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Score Newbie Question
Kevin - 26 Aug 2006 2:34 PM - 3 messages
Hello, Is there a way to run a .vbs program and be able to watch each line execute? Sort of like "stepping" through the program. THank you! ...
Score Ad pwdlastset script
Jason Meyer - 25 Aug 2006 9:02 PM - 3 messages
I am looking for away to find out which users have never changed their passwords, or have really old ones. My problem is I am a novice vbscript   hack and am not sure how to loop through all the users in my AD, find ...
Score remove all shortcuts from Nethood
DoughnutLover - 25 Aug 2006 3:22 PM - 4 messages
I'm trying to remove all Nethood shortcuts from my network user's "my network places" because many of the shortcuts are out-dated. I'm having trouble enumerating the shortcuts and deleting them. I then want to repopulate them with shortcuts I have designated. ...
Score Create last password change log
OMPSS - 25 Aug 2006 2:47 PM - 2 messages
Has any ever used this particular script: (used to log last password change) Set objUser = GetObject _     ("LDAP://CN=myerken,OU=management,DC=Fabrikam,DC=com") dtmValue = objUser.PasswordLastChanged WScript.Echo "Password last changed: " & dtmValue When the script is ran a pop-up windows appears.  No errors, or indication ...
Score inventory....
Twindude - 25 Aug 2006 1:18 PM - 6 messages
i seached before asking........ I have this script but doesn't seem to work........its empty. It's not my script, comm inventory..... will not run..             should i be running this out of scriptomatic v2 or how? ...
Score Help needed with Script to change all users "mail" attribute in AD PLEASE.
Clubsprint - 25 Aug 2006 5:12 AM - 9 messages
G'day all What I'm trying to do is to take every user in AD and set the "mail" attribute. I want to pull the email address from their login details. So in the case of "Wily Coyote" I want to create his mail address from ...
Score create folder and assign rights
Glenn - 25 Aug 2006 1:04 AM - 2 messages
I'm sure I've seen a script that will create a folder and assign rights, but I've searched and can't find it. I'm looking for a script that will create a folder in a specified locations, ...
Score Launch process on remote machine from network share
bd2103 - 24 Aug 2006 6:38 PM - 5 messages
Hello there, I am trying to see if I can script the execution of an exe sitting on a server, on a remote machine. I am a local admin on both the server and the remote machine. The remote machine has File and Printer Sharing ...
Score Creating CN on Active Directory but w/o Admin rights?
Derrick - 24 Aug 2006 5:22 PM - 2 messages
Hi, I was wondering if someone can help me with a script that I modified from TechNet CD (See below).  I was able to create a ComputerName base of the script below but I cannot join the computer to the domain because I do not ...
Score WMI to Apply GPO to Specific Machine Groups
Joe - 24 Aug 2006 4:45 PM - 3 messages
Hi, is there a sample script somewhere to allow me to apply a GPO to machines with a specific name?  IE apply a specific GPO to all domain machines with the partial name of Agent actual names are agent1-14 (as in Agent#) ...
Score how can i show or viewer indentifier
multimesut - 24 Aug 2006 3:15 PM - 3 messages
i want to write description and want to take the identifier. how can do it. thanks again. cscript xxx.vbs xxx.com <- -- xxx.com idenfier = W3SVC/123456 ...
Score Active Directory Changes
SecurityThreat - 24 Aug 2006 2:06 AM - 2 messages
I am trying to find a way that will allow me to monitor active directory changes that are made by my admins.  For instance, if they create a computer (who, what they did, when, and what to).  Same questions for changes to users ...
Score Local Policy Settings script
tomboy - 24 Aug 2006 1:34 AM - 2 messages
I am looking for a script that queries a server and returns the LOCAL security policy. It needs to return what the Audit Policy Password Policy and User rights assignments are only in the Local security policy. Any ideas? Thanks ...
Score Script to add multiple users
Rob - 23 Aug 2006 10:36 PM - 3 messages
I have over 250 users to add to a Win2k AD domain. Here's what I need to add: First name Last name Login (last name, first initial) Display name (last name, first name) Password (last name, last 4 digits of SSN) ...
Score SMS 2k3: Script needed to REMOVE computer from database
n1wgk - Rick - 23 Aug 2006 5:46 PM - 2 messages
I am trying to figure out a way to automatically (i.e., script it/command line) remove a specific computer (via computername) from the SMS 2k3 database. Does SMS offer a command line tool to "delete" the computer? I am ...
Score Logon backgrounds
Jonnyphan - 23 Aug 2006 4:41 PM - 2 messages
I am a network administrator at a school. What i want is to change the background image of the logon screen on each computer (that all the students and the one's staff use too). I know you do this by editing the registry, ...
Score New to VB scripting - Need help with script not looping
jorgemgonz - 23 Aug 2006 7:14 AM - 2 messages
Hello all! I am new to vb scripting and I am having trouble with a vb script not looping. The vb script is reading systems name from a text file called pcs.txt, but it is reading the second system name from the text file. ...
Score Can I call a vb script from a batch file .bat?
jorgemgonz - 23 Aug 2006 6:22 AM - 6 messages
Can I call a vb script from a batch file .bat? I have created a .bat file to perform a series of tasks on number remote systems, but I would like to include a .vbs script that I found on the web in the middle of the .bat. ...
Score Doubts...
Carlos Felipe França da Fonseca - 23 Aug 2006 5:51 AM - 3 messages
I'm trying the following: Set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") objShell.Run "netsh dhcp server \\mxnt02 dump > c:\temp\mxnt02.txt" It's not creating the output file. But, if I execute it thru the command prompt, the output file is created. ...
Score Copying Default Profile
Glenn - 23 Aug 2006 3:19 AM - 6 messages
I've created a default profile that I'd like to use on all of my XP and 2000 machines (one for each, actually). Is there a way to copy that profile to other machines? Is there a script that could do this? ...
Score Exchange Attributes
Rob - 22 Aug 2006 10:18 PM - 4 messages
I have a domain (Win 2k) running Exchange 2k with about 2000 users. I need to enter the employee ID for everyone in Active Directory, under the Exchange Advanced tab, Custom Attributes. Is there a way to script editing the ...
Score NTBACKUP - Media Name equates to Time and Date
Shawn Romine - 22 Aug 2006 4:35 PM - 3 messages
Please let me know if there is a better forum to post this question in. What I am trying to do is script ntbackup to name the media name the time and date of the backup.  Currently, I am using the following technique to try ...
Score Basic Scripting?
New Script Guy Needs Help Please! - 22 Aug 2006 3:28 PM - 4 messages
I am brand new to scripting and wanted some help on how to go about creating a script that would install two executable files across the domain. How do I create the script file and where would I put that file so every user in AD ...
Score SNMP SET
Owen Clashing - 22 Aug 2006 11:19 AM - 4 messages
Is there a way to do and SNMP SET operation using VBScript and WMI? I have some network devices that I need to control by setting SNMP values. Owen ...
Score Assign a static IP Address in W98
Iván Hidalgo - 22 Aug 2006 11:05 AM - 2 messages
Hello, I Have the following script to change the ip address strComputer = "." Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _     & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2") Set colNetAdapters = objWMIService.ExecQuery _     ("Select * from Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration where IPEnabled=TRUE") ...
Score Network Script Help
lmossolle - 22 Aug 2006 1:51 AM - 5 messages
Could someone please help with a VBS that reads in IP addresses from the root of the c:\ that outputs IP Address, MAC Address, CPU Make, CPU Model, CPU Serial Number and user logged on the domain to a text file or XLS? Please ...
Score user profile properties help
shane200_ - 21 Aug 2006 7:54 PM - 2 messages
I want to change the path on all my users home Directory path, but the script I use on the microsoft site is not working I get an error in line 1 saying there is no such object on the server. This is the script I use ...
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