Part 1 Covering the Basics

1 Starting from Scratch

Before You Begin

Running Your First Script

Header Information

Reference Information

Worker Information

Output Information

Enhancing Your Script

Docs That Make House Calls

Modifying an Existing Script

Modifying the Header Information

Modifying the Reference Information

Modifying the Worker Information

Modifying the Output information

Summary

Quiz Yourself

On Your Own

Lab 1 Exploring a VBScript

Lab Instructions

Lab 2 Customizing an Existing Script

Scenario

Lab Instructions

2 Getting in the Loop

Before You Begin

Adding Power to Scripts

Header Information

Reference Information

Worker Information

For...Next

Header Information

Reference Information

Worker and Output Information

Do While...Loop

Header Information

Reference Information

Worker and Output Information

Do Until...Loop

Worker and Output Information

Summary

Quiz Yourself

On Your Own

Lab 3 Using the For Each...Next Command

Lab Instructions

Lab 4 Modifying the Ping Script

Lab Instructions

3 Adding Intelligence

Before You Begin

If...Then

Header Information

Reference Information

Worker and Output Information

Intrinsic Constants

If...Then...Elself

Header Information

Reference Information

Worker and Output Information

If...Then...Else

Select Case

Header Information

Reference Information

Worker and Output Information

Summary

Quiz Yourself

On Your Own

Lab 5 Modifying CPUType.vbs

Lab Instructions

Lab 6 Modifying ComputerRoles.vbs

Scenario

4 The Power of Many

Before You Begin

Passing Arguments

Command-Line Arguments

Making the Change

Running from the Command Prompt

No Arguments?

Creating a Useful Error Message

Using Multiple Arguments

Header Information

Reference Information

Worker and Output Information

Tell Me Your Name

Reasons for Named Arguments

Making the Change to Named Arguments

Running a Script with Named Arguments

Working with Arrays

Moving Past Lame Arrays

Header Information

Reference Information

Worker and Output Information

What Does UBound Mean?

Two-Dimensional Arrays

Mechanics of Two-Dimensional Arrays

Header Information

Reference Information

Worker and Output Information

Summary

Quiz Yourself

On Your Own

Lab 7 Working with Passing Arguments

Lab Instructions

Lab 8 Building Arrays

Lab Instructions

Lab 9 Modifying a Script

Lab Instructions

5 The Power of Many More

Before You Begin

Strings and Arrays

Parsing Passed Text into an Array

Header Information

Reference Information

Worker Information

Output Information

Parsing Passed Text

Header Information

Reference Information

Worker Information

Output Information

Working with Dictionaries

Using the Dictionary

Adding Items to the Dictionary

Summary

Quiz Yourself

Own Your Own

Lab 10a Implementing Basics for the InStr Command

Lab Instructions

Lab 10b Understanding Advanced Features of the InStr Command

Lab Instructions

Lab 11 Creating a Dictionary

Lab Instructions

Part 2 Basic Windows Administration

6 Working with the File System

Before You Begin

Creating File System Object

File It Under Files

Header Information

Reference Information

Worker and Output Information

File Properties

File Attributes

Implementing the Attributes Property

Setting File Attributes

A File,a File,I Need to Create a File

Writing to a Text File

How Shall I Write Thee?Let Me Count the Ways

Overwriting a File

Existential File Approaches

Summary

Quiz Yourself

On Your Own

Lab 12 Creating Files

Lab 13 Creating a Log File

7 Fun with Folders

Before You Begin

Working with Folders

Creating the Basic Folder

Header Information

Reference Information

Worker Information

Output Information

Automatic Cleanup

Deleting a Folder

Deleting Multiple Folders

Binding to Folders

Does the Folder Exist?

Copying Folders

Moving On Up

Summary

Quiz Yourself

On Your Own

Lab 14 Creating Folders

Lab 15 Deleting Folders

8 Why Windows Management Instrumentation?

Before You Begin

What IS WMI?

An Object in Any Other Namespace

More Than Just a Name

Providers

Adding a Touch of Class

Querying WMI

Header Information

Reference Information

Worker and Output Information

Summary

Quiz Yourself

On Your Own

Lab 16 Retrieving Hotfix Information

Lab Instructions

Lab 17 Echoing the Time Zone

Lab Instructions

9 WMI Continued

Before You Begin

Alternate Ways of Configuring the WMI Moniker

Accepting Defaults

Reference Information

Worker and Output Information

Moniker Security Settings

WbemPrivilege Has Its Privileges

Summary

Quiz Yourself

On Your Own

Lab 18a Using the Default WMI Moniker

Lab Instructions

Lab 18b Invoking the WMI Moniker to Display the Machine Boot Configuration

Lab Instructions

Lab 18c Including Additional Security Permissions

Lab Instructions

Lab 19 Using Win32_Environment and VBScript to Learn About WMI

Lab Instructions

10 Using WMI Queries

Before You Begin

Tell Me Everything About Everything!

Next

Header information

Reference Information

Worker and Output Information

Selective Data from All Instances

Selecting Multiple Properties

Specifying Specifics

Smooth Operator

Where Is the Where Clause?

Summary

Quiz Yourself

On Your Own

Lab 20 Writing an Informative WMI Script

Lab Instructions

Lab 21a Obtaining More Direct Information

Lab Instructions

Lab 21b Using a More Complicated Where Clause

Lab Instructions

Part 3 Advanced Windows Administration

11 Introduction to Active Directory Service Interfaces

Before You Begin

Working with ADSI

Reference Information

ADSI Providers

LDAP Names

Worker Information

Output Information

Creating Users

Reference Information

Worker Information

Output Information

Summary

Quiz Yourself

On Your Own

Lab 22 Creating OUs

Lab Instructions

Lab 23 Creating Multi-Valued Users

Lab Instructions

12 Reading and Writing for ADSI

Before You Begin

Working with Users

General User Information

Reference Information

Worker Information

Output Information

Creating the Second Page

Reference Information

Worker Information

Output Information

Deleting Users

Summary

Quiz Yourself

On Your Own

Lab 24 Deleting Users

Lab Instructions

Lab 25 Using the Event Log

Lab Instructions

13 Searching Active Directory

Before You Begin

Connecting to Active Directory to Perform a Search

Header Information

Reference Information

Worker and Output Information

Creating More Effective Queries

Searching for Specific Types of Objects

Reference Information

Output Information

What Is Global Catalog?

Summary

Quiz Yourself

On Your Own

Lab 26 Creating an ADO Query into Active Directory

Lab Instructions

Lab 27 Controlling How a Script Executes Against Active Directory

Lab Instructions

14 Configuring Networking Components

Before You Begin

WMI and the Network

Making the Connection

Header Information

Reference Information

Worker and Output Information

Changing the TCP/IP Settings

Header Information

Reference Information

Worker and Output Information

Merging WMI and ADSI

Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration

Summary

Quiz Yourself

On Your Own

Lab 28 Using WMI to Assign Network Settings

Lab Instructions

Lab 29 Combining WMI and ADSI in a Script

Lab Instructions

15 Subs and Other Round Things

Before You Begin

Working with Subroutines

Calling the Subroutine

Creating the Subroutine

Creating Users and Logging Results

Header Information

Reference Information

Worker Information

Output Information

Summary

Quiz Yourself

On Your Own

Lab 30 Using ADSI and Subs,and Creating Users

Lab Instructions

Lab 31 Adding a Logging Subroutine

Lab Instructions

16 Logon Scripts

Before You Begin

Working with IADsADSystemInfo

Using Logon Scripts

Deploying Logon Scripts

Header Information

Reference Information

Worker Information

Output Information

Summary

Quiz Yourself

On Your Own

Lab 32 Adding a Group to a Logon Script

Lab Instructions

Lab 33 Adding Logging to a Logon Script

Lab Instructions

17 Working with the Registry

Before You Begin

First You Back UP

Creating the WshShell Object

Setting the comspec Variable

Defining the Command Line

Connecting to the Registry

Header Information

Reference Information

Worker and Output Information

Unleashing StdRegProv

Creating Registry Keys

Header Information

Reference Information

Worker and Output Information

Writing to the Registry

Deleting Registry Information

Summary

Quiz Yourself

On Your Own

Lab 34 Reading the Registry Using WMI

Lab Instructions

Lab 35 Creating Registry Keys

Lab Instructions

18 Working with Printers

Before You Begin

Working with Win32_Printer

Obtaining the Status of Printers

Header Information

Reference Information

Worker Information

Output Information

Creating a Filtered Print Monitor

Reference Information

Output Information

Monitoring Print Queues

Worker and Output Information

Summary

Quiz Yourself

On Your Own

Lab 36 Monitoring Print Jobs

Lab Instructions

Lab 37 Checking the Status of a Print Server

Lab Instructions

Part 4 Scripting Other Applications

19 Managing IIS 6.0

Before You Begin

What's in a Name?

Using MicrosoftIISv2

Making the Connection

Header Information

Reference Information

Worker and Output Information

Creating a Website

Header Information

Reference Information

Worker and Output Information

Summary

Quiz Yourself

On Your Own

Lab 38 Backing Up the Metabase

Lab Instructions

Lab 39 Importing the Metabase

Lab Instructions

20 Working with Exchange 2003

Before You Begin

Working with the Exchange Provider

Connecting to MicrosoftExchangeV2

The Exchange_QueueSMTPVirtualServer Class

Header Information

Reference Information

Worker Information

Output Information

Exchange Public Folders

Summary

Quiz Yourself

On Your Own

Lab 40 Using the Exchange_Logon Class

Lab Instructions

Lab 41 Using the Exchange_Mailbox Class

Lab Instructions

Part 5 Appendices

A VBScript Documentation

Constants

VBScript Run-Time Errors

VBScript Syntax Errors

B ADSI Documentation

Computer Object Mapping

Domain Object User Interface Mapping

Group Object User Interface Mapping

Object Property Sheet

Organizational Unit User Interface Mapping

Printer Object User Interface Mapping

Shared Folder Object User Interface Mapping

User Object User Interface Mapping

C WMI Documentation

Win32 Classes

WMI Providers

WMI Scripting API Objects

WMI Log Files

D Documentation Standards

Header Information Section

Reference Information Section

Worker Information Section

Sample of Documentation Use

Index