March 20, 2009 4:32 PM
Posted by: Jerry Lees
bginfo,
Systems Administration,
Systems administrator tools,
systems management,
systems reporting,
VBScript,
VBScript FunctionsI recently had to provide the information displayed with BGINFO on a number of systems. Unfortunately, BGInfo only generates a bitmap, so far as I know, so I decided to write a script to generate the...
March 17, 2009 4:36 PM
Posted by: Jerry Lees
bginfo,
Systems Administration,
Systems administrator tools,
systems management,
systems reporting,
VBScript,
VBScript FunctionsI recently had to provide the information displayed with BGINFO on a number of systems. Unfortunately, BGInfo only generates a bitmap, so far as I know, so I decided to write a script to generate the...
March 13, 2009 11:05 AM
Posted by: Jerry Lees
bginfo,
Systems Administration,
Systems administrator tools,
systems management,
systems reporting,
VBScript,
VBScript Functions,
Win32_logicaldiskI recently had to provide the information displayed with BGINFO on a number of systems. Unfortunately, BGInfo only generates a bitmap, so far as I know, so I decided to write a script to generate the...
February 28, 2009 10:38 AM
Posted by: Jerry Lees
Crossword,
Games,
Puzzles,
VBScriptI found this recently and thought some of you might like to take a stab at it. A fun little crossword puzzle from Microsoft devoted to scripting concepts! Check it out, The Scripting Crossword...
February 26, 2009 8:00 AM
Posted by: Jerry Lees
iis,
System Administration,
Systems Administration,
systems management,
VBScript,
VBScript Functions,
web sites,
web tools,
working with objectsI recently posted a script that retrieved the anonymous user password for a server in IIS. This script I posted, Using the IIS ADSI object to retrieve the anonymous user password for a server...
February 20, 2009 3:53 PM
Posted by: Jerry Lees
iis,
System Administration,
Systems Administration,
Toolkit,
VBScipt,
VBScript,
VBScript Functions,
working with objectsI recently had to change the anonymous user account for a change request for a site in IIS, but unfortunately the change did not work and we had to roll it back. However, I didn’t have and wouldn’t have known the account’s password since IIS and windows changes it periodically.
So, out...
February 10, 2009 6:11 PM
Posted by: Jerry Lees
date,
Date Comparison,
DATEDIFF,
Dates,
VBScipt,
VBScript FunctionsOn occasion you need to compare two dates in your scripts, this can be a real challenge when you approach the date as if it were a string and/or compare the date parts to one another. Then finding the difference can be a whole other set of challenges if your dates span several months, days, or...
January 30, 2009 1:30 AM
Posted by: Jerry Lees
InStr function,
Scripting,
string,
String manipulation,
strings,
VBScriptI recently had a situation where I needed to find string inside a string to parse the larger string into usable and separate chunks of data. In writing this script, I realized I've not shared this gem of a function with you previously... and it really makes matters easier when you are...
January 19, 2009 4:14 AM
Posted by: Jerry Lees
batch commands,
batch files,
command line,
Internet Explorer,
rundll.exe,
tips and tricks,
undocumented windows,
windows secrets,
windows tipsAs a Network Administrator sometimes you need to clear the browsing history, cookies, or the like for a entire community of users. Sure, you could tell them how to do it thinking that you were being super smart by providing instructions for them. However, as you well know there will be some who...
