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Find Document Handlers for Specific Users
Trying to find out what application really opens a document for a user on local or remote machine? This code can help.
Windows IT Pro
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Alex K. Angelopoulos
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.
Windows IT Pro
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Jim Turner
A Refreshing Look at CPU Loads
Here's a script that you can use to quickly check your servers' CPU loads.
Windows IT Pro
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Jim Turner
Fool iisweb.vbs Into Creating Websites Whose Home Directories Include UNC Paths
The iisweb.vbs script that comes with IIS 6.0 is an incredibly useful tool for creating websites. However, you can't use it to create websites whose home folders reside on shares. Here's a workaround.
Windows IT Pro
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Murat Yildirimoglu
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.
Windows IT Pro
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Jim Turner
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
Script Trek
The Star Trek crew discovers how bad assumptions about data types can cause errors in VBScript and PowerShell code.
Windows IT Pro
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Readers
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
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.
Windows IT Pro
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Jim Turner
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
How AddressBasedPrinter.vbs Works
Here's a brief look at how this VBScript script creates site-specific printer mappings.
Windows IT Pro
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Alex K. Angelopoulos
How to Determine the Next Available Drive Letter When Z Is Already Mapped
Many scripts that determine the next available drive letter assume the user always maps drive letters in alphabetical order. Here's a VBScript solution you can use when that's not the case.
Windows IT Pro
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Simon Zeltser
Create Site-Specific Printer Mappings for Mobile Users
Providing local print services for mobile users can be problematic in small-to-midsized businesses (SMBs) with multiple sites. Here's a solution that automatically determines which site a mobile user is in, then maps the appropriate printers at that site.
Windows IT Pro
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Alex K. Angelopoulos
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.
Windows IT Pro
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Jim Turner
Quick Local Admin Test
Here's a quick and easy way you can determine whether the current user is a local administrator without having to check Domain Group membership. All you need to do is download and run LocalAdminTest.vbs—no modifications are needed.
Windows IT Pro
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Readers
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
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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.
Windows IT Pro
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Jim Turner
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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.
Windows IT Pro
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Jim Turner
Avoid Ugly Computer Inventory Reports—Save Your Script's Output in Microsoft Word
Here's a VBScript script that retrieves a computer's memory and process information, then writes it to a nicely formatted Microsoft Word report. The report is customizable—you can even include an image, such as a company logo, on the report’s title page.
Windows IT Pro
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