Introduction to WMI WScript.Echo Technique If your script editor or Scriptomatic gives you problems with multiple WScript.Echo commands. I will show you a technique for removing extra WScript.Echo command and adding VbCr code. Topics for WMI Secrets Technique – How to Strip Multiple Wscript.Echo commands Example – To display WMI …
Tutorial for Creating a User’s Mailbox with VBScript This page covers not only an example script to create a mailbox, but also the strategy and tactics you need to achieve this complex task. In fact, the secret is to have a spreadsheet full of the correct LDAP attributes needed to …
Introduction to Option Explicit The simple statement – Option Explicit – tightens up your scripts. What Option Explicit says is this: if a variable is not declared, then you cannot use it. The use of Option Explicit is twofold, to make sure that you declare variables, and to troubleshoot by …
Introduction to Checking Version Numbers There are occasions when you need to investigate the VBScript version number. For example, if you have old clients with version 2.x., VBScript commands may not work. To give a specific example you may want a script to pause, in which case you could use …
Introduction to VBScript Echo Confirmation Message The purpose of the WSH pop-up message is to let you know that the script has completed successfully. It can also give you valuable extra information, for instance, the number of objects created, and the container where they are ‘born’. Example 1: To Echo …
VBScript MemberOf Tutorial This page will show you how to list all the groups that a user is a memberOf. My examples enumerate the groups to which the Administrator belongs, however you could adapt the scripts for any Active Directory account. Topics for Enumerating All Groups a User is a …
Introduction to Querying Printers with WMI This WMI script offers a variety of solutions to printer problems on a Windows Network. WMI provides and impressive range of eight classes of printer object so it is possible to query any aspect of a printer. To let you into a secret, as …
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VBScript WMI Disk Properties Most WMI scripts obtain information that is available by launching various GUIs. In the case of disks, we could launch the Disk Administrator and observe the partition information in the window. However, the great advantage of script is that we can filter the data, interrogate multiple …
Getting Started with VBScript This section is for beginners who are copying and pasting example scripts. My sample scripts will work on Windows 7, Server 2003/8 and XP. Avoid other clients like Windows 98 unless you get theWSH updates Instructions to Create Your VBScript Example 1 – A Simple Script …