What to Expect from Guy's Scripting Ezine?
From about 2007 to the present my scripting ezine has concentrated on
PowerShell. One of my missions has been to persuade people to try this
wonderful command-line, and to abandon DOS. A more difficult task has been
to challenge people to switch from VBScript to PowerShell. However I can
speak from the position of someone who has made this transition, and I can vouch
that PowerShell really is easier than VBScript.
One litmus test is that I still get 2 /3 people writing to me about
syntax errors in their VBScripts, where as I hardly ever get any emails
about problems with PowerShell syntax. The combination of useful error
messages and ease of use means that PowerShell scripting is less frustrating
and more productive than VBScript.
Prior to issue 125, Guy's weekly scripting ezine was designed to help people get started with Windows
Server 2003 scripting. The newsletter articles showed you how to
combine VBScript with WSH (Windows Scripting Host).
The traditional use of Windows scripts has been mapping network drives and setting default printers. However the most popular application if VBScript is now manipulating Active Directory objects, for
example setting user properties.
In addition, WMI (Windows Management Interface) has taken scripting into new territory, for example, writing values to the registry and collecting information from Event Logs.
Each article has at least one script which you can copy and paste, moreover
there are learning points to help you create your own scripts.
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ezine script that you are interested in, then type your keyword into my Google Search.
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