Microsoft Windows 2000 Scripting Guide

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 1200 pages
• Published by: Microsoft Press; Pap/Cdr edition November 6, 2002
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0735618674
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0735618671
• Book Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.4 x 2.4 inches
• Weighs: 7 pounds

Book Description
Discover how to automate system administration tasks for Windows 2000 - and maximize your productivity - with expertise from those who know Microsoft scripting technologies best. Created specifically for system administrators by the Windows 2000 product d

Reader Reviews
Windows 2000 automation goes beyond simple and limited BAT/CMD scripts. For total control of Windows you should definitely learn scripting. Although it has an intimidating look (1300+ pages) this book is actually a fast track resource for learning and putting scripts to work immediately. The included CD has an electronic version of the book (not PDF, but in MS Help file format); it also has a separate link with all the scripts organized by tasks for you to copy and paste on your favorite text editor. My interest was focused on Services, I had an urgent need on my project to automate services to start and stop at specific times during the week. I went directly to Chapter 15 on Services and then back to Chapters 2,3 for VBS and WSH reference. In less than a day I was able to resolve my issue using a combination of scripting and Windows Scheduled Tasks. These scripts saved me from having to come in very early to work (before users came in) to restart services that were being shut down during the daily system maintenance window. Manually restarting the services took me around forty minutes every morning, so this is also a notable consideration. My only criticism, in the hopes that a future edition would improve an already excellent book: The author explains that this book was not intended to be read in sequence and you may just get directly to the area of interest, but if you are an experienced administrator without scripting experience you have to get all the way to chapter 3 to find out how to run a script. There should have been an introductory section on this subject since there are many working scripts already available on the CD for administrators to use. I recommend this book to any system administrator who wants to ease their daily work load. Comment | | (Report this)