Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 416 pages
- Published by: Microsoft Press May 5, 2004
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0735619816
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-8120326569
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Book Dimensions:
8.9 x 7.4 x 1.3 inches
- Weighs: 1.9 pounds
Product Description
Get the inside track on how to write system administration scripts—straight from
Microsoft scripting experts. This practical learning guide teaches how to use scripting techniques to gain control over your
Microsoft Windows,
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS), and
Microsoft Exchange Server environments—all at your own pace. Build practical skills on everything from writing your first script in
Microsoft Visual Basic® Scripting Edition (VBScript) to working with Windows Scripting Host (WSH), Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), and Active Directory® Services Interface (ADSI), and from creating logon scripts to automating the management of systems, user accounts, files, printers, the registry, network services, directory services, security features, group policy, and more. The companion CD features the complete eBook, plus more than 200 sample scripts and a host of timesaving scripting tools.
About The Author
Ed Wilson is a
Microsoft technical account manager in the Premier Support for Developers group at
Microsoft. Prior to joining
Microsoft, Ed was a senior consultant with a solutions provider partner in Cincinnati. He is also a
Microsoft Certified Trainer and has taught numerous networking and administration classes.
Reader ReviewsHow many VBScript books have you picked up that completely skip explaining the Windows Script Host and VBScript environment? They immediately jump into having you write scripts without even explaining the scripting environment, something that is Crucial to learning VBScript. This is another of those books. This book has no information on the WSH (Windows Script Host), objects or methods, when and why to use the various WSH objects and methods, and there is only haphazard information on syntax. You can't even find this information in the appendices. The author takes you through writing VBScripts, almost from page one, and only gives the briefest of explanations of what you are doing. For example, in the second chapter of the book, you are presented with a multiline script that includes the following: Set objWMIService=SetObject("winmgmts") _ & .ExecQuery _ ("SELECT = FROM Win32_Process") If you never worked with Windows Script Host or VBScript, would you have any idea what this is? Or why you are using it? The author gives a 2 sentence explanation, and then jumps right into something else. If you are new to VBScript, and are looking for a book to teach you about VBScript and WSH, this book is not for you. If you are an experienced VBScript writer, you might find some tidbit of useful information in this book. This book, sadly, does not teach you VBScript, and would be of no real use to someone who already knows VBscript. Don't buy it.
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