Powershell Script to get list of files by type
Ok, here is my little contribution to the IT Scripts. I hope someone find it helpful. It is a PowerShell script to collect simple but useful data from a specific directory. When you are searching for some file types, it is so difficult to know what you really have in your hard disk. I think [...]

Answer Question   |  January 19, 2012  1:11 AM
cmdlet, filetype, IT Scripts

VB Script to Create a Scheduled Task on a Remote Machine Using Alternate Credentials
This is a small VB script I created to remotely schedule a task on another machine, using a different user account from the one logged in the local computer. It was needed because PsExec (a sysinternals’ tool we use a lot) didn’t always work well in some situations where we needed to execute remote tasks [...]

Answer Question   |  October 21, 2011  11:36 PM
IT Scripts, MS Windows, Scheduled Tasks, VB script, WMI

IT Scripts compilation
This is just a small compilation of questions in which a script was provided as part of the answer. Having them under the IT Scripts tag could help others find them when needed. A small Windows’ bat script to dinamically construct a SQL Talk backup script according to the current system date: Embed date in [...]

Answer Question   |  October 18, 2011  2:59 PM
Bat script, Centura, IT Scripts, SQL Talk, VB script, Windows

SSH Key Authentication Generator
Script Name: SSH Key Authentication Generator Language: Bash Purpose: Automate generation of SSH key files (id_rsa & id_rsa.pub for example), for use with passwordless SSH authentication. Notes: This is a modified version of a script I have on my blog, http://www.itknowledgeexchange.com/security-admin/ (direct link: http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/security-admin/bash-script-for-ssh-key-generation/ ) as I feel the automated version is a lot more [...]

Answer Question   |  October 12, 2011  5:55 PM
Bash, IT Scripts, Linux, SSH

IT Scripts Entry
For privacy, our company name in the script has been changed to “CompanyX” Script Name: CompanyX Network Adapter Reset Tool Language: Batch Script for Command Line (Windows) Purpose: In the event of wireless issues or connectivity problems, I pre-install this script on company laptops in the field so that they can automatically release/renew their IP [...]

Answer Question   |  April 12, 2012  10:48 PM
Batch Scripts, IT Scripts, ITKE Contests

EXTENDED: IT Scripts Contest now ends October 17
It’s not too late! IT Knowledge Exchange is extending its latest contest: Is your script 3-dimensional? You don’t have to be an IT Script Shakespeare to get in on the contest: Did you know you can win a Nintendo 3DS for just leaving a great comment on one of the entries? Check out the entries [...]

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  3:30 PM
AS/400, Business Intelligence, Channel, CIO, Contests, CRM, Database, DataCenter, Development, Exchange, Giveaways, IT Scripts, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP, Windows Server

Python Script To Download Wallpapers from InterfaceLift
Language: Python Purpose: Downloads Wallpapers from InterfaceLift and stores them in your home Folder Here is the Code: #!/usr/bin/env python import urllib2 import urllib import re import os import threading import sys class IliftDownloader(object): """Downloads InterfaceLift wallpappers """ def __init__(self,dir = os.environ['HOME']+"/IliftWallpapers",nThreads=5): """ """ self.__totalpages = -1 self.__currentPageNumber = -1 self.__currentImage = -1 self.__approximateImageTotal = [...]

Answer Question   |  April 30, 2012  1:02 PM
Contests, IT Scripts, Python, Python scripts, Wallpaper

VB Script to delete old files fom the local and/or remote computer(s)
We have many applications running on many different servers, which log their operations to text files. We learned how problematic this could be when one of our servers crashed because the hard disk was completely full.  Someone was supposed to be monitoring disk usage on this server, but that obviously didn’t happen. Half of the [...]

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  11:56 PM
Deleting old files, IT Scripts, VB script, Windows management

VB Script to monitor files on Windows machines from a Zenoss server
This is a script I created last year to monitor some files from a Zenoss server. These files are created by an application that receives CDRs from an Asterisk server in another country, and sometimes these files have stopped getting updated even though no network errors seem to exist, so, the safest way to make [...]

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  6:17 PM
IT Scripts, VB script, Visual Basic Script, Zenoss

Example Contest Script: iptables Helper
This IT script was submitted by Eric Hansen as an example for IT Knowledge Exchange’s new contest: Is Your Script 3-Dimensional? To submit your own script, create a new post, and use the button on the far right of the text editor menu. Be sure to tag it IT Scripts. Entries not tagged IT Scripts [...]

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  2:09 PM
Contests, iptables, IT Knowledge Exchange, IT Scripts, Nintendo 3DS

Example Contest Script: Port Checker
This IT script was submitted by Eric Hansen as an example for IT Knowledge Exchange’s new contest: Is Your Script 3-Dimensional? To submit your own script, create a new post, and use the CODE button on the far right of the text editor menu. Be sure to tag it IT Scripts. Entries not tagged IT [...]

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  2:04 PM
Contests, IT Knowledge Exchange, IT Scripts, Nintendo 3DS, Port Checker