http://www.windowsitpro.com/authors/author/author/5777408/rss/5777408en-USSun, 27 May 2012 07:24:14 GMTSun, 27 May 2012 07:24:14 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-script-host-wsh/use-scripts-to-automate-windows-utilitiesUse scripts to automate and improve your control over Windows utilities, such as NTBackup and Dfscmd.]]>Alistair G. Lowe-NorrisMon, 12 Jul 2004 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-script-host-wsh/use-scripts-to-automate-windows-utilitieshttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/vbscript/enhancing-backxp-vbsUse scripts to automate and improve your control over Windows utilities, such as NTBackup and Dfscmd.]]>Alistair G. Lowe-NorrisMon, 12 Jul 2004 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/vbscript/enhancing-backxp-vbshttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/vbscript/how-to-raise-and-trap-eventsRaising and trapping events in scripts is useful. Here’s what you need to know to get started.]]>Alistair G. Lowe-NorrisThu, 12 Feb 2004 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/vbscript/how-to-raise-and-trap-eventshttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/vbscript/gain-functionality-with-controlsHere’s how you can use three ActiveX COM components—DSOleFile, ScriptPW, and WaitFor—in your scripts.]]>Alistair G. Lowe-NorrisMon, 08 Dec 2003 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/vbscript/gain-functionality-with-controlshttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-script-host-wsh/how-to-examine-components-with-word-s-object-browserHere’s an example of how to add and explore a component in Word’s Object Browser.]]>Alistair G. Lowe-NorrisMon, 08 Dec 2003 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-script-host-wsh/how-to-examine-components-with-word-s-object-browserhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-management-instrumentation-wmi/scripting-group-policy-permissionsLearn more about the GPMC and how to use it to automate the creation and application of permissions to GPOs, SOMs, and WMI filters.]]>Alistair G. Lowe-NorrisMon, 03 Nov 2003 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-management-instrumentation-wmi/scripting-group-policy-permissionshttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-management-instrumentation-wmi/wmi-filtersWMI filters let you retrieve useful information that you can then use in your GPMC scripts.]]>Alistair G. Lowe-NorrisMon, 03 Nov 2003 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-management-instrumentation-wmi/wmi-filtershttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/vbscript/scripting-group-policy-searchesFind out how you can use the GPMC’s COM objects to automate some simple and some complex policy-based searches.]]>Alistair G. Lowe-NorrisMon, 06 Oct 2003 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/vbscript/scripting-group-policy-searcheshttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/task-scheduling/scripting-group-policy-objectsMicrosoft adds some new tricks to Windows 2003 that let you automate the process of configuring GPOs to perform policy-based tasks.]]>Alistair G. Lowe-NorrisMon, 08 Sep 2003 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/task-scheduling/scripting-group-policy-objectshttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/vbscript/printing-from-scriptsDo you typically want to print the results that a script generates? Learn how to have the script do the printing for you.]]>Alistair G. Lowe-NorrisMon, 11 Aug 2003 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/vbscript/printing-from-scriptshttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/vbscript/the-scripting-dictionary-makes-it-easyOne of two key objects in the Microsoft Scripting Runtime Library, a Dictionary object stores data items similar to the way an array does, but its data-item indices don’t have to be integers.]]>Alistair G. Lowe-NorrisWed, 09 Jul 2003 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/vbscript/the-scripting-dictionary-makes-it-easyhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-management-instrumentation-wmi/ad-and-wmi-reportingDon’t settle for simply extracting information from AD or WMI. Use Csvde, the Scriptomatic, and Excel to create clear and easy-to-read reports.]]>Alistair G. Lowe-NorrisMon, 07 Apr 2003 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-management-instrumentation-wmi/ad-and-wmi-reportinghttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/reporting2/formatting-the-reportsLearn how to determine which code to use to automate Excel from within VBScript.]]>Alistair G. Lowe-NorrisMon, 07 Apr 2003 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/reporting2/formatting-the-reportshttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/vbscript/scripting-a-corporate-update-system-part-4This final installment in the series provides information about securing the corporate update system and advice about using it to its full potential over time.]]>Alistair G. Lowe-NorrisThu, 09 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/vbscript/scripting-a-corporate-update-system-part-4http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/vbscript/scripting-a-corporate-update-system-part-3Learn how you can automate the client-side installation process so that you can manage your clients as part of the corporate update system.]]>Alistair G. Lowe-NorrisTue, 05 Nov 2002 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/vbscript/scripting-a-corporate-update-system-part-3http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/vbscript/scripting-a-corporate-update-system-part-2Discover how to create client-side scripts to search for updates in a central script repository.]]>Alistair G. Lowe-NorrisTue, 08 Oct 2002 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/vbscript/scripting-a-corporate-update-system-part-2http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/vbscript/scripting-a-corporate-update-systemLearn how to use scripts to build a large, complex enterprise solution.]]>Alistair G. Lowe-NorrisTue, 10 Sep 2002 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/vbscript/scripting-a-corporate-update-systemhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/ftp/scripting-solutions-with-wsh-and-com-more-short-sharp-scriptsThese scripts help you kill processes, use recursion to list every subfolder in a directory, find all the printers and drives on a network, find SQL Server systems, and start or stop an FTP site.]]>Alistair G. Lowe-NorrisTue, 13 Aug 2002 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/ftp/scripting-solutions-with-wsh-and-com-more-short-sharp-scriptshttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-script-host-wsh/scripting-solutions-with-wsh-and-com-enhancing-your-gui-with-gooeyscriptAlistair G. Lowe-Norris offers a continuing look at an ActiveX control you can use with WSH that simplifies the task of adding buttons, custom backgrounds, progress bars, and other elements to your event-driven forms.]]>Alistair G. Lowe-NorrisThu, 11 Jul 2002 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-script-host-wsh/scripting-solutions-with-wsh-and-com-enhancing-your-gui-with-gooeyscripthttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-script-host-wsh/scripting-solutions-with-wsh-and-com-extending-wsh-with-activex-controlsDiscover an ActiveX control you can use with WSH to make creating forms a snap.]]>Alistair G. Lowe-NorrisTue, 11 Jun 2002 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-script-host-wsh/scripting-solutions-with-wsh-and-com-extending-wsh-with-activex-controls