Server Newsgroups: Scripting for Windows Server

Login script with drive mappings based on DL

Paco73 - 29 Nov 2007 2:52 PM - 4 messages

I am trying to write a login script for the company I work for and I want to run a different section of th escript based on the membership of a DL. I was using IFMEMBER, but that only works on security groups. ...

Set Internet Explorer Connection settings

Zaur - 29 Nov 2007 2:19 PM - 1 message

Hello! I need to create a script that will set LAN settings in Internet Explorer. How do I do that? Thank you! ...

Need Source file to be edited with failed ping

Rbhurst - 28 Nov 2007 9:25 PM - 5 messages

I am currenly using the following script to change the local admin pword on all my pcs. I want the servers.txt file to let me know which pcs were not pingable. My script is in ADSI. Could someone please help figure out how to ...

Modifying DNS entries via scripting

Dave Navarro - 28 Nov 2007 5:52 PM - 6 messages

Can someone point me to some code examples for interacting with MS DNS server through scripting? I need the ability to add/modify/remove DNS entries on our server without logging into that server remotely and using the GUI. Thanks! ...

Need a Script to pull specific data from an xml file

Tfarmer - 28 Nov 2007 2:28 PM - 3 messages

Ok what we are trying to do is make a script to search for and pull a job number out of like 1000 xml files and put it into one file. I'm a script newbie so any and all help would be greatly appreciated. ...

Limit user logon time in a domain Windows Server 2003 script

Gustavo - 28 Nov 2007 1:35 PM - 7 messages

Hello scritpting guys: I need your help again, I need to set the limit user logon time, but reading from a txt or csv file, I found this code from Richard, I think it's ok, but I need to reed it from a txt file. ...

PowerShell WSUS v3 Start Sync script

Drewbles - 28 Nov 2007 2:48 AM - 1 message

OK so I got the srcipt for Powershell that starts a Synchronization. Work fine if you run it from a WSUS (v3.0) server however if you try and change the 'GetUpdateServer()' value to look at a downstream server all I get is ...

data replication os a server standar 2003

kathy - 27 Nov 2007 7:51 PM - 1 message

Hello, Thanks for being here to help us my question is: I just got to a place where they have set up a web server and the situation is: that they do have an exact web server that syncs to the main one, I was ...

Conditional setting of printers

ron l - 27 Nov 2007 5:31 PM - 1 message

I have a vb script that assigns network printers I am trying to find a way to do some conditional processing, since we are upgrading a number of servers. What I weould like to get accomplished is to check if a printer exists ...

Script Required to copy the IE History and Temp Internet Folder

Darshan Chitrapur - 27 Nov 2007 1:20 PM - 4 messages

Hello Everyone, I am new to scripting and i am maintaining a domain, now the management has put a requirement of copying every users temp int folder and ie history from all clients, which should be appended everytime, i have already created a ...

Script to delete files which is 30 days older...

Leezy - 27 Nov 2007 7:37 AM - 3 messages

Hi guys, I am trying to create a script to delete files which are 30 days old. i dont seems to find the command which is able to pick up files which are 1 month old. any one can help? ...

Using VBscript to perform a file pattern search

DeJae - 26 Nov 2007 6:04 PM - 3 messages

Hello All, I am new at using vbscript. I have been using .bat files to try to administer our file server, but for what I am trying to do right now, they are not robust enough. My goal is to delete files that are .tmp files and files that have no ...

Remote script permissions?!

_rossen_ - 26 Nov 2007 1:56 PM - 1 message

Hi, I'm using this code to write user loggin activitie in the EventLog: Set WSHShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") host = WSHNetwork.ComputerName user = WSHNetwork.UserName WSHShell.LogEvent EVENT_SUCCESS, user & " " & host & " " & "Logon", ...

Move computers account to another OU from a txt list

Gustavo - 26 Nov 2007 1:45 PM - 7 messages

Hello Guys: I need your help, I need to move around 7200 computers accounts to another OU. I have the list of the 7200 computers, but I need to find a script to help me to do this easier, can you help me. ...

Win32_Product query hangs when logged into Domain

marcossoft - 26 Nov 2007 10:38 AM - 4 messages

Hi all, I'm trying to run the script below to get all installed software on my Windows XP SP2 box. When I'm logged in locally (on the computer itself) it works flawlessly but when I'm logged into my company's Domain Controller the ...

CTP: Possible Issue

MinersC - 26 Nov 2007 3:59 AM - 1 message

I believe I've come across a compatability issue that has been introduced in the CTP. I have several command line tools that take parameters in the format --flag. That is two dashes then the flag name. In CTP the double ...

Hidden Vista Tools, Tips, Tricks and More!!

vistatips6 - 26 Nov 2007 1:17 AM - 2 messages

These Hidden tools will help you get maximum performance,What's Inside Vista: The Best of Vista's New Tools,Tweak Security Settings in XP and Vista, Using USB keys to improve Vista performance , Networking Vista, and more at... ...

kicking ras client on windows 2003 rras

josef.krueger - 25 Nov 2007 11:04 PM - 1 message

hello, i want to disconnect an vpn client on an windows 2003 ras server with a script or batch file. i tried to disable the user account but the connection is still alive. i tried to restart die rras service, but ...

script for scheduled backing up local content files to the network file storage

Stanley Samuel - 25 Nov 2007 5:49 AM - 37 messages

Dear all, I wanted the vbscript for script for scheduled backing up local content files to the network file storage on a weekly basis. Could anyone please help.... Thanks.. Stan ...