Recently I was helping out in a scripting forum. The topic was getting a report of all groups and their members. I have several VBScripts to do this, but an even easier and faster way is to use the DSQuery…
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Last month Jeffrey Snover had an excellent post on his Philosophy of Automation. I’d like to add my 2 cents to the discussion. This is a concept I’ve espoused my entire career. I’m always looking for ways to get more…
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ScriptingAnswers.com and SAPIEN Technologies announce the ScriptingAnswers.com Automation Challenge 2007! This is your chance to submit your Windows administrative scripts – in any Windows-based scripting language – and win some great prizes. All your script needs to do is accomplish some…
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We truly appreciate all the comments and feedback you’ve been giving us on our blog entries. We’ve tried to respond to comments in a timely manner. You are still welcome to leave comments. However, if you have a question that…
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I’ve been revisiting an old friend from the days of DOS and ancient versions of Windows. I had forgotten how much work this friend did for me. The more I thought about it, and the more I caught up with…
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Here’s another quick suggestion, especially for VBScript, that will make script development and debugging a little easier and a lot less stressful. It may seem like common sense, but sometimes we all just need a reminder: Start Simple.
The first…
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You don’t have to choose between the traditional command line interface (CLI) and PowerShell. You can easily run a PowerShell command or even a PowerShell script directly from a command prompt. This means you can integrate some PowerShell functionality into…
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If you have PowerShell installed (and if you don’t what are you waiting for?) you may be used to starting PowerShell from the Start Menu shortcut. But that’s not the only way. If you’re like me and always have a…
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I recently did a TipSheet columnlisting some of my favorite quick, one line commands. Reader Wayne waskind enough to share with me his list of oft-used one-liners which hegraciously offered to share. I have not tested many of thesepersonally, but…
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If you have batch files that require a long time to run or would like to have an easy way to monitor the progress, here’s an easy way. By using the TITLE command, you can change the title of the…
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