VBS / Administration Scriptlets

VBS (ASP) code to display all session variables in a webpage

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:15:00 GMT

I regularly have to look this up, so it was time to blog it!

cscript: Ensure a VBS scripts is ONLY run from a command line

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:49:00 GMT

Hate the vbs scripts that output results, and when you run them from wscript, you have to click 'OK' a few hundred times? Ensure it is running from cscript with this little bit of code.

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Managing Terminal Services Sessions Remotely

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:55:00 GMT

qwista / rwinsta command line toolsMore...

RDP File Configuration Options

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:52:00 GMT

Configuration Options for an RDP file (which is really a txt document).More...

Clip - command line pipe to clipboard

Mon, 18 Jun 2007 19:03:00 GMT

Redirects output of command line tools to the Windows clipboard. This text output can then be pasted into other programs.More...

VBS script to open a webpage

Sat, 17 Mar 2007 19:09:00 GMT

Simple 4 line script excellent for scheduled tasks to open a webpage to run some automated process (such as admin processing)More...

How to Convert a .BAT file or .VBS file into .EXE to Enable Pinning to XP Start Menu

Wed, 06 Dec 2006 07:17:00 GMT

Windows XP will not allow you to pin a shortcut to the start menu that points to a network drive. For this reason it can be necessary to write a batch file to launch a program. The issue is that a shortcut pointed to a .bat file also contains no “Pin to Start Menu” option. While it can be dragged onto the start menu, this leaves no option for scripting these shortcuts. The simple solution is to convert the .bat file to an .exe file and lucky for us Windows XP includes a tool that can do it…More...

VBS: Change Properties of ALL users in an OU in Active Directory (password expiration/change password)

Tue, 05 Dec 2006 18:05:00 GMT

Script to Change Properties of ALL users in an OU in Active Directory to flag the following (for when you have an admin who forgets, and in 42 days you get a lot of phone calls!!! -User Cannot Change Password (check that box) -User Password Doesn't expire (check that box) (same as running dsmod user "CN=,OU=,DC=,DC=" -pwdneverexpires yes -canchpwd no)More...

Program Reminder: How to Start System Restore Manually

Thu, 30 Nov 2006 05:17:00 GMT

Just so we all can find it easily, here is how to start the System Restore from a command promptMore...

VBSCRIPT: Enumerate Anonymous Access Disabled in directories on a Website in IIS

Wed, 22 Nov 2006 23:51:00 GMT

EnumAnonymousAccessDisabled.txt Found on : http://blog.crowe.co.nz/archive/2006/04/05/605.aspxUPLOADTEMPLATEMore...