Server Newsgroups: Scripting for Windows Server

how can I use netsh to remotely set and add multiple DNS server addresses

jorgemgonz - 19 Aug 2006 10:52 PM - 2 messages

Can someone help me with how to use netsh to set and add multiple DNS server addresses to remote PCs that are running Windows XP and Windows 98. I have created a batch file (.bat) with the following entries: netsh interface ip set dns name="Local Area Connection" static ...

For Nerwork Printer and Comman drive.

Vivek - 19 Aug 2006 10:05 AM - 2 messages

Through VB script can I do nearest network printer and sheared folder mapped? ...

All Users directory missing from Documents and Folders

Jerry Mickman - 18 Aug 2006 10:20 PM - 4 messages

Hi All, I've got a Windows 2000 Terminal Services system that seems to be running alright for the users, however, when I was going to install a new version of the antivirus on the server, I learned that the c:\documents and ...

adding a printer driver

vickerps - 18 Aug 2006 2:38 PM - 2 messages

Hi can anyone help me in writing a vbs script to install a printer driver to the cab file. I can already do through the printui function but would like to know where i am going with this vbs script. I got the following script fron ...

adding a printer driver

vickerps - 18 Aug 2006 2:36 PM - 2 messages

Hi can anyone help me in writing a vbs script to install a printer driver to the cab file. I can already do through the printui function but would like to know where i am going with this vbs script. I got the following script fron ...

Scripting - Associate Exchange Mailbox with an External Account

Simon Gray - 18 Aug 2006 10:00 AM - 2 messages

Has anyone got a script that will allow for the "automation" of the "Associate with an External Account" wizard within Exchange 2003. Have to do this 4,500 times and can produce a list of all the relevant information in a CSV ...

Command line install of optional windows component

Grant_S - 18 Aug 2006 8:11 AM - 4 messages

Can someone help me with how to install an optional component on a Server (Win2k3)? The scenario I have is to install Windows Media Services (with the defaults as seen if installing interactively through Control Panel - Add/Remove Programs). The command line needs to be run ...

prnmngr.vbs with 2 terminal servers

mominky - 17 Aug 2006 7:00 PM - 4 messages

So our company has 2 terminal servers. server 1 is the domain controller, and server 2 is connected directly to it. we have 80 users, 40 logging into each. We realized that after installing all printers onto server 1, they are not visible on server 2. So we wrote ...

what is pop3 service and does it have SDK

martin - 17 Aug 2006 8:44 AM - 4 messages

Hi, I see the windows 2003 sp1 pop3 service as an optional windows component. What does this service do, and does it have some SDK to allow script clients or COM enabled languagaes to access pop3 accounts? TIA! ...

drive mapping as a service

NONU - 16 Aug 2006 6:59 AM - 3 messages

hi everyone, i have requirement in my project where we want drive to be permanently mapped in around 20 windows 2003 server and the server on whihc share exists is a unix server and that sahre need to be mapped all these 2003 ...

change string format to date

cseiter - 15 Aug 2006 7:54 PM - 4 messages

I have made a vb program that will generate a html calendar using tables. I have it set up now so it will detect the current month and build the page off of that. To build the next month page, I need to ...

Run script against multiple Domains

aka - 15 Aug 2006 7:09 PM - 2 messages

Hi, Please correct my assumption below if incorrect. I need to know if it is possible to run the same script, vbs or other, against multiple AD's. Essentially, is it possible to change a user account setting in AD in Domain1 and Domain2, where domain1 and domain2 ...

invoke a Cmdlet from a Cmdlet

jtougas - 15 Aug 2006 1:50 PM - 2 messages

I'm trying to invoke a cmdlet from a cmdlet without much success. I found this half finished doc on msdn [link] And guessed that this is how this is supposed to work: ...

Suppress warning banner on logon

William Hymen - 15 Aug 2006 12:37 PM - 2 messages

Thanks in advance, I recently swapped my home machine from a company-built 2000pro to windowsXP sp2 I need to install the MS resource kit "autolog" utility, but on Windows XP, my company installed a intermediate "warning banner popup", which ...

IPAQ hx2750

deogrorius@gmail.com - 15 Aug 2006 10:56 AM - 2 messages

Hello friends!! I am using an IPAQ and I would like to install a windows pc program to be ablke to view a certain file named Ovulation cALENDAR , HOW DO I GO ABOUT? Kind regards Deo ...

Login Scripts on Windows XP!

Peter Lawlor - 15 Aug 2006 7:56 AM - 3 messages

Hi, I have a login script in Group Policy so it will change the mydocuments path from c:\docs and setts\[user]\my docs to H:\mydocs which works great, but if it possible for it to not work when a ...

Powershell functions

Fred Jacobowitz - 15 Aug 2006 4:51 AM - 8 messages

I wrote a simple function function ellen { write-host "ellen" } and saved it in $pshome as ellen.ps1 When i start Powershell and type "ellen" I do not get any output. No error but no output. ...

Getting error logs from Powershell

Matthew Shapiro - 14 Aug 2006 5:00 PM - 2 messages

I'm confused. I've looked through many examples of retrieving Event logs through powershell and have executed them perfectly. However, what I am trying to do is only show me the Events that are of type "Error." I have ...

sending email through script

Glenn - 14 Aug 2006 9:42 AM - 6 messages

I read and tried the two scripts in the scripting repository. One used your own SMTP server, the other used Microsoft's. At home the Microsoft one worked fine. At work, it didn't. The firewall blocked it. ...

Resetting all Users in a specific OU to random passwords

MC - 13 Aug 2006 3:50 PM - 4 messages

Any ideas how to reset the passwords of all users in a specfic OU to random passwords ? The passwords should be written into a text file oder a DB. Thanks MC ...