 code is locked and loaded! We are just putting on some finishing touches and getting all of the “accoutrements” in place so that the purchase and upgrade experience is as smooth as possible. We will be doing…
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Similar to the enhanced SQL support, PrimalScript 2009 provides enhanced WMI and WQL support. WMI is an important tool in the administrators arsenal. It allows you to accomplish many tasks, local and remote with very little effort. However, the sheer…
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“I’m new to scripting and need a book recommendation.” “Should I learn VBScript or PowerShell?” “What are some good books or resources for learning scripting?”
These are natural and common questions. A few years ago the answers would have been…
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Here’s another tidbit about PrimalScript that you may not be aware of. Not only does PrimalScript offer a large number of code snippets that you can drag and drop into your scripting or development project, but it also includes a…
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I wanted to make sure everybody knew about another site in the ScriptingAnswers.com family. We have another area we refer to as our Essentials site. Here we gather tips, best practices, sample scripts and more. Coverage includes not only PowerShell…
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If you’ve sat in on any of my WMI related classes or conference sessions, I know you’ve heard me talk about using WBEMTest to test WMI connectivity and your WMI queries. WBEMTest has been around as part of Microsoft operating…
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