VBScript is a general-purpose scripting language developed by Microsoft that is modeled on Visual Basic. It is commonly used for Windows system administration. Some applications may use it as an internal scripting language allowing application automation.
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WS2008 subst in Logon script does not “stick”
I have a terminal server environment exclusively with Windows Server 2008.
My problem is that I need to "map" a drive letter to each users Temp folder. This is due to a legacy app that requries a ...
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printer assignments for windows xp workstations within an active directory environment
I'm using the following script to handle removing any old networked printers from machines and then assigning the propper ones and making one of them the default. This script is assigned to the OU ...
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Get User Rights Assignment values in Local Computer Setting using VBScript and WMI
I'd like to get all the values of User Rights Assignment in Local Computer Setting using VBScript and WMI. Is there a way I can do this with VBScript and WMI?
Thanks.
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WMI script to list of memberships of current computer?
I have a AD hosted on 2003R2 and 2008R2, I would like to check the membership for the domain computer (e.g. compA) when an user logs on using that computer (e.g. compA) and perform certain operations ...
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vbscript and secure connection
I don't know if anyone has been able to connect to a secure mssql server over the internet with vbscript using the adodb object
is there pilicy that restrict script connecting to secure servers?
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Getting Win32_Service security descriptor using VBScript
I am using VbScript for retrieving the securitydescriptor of a Win32_Service. I am using the following code:
SE_DACL_PRESENT = &h4
ACCESS_ALLOWED_ACE_TYPE = &h0
ACCESS_DENIED_ACE_TYPE = ...
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Win XP error 0x80041003 using GetObject/winmgmts
My computer is called "neil" and I want to set some values using WMI in vbScript. I adapetd the script below from one supplied by Microsoft. When I run it in my browser I get
Error Type:
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Is it possible to get CCM Updates Schedule using Powershel or VBScript?
I want to be able to check the CCM Updates Schedule as seen in Configuration Manager Updates tab. I've been looking around on google and I've not been able to find a consistent answer to this.
I ...
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“Unknown scripting language VBScript” IIS 7.5 + 2008 R2 SP1
Migrated an old classic ASP application from Server 2008 R2 to a new Server 2008 R2 SP1 and having serious issues now. All set ups and configs are identical between the "old" and new servers, no code ...
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Adding a second VHD to a Hyper-V VM programatically or from the command line
I have been scripting the creation of my Hyper-V VMs with vbscript successfully for sometime now. All the technician has to do is run my script, select the type of server they are building (EG. a Web ...
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Use vbscript to set local user's terminal services startup environment
If I was in AD, the parameters would look like:
objUser.ConnectClientDrivesAtLogon = Enabled
objUser.ConnectClientPrintersAtLogon = Enabled
objUser.DefaultToMainPrinter = Enabled
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Download large files via VBscript
Has anyone been successful with downloading large files via VBScript? My script is below and it is erroring out downloading a file over a 1GB. Small files it works with no problem. Do I need to try ...
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Script for run script on vbs
Hello everybody I have a script on vbscript
Dim WSHShell, WinDir, Value, wshProcEnv, fso, Spath
Set WSHShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Dim objFSO, objFileCopy
Dim strFilePath, strDestination
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Trying to automate server tasks, stuck on gathering critical update information from WSUS
I asked this question at Stack Overflow but they said I would have better luck here. I am using VBScript to automate a lot of server tasks, I'm simply checking to make sure the server build team did ...
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How to Read XML and Generate SQL Insert for Call Data Records
I am trying to write a VB Script to read a XML file (downloaded daily) and insert the information into a MSSQL DB. The content of the XML is a list of CDRs (Call Data Records). I need to parse the ...
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NINite Integration, vbs script,copy file from server and replace existing
Lets forget about everything besides mapping a drive and running NINite.
So here is what I have done.
I have changed the task sequence to look like this:
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VBScript:Verifying if printer share exists
Is there a way to determine in VBScript, if a print share is in existence on a print server? The idea is to remove the connection to that printer in the event the share is removed from the server.
A ...
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Delete folders with exclusions (case)
i found a VB script that uses FileSystemObject to delete every folder on a drive except ones i specify, my problem is that the FileSystemObject cannot see or enumerate folder with trailing / leading - ...
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Create Batch file to execute multiple batch files and VBS files
I have multiple batch files and vbs files , when i try to create a batch to call them it stop after the last batch file and dont execute the vbs.
without giving any error
if i put the vbs at the ...
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how can I hide the cmd window when running a VBScript scheduled task on Win 2003 R2 SP2 x64?
I am running a VBScript (.vbs) file via Windows Scheduled Task.
On a Windows XP SP3 x86 machine, a command window is not shown when the task executes.
On a Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 x64 machine, a ...
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Programmatically assigning an existing ssl cert to a website in iis6 via powershell or vbscript
I have the following powershell script that creates a new website in IIS6:
https://github.com/dagda1/iis6/blob/master/create-site.ps1
Does anyone know how I can assign an existing ssl cert to the ...
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Script to copy file from server and install software
Here is what I want to do - I would like to install a software on every PC in my domain. I would like it fully automated. I am sure this can be done either using a batch file or a vbscript. Here is ...
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Remove OCS user programatically
I am looking for programatically removing user accounts from OCS 2007 R2.
I would prefer vbscript solution as this will become part of larger deprovisioning script used for removing various user ...
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Is it possible to launch a hyperlink within the email body from a specific sender?
Goal: My goal is to have OUTLOOK filter an incoming message based on keywords (which can be done with rules) but, I need to run a script that will automatically open the link within the email.
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WinHTTP module not found (HRESULT 0x8007007e)
I've got a customer that gets a module not found error (0x8007007e) when running a vbscript at this line of code:
set test = CreateObject("WinHttp.WinHttpRequest.5.1")
The system is Windows 7 ...
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Constant permission denied error on VBS script
The file is created and copied to the network share but I need this to run without errors as I need to push out to users quietly. Permissions have been set to full everyone. No errors when copy to ...
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Script to Uninstall MS Updates by Date
I'm in a situation where I need to uninstall all windows updates before a certain date to troubleshoot a strange bug. I found several vb/ps scripts to do this
remove single update
However I'm ...
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Group Policy Email Signature Script
I have a VBS script that builds an Outlook Email signature and saves it to the user's machine. I want this to be called each time the user logs in, using group policy, but so far I've had no luck.
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How can I audit remote drives for stray VSS snaps?
I discovered stray snapshots on my drives with the command
DISKSHADOW> list shadows all
I want to create & run a script that will audit this on every host in the network.
How can I use ...
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IIS7 “Error in Loading DLL” error. Level of difficulty, the DLL is “Server.CreateObject”
I posted this initially to Stackoverflow. I was told to ask here since the error is probably not code related, but a configuration error.
I'm working with an ASP application and get the following ...
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Error 70 Permission Denied in Scheduled Task But Not Interactively
I have a script that creates a text file on a network drive using VBScript, run as a scheduled task. It is failing now with a "permission denied" error (error 70) but only when run as a scheduled ...
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User NTFS rights
We are having some problems with securing our desktop machines.
Each machine has a C-drive with a DATA folder in it.
We want our users to only be possible to access the data folder and not the root.
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VB Script SetDWORDValue via WMI is not working in Windows 7
I'm trying to get this particular segment of vbscript to work on Windows 7 and it's just not doing it. No errors or anything.
const HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE = &H80000002
strComputer = "."
Set ...
