Jim Turner
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Jim Turner is a domain administrator and applications developer for Computer Sciences Corporation.
Email address: jturnervbs@gmail.com
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Time to Round Up Those Scripts
If you have scripts scattered all over the place on your computer, try ScriptRoundUp.vbs. It locates scripts meeting your criteria, then copies them to a central location so you can back them up and easily find them in the future.
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A Refreshing Look at CPU Loads
Here's a script that you can use to quickly check your servers' CPU loads.
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HTA Automatically Creates Mappings
After discovering a script that determines and maps the next available drive to a network share, a reader incorporated the script into an HTML Application. With this HTA, you can create persistent or nonpersistent mappings and use alternative credentials.
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Active Directory Growth Tracker: A Script to Count Objects
Learn how to use this script to track Active Directory objects so you stay current on your AD numbers.
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Utility Can Help Reduce UAC Headaches When Working with Scripts
If User Account Control (UAC) is giving you a hard time when you're writing or running scripts on Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008, try the Elevate Script HTA. With just a few clicks, you can run .vbs and .js scripts under administrative privileges.
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Scripting on a Cluster
Running scripts reliably on a cluster can be challenging. Here's a solution that's not only effective but also easy to implement.
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Divide and Conquer Mega-Sized Text and Log Files
When a text or log file is so massive that it's hard to work with, use the Log Splitter utility to split that file into several smaller, more manageable files.
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Scripting Utilities to Keep Tabs on Your Printers
Tracking changes to printer configurations in a large organization can be very difficult. These two scripts can save you troubleshooting effort by recording changes and letting you compare data from different dates.
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Track Active Directory Changes
Auditing changes to Active Directory groups can be a nightmare unless you have third-party software—or this useful script.
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Happy Holiday HTA
Send an HTA greeting card that features a holiday tree with blinking multicolored lights and a "Happy Holidays" greeting. You can easily personalize the greeting.
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Happy Holiday HTA
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November 1, 2008 |
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Are Recycle Bins Wasting a Lot of Space on Your Windows Servers?
Here's a VBScript script you can use to monitor how much disk space is being consumed by the Recycle Bins stored in a server's Recycler folder and how much space is available on that server's local hard drives.
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November 1, 2008 |
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Vista's UAC Can Cause Problems When Writing and Running Scripts
Windows Vista's User Account Control (UAC) can cause problems and annoyances when developing and testing VBScript scripts that require administrator access. Here's how you can avoid those problems and annoyances without disabling UAC.
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September 24, 2008 |
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Build Directory Tree Structure Reports
Documenting your directory structure provides insight about how your applications and server drives are built and where key components reside.
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Keep Track of and Plan Your Vacation Time with the Time-Off Planner
As you enter the vacation time you're taking off, this HTML Application (HTA) automatically deducts those hours from your vacation-hours balance. It even color-codes the weeks you're on-call so that you can avoid scheduling time off during those weeks.
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July 16, 2008 |
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How to Easily View the Extended Properties of Files
Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista have seven times more file properties than their predecessors. Here's how you can easily select and view the properties you're interested in seeing, no matter whether you're using the newest or an older OS.
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July 16, 2008 |
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Determining the Properties to Include in Predefined Categories
If you want to create custom categories for GetExtendedFilePropertyDetails.hta, here are some tools you can use to determine the extended file properties available on your system.
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July 2, 2008 |
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Using ADO to Access Excel, Part 2
ADO lets you access your spreadsheets as databases that you can query, sort, search, and modify.
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June 25, 2008 |
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Using ADO to Access Excel, Part 1
Use a sample VBScript file to see how you can access Excel spreadsheets with ADO, to filter and modify your data.
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May 28, 2008 |
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Creating Context-Sensitive Help Screens for Your HTAs
If you need to provide helpful information in your applications, take a look at how you can use JScript to create a context-sensitive Help pop-up window.
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