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Good Bye (For Now)
Although this is the last issue of Scripting Central, you'll still be able to find out about our scripts and scripting tools.
Windows IT Pro
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Karen Bemowski
Script Trek: The Article
A script designed to re-adjust the Enterprise's engine parameters so that the Enterprise can get free from a space-time vortex fails to work. In the nick of time, the Star Trek crew discovers that their bad assumptions about data types is the culprit.
Windows IT Pro
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Karen Bemowski
Free Utility Retrieves IP Addresses and Computer Names
If you're using IPv4 and you often need to obtain IP addresses for computers or obtain computers' names based on IP addresses, you'll probably find GetIPs.hta handy.
Windows IT Pro
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Karen Bemowski
Script Can Help You Keep Track of When to Spring Forward and Fall Back
On Sunday, March 8, daylight saving time begins. If you have trouble remembering when daylight saving time begins and ends, check out GetDLSDates.vbs.
Windows IT Pro
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Karen Bemowski
Change Configuration Options Using a T-SQL Stored Procedure and a .config File
Learn how you can change many configuration options in SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2000 simultaneously by using a.config file and a T-SQL stored procedure named sp_ConfigureFromFile.
Windows IT Pro
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Karen Bemowski
Script Gathers Scheduled Task Information
Here's a VBScript script that uses Schtasks.exe to gather scheduled task data from all the computers in a given organizational unit (OU).
Windows IT Pro
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Karen Bemowski
VBScript Functions Let You Easily Export Data from One Script to Another
If you often need to use one script's data in another script, the SaveDictionary and LoadDictionary functions might make your job a whole lot easier.
Windows IT Pro
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Karen Bemowski
Free Utility Lets You Retrieve a Little or a Lot of Inventory Information
Although billed as "lite," the System Inventory Lite utility doesn't skimp on functionality. With this utility, you can perform a complete inventory of computer systems or retrieve just the specific information you need.
Windows IT Pro
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Karen Bemowski
Descriptions for Numeric Error Codes Are Just a Click Away
Encountering an error when writing a script is frustrating. Even more frustrating is when the error message provides only a cryptic numeric code. Here's an HTA can help alleviate these frustrations by converting that error code into an error description.
Windows IT Pro
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Karen Bemowski
The ABCs of ADO
Here's what you need to know to start using ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) in VBScript scripts to interact with a variety of data sources.
Windows IT Pro
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Karen Bemowski
VBScript Function Handles Delimited Text Files' Data So You Don't Have To
If you often write scripts that use delimited text files for input, you might want to check out the Multi_Dimension function. This function eliminates the need to write custom routines that put the files' data into a format that scripts can use.
Windows IT Pro
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Karen Bemowski
Create Date-and-Time Stamps That You Can Use in File and Folder Names
VBScript has date-manipulation tools, but they typically generate dates and times that include reserved characters, which you can't use in file and folder names. A better approach is to create ISO 8601–format dates and times. Here's how.
Windows IT Pro
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Karen Bemowski
Shell Script Makes Managing DHCP Scopes Easier
You can use the Windows 2003 Netsh command-line utility to automatically change network settings, including DHCP configurations. Here's a .cmd script that uses Netsh to create and manage DHCP scopes.
Windows IT Pro
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Karen Bemowski
VBSort.wsc to the Rescue: VBScript No Longer Lacks an Array Sorting Method
Unlike JScript, VBScript doesn't provide a method that lets you sort arrays. However, you can use a Windows script component named VBSort.wsc to quickly sort VBScript arrays.
Windows IT Pro
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Karen Bemowski
How Those %&% Characters Can Cause a Batch File URL to Fail
At the command line, you find that you can run a command that opens your favorite Web site, but when you put that command in a batch file, it fails. Find out what the problem is and how you can prevent it.
Windows IT Pro
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Karen Bemowski
Batch Script Not Only Enumerates User Profiles But Also Shows How to Error-Proof Paths
By using GetUserProfiles.bat, you can clean up old user profiles. By looking at how it works, you can learn how to error-proof paths. No matter whether you use this script for one or both purposes, it can be a valuable tool.
Windows IT Pro
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Karen Bemowski
Simon Says Use a Scripting Solution to Migrate Profiles
Scripting can save a lot of time, as Simon Zeltser discovered firsthand. Needing to back up and restore users' profiles on 1,500 PCs, he created the ProfileBackup solution. With it, he was able to migrate the profiles without visiting 1,500 PCs.
Windows IT Pro
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Karen Bemowski
The Good, Better, and Best Ways to Find Constants and Their Values in WSH Scripts
Because of the COM technology behind scripting objects, Windows Script Host (WSH) scripts don’t get access to any constants’ values embedded in those objects. Alex K. Angelopoulos provides several ways to obtain those crucial values.
Windows IT Pro
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Karen Bemowski
Script Reminds You When Daylight Saving Time Starts and Ends
If it's hard to remember the dates in which we gain an hour each fall and lose an hour each spring, check out GetDLSDates.vbs. By simply double-clicking this script, you can get a reminder of when daylight saving time begins and ends in the current year.
Windows IT Pro
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Karen Bemowski
Answers to 10 Commonly Asked Questions About Windows Shell Scripting
Windows shell scripting expert Dick Lewis answers questions about .bat and .cmd scripts.
Windows IT Pro
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Karen Bemowski
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