Windows 2000 Scripting Bible [Paperback]

William R. Stanek (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0764546775 | ISBN-13: 978-0764546778 | Publication Date: May 15, 2000 | Edition: 1

This authoritative, comprehensive guide is your bible to Windows 2000 scripting. Written for people at all levels of technological know-how, it may be used as a reference book or a tutorial. You'll appreciate the step-by-step instructions and clear explanations enhanced by icons, charts, and hundreds of screenshots. The tips, insights, and shortcuts that appear in each chapter will help you to
* Automate most network routines.
* Master VBScript and JScript essentials.
* Learn the ins and outs of scripting engines and the Windows Scripting Host architecture.
* Read or write to files, manage drives and printers, configure menus, and work with the Registry.
* Save time with scripts for network tasks, logon/logoff operations, and other routines.
* Use Active Directory Services scripting to manage accounts, systems, and services.
* Build spreadsheets, animate charts, and access databases with COM scripting.
* Work with library utilities to automate scripts for file management, network administration, and more.
If you're an administrator or developer using Windows or scripting technologies, you'll find techniques not published anywhere else. You'll see why the entire Bible series has such an outstanding reputation when the Windows 2000 Scripting Bible goes the distance for you.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

Inside you'll find complete coverage of Windows Scripting:

Master VBScript and JScript essentials, from arrays and operators to conditional statements

Learn the ins and outs of scripting engines and the Windows Scripting Host architecture

Find real-world tips on scripts that read or write to files, manage drives and printers, configure menus, and work with the Registry

Save time with scripts for network tasks, logon/logoff operations, and other routines

Use Active Directory Services scripting to manage accounts, systems, and services

Take advantage of COM scripting to build spreadsheets, animate charts, access databases, and more

Work with library utilities to automate scripts for everything from file management to network administration

From the Back Cover

If Windows scripts can do it, you can do it too… Windows scripting gives you the power to automate most routine network tasks. This comprehensive guide shows you how to harness today's cutting-edge scripting techniques — and double, triple, even quadruple your productivity as an administrator. From Windows Scripting Host fundamentals to nuts-and-bolts advice on scripts for user account configuration, data retrieval, system analysis, and more, master scripter William R. Stanek shows you step-by-step how to become a Windows scripting pro. Inside, you'll find complete coverage of Windows Scripting

• Master VBScript and JScript essentials, from arrays and operators to conditional statements
• Learn the ins and outs of scripting engines and the Windows Scripting Host architecture
• Find real-world tips on scripts that read or write to files, manage drives and printers, configure menus, and work with the Registry
• Save time with scripts for network tasks, logon/logoff operations, and other routines
• Use Active Directory Services scripting to manage accounts, systems, and services
• Take advantage of COM scripting to build spreadsheets, animate charts, access databases, and more
• Work with library utilities to automate scripts for everything from file management to network administration

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Product Details

• Paperback: 667 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (May 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764546775
• ISBN-13: 978-0764546778
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.2 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,615,918 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

William has over 20 years of hands-on experience with advanced programming and development. He is a leading technology expert, an award-winning author, and a pretty-darn-good instructional trainer. Over the years, his practical advice has helped millions of programmers, developers, and network engineers all over the world. He has written more than 100 books. Find William on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/WilliamStanekAuthor.

William has been involved in the commercial Internet community since 1991. His core business and technology experience comes from over 11 years of military service. He has substantial experience in developing server technology, encryption, and Internet solutions. He has written many technical white papers and training courses on a wide variety of topics. He frequently serves as a subject matter expert and consultant.

William has an MS with distinction in information systems and a BS in computer science, magna cum laude. He is proud to have served in the Persian Gulf War as a combat crewmember on an electronic warfare aircraft. He flew on numerous combat missions into Iraq and was awarded nine medals for his wartime service, including one of the United States of America's highest flying honors, the Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross. Currently, he resides in the Pacific Northwest with his wife and children.

William recently rediscovered his love of the great outdoors. When he's not writing, teaching, or making presentations, he can be found hiking, biking, backpacking, traveling, or trekking in search of adventure.

Follow William on Twitter at http://twitter.com/WilliamStanek. William also writes as Robert Stanek. To learn more about Ruin Mist, Magic Lands, Bugville Critters, visit http://www.bugvillecritters.com/.

William R. Stanek (www.williamstanek.com) lived in Japan from 1985 to 1989. He traveled extensively and made many friends. While living in Japan, he spent much of his free time in Aomori (青森), Hachinohe (八戸), Misawa (三沢), and Tokyo (東京). He misses the wonderful food and drink and the good friends he made. He says, "On break, I traveled all over. On the island of Hokkaidô in Sapporo they have these wonderful Ice Festivals. My favorite thing about spring was the Cherry Blossom Festival. I'd take day trips to Aomori (青森) and Hachinohe (八戸) all the time. While in Japan, I studied kendo, the Japanese language, and Buddhism."

William lived in Europe from 1989 to 1991. During that time, he lived in Germany (mostly) and had several extended stays in the UK and Scotland including deployments to Mildenhall, UK. He spent his time in the UK travelling, and especially enjoyed his visits to Cambridge and London. He's been a football (soccer) fan since he was old enough to kick a ball and especially enjoyed being in Kaiserslautern for the championships. He misses the wonderful food and drink and the good friends he made. He says, "There's nothing like Fridays at the pub or Saturday market."

William lived in Hawaii from 1991 to 1996. During that time, he worked shift-work at Kunia Field Station, attended Hawaii Pacific University and University of Hawaii, and spent a lot of time at the beach. He and his wife's first child was born in Hawaii. William's writing career began in Hawaii when his first book, Electronic Publishing Unleashed, was published in 1995. The runaway success of that book and it's sequel, Web Publishing Unleashed, helped establish him as a leader and innovator in technical writing.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

44 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent scripting book especially for Sys Admins, July 7, 2000

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Julian A J Topley (New York, New York USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Windows 2000 Scripting Bible (Paperback)

If you are a Sys Admin and are new to scripting this is a great book. I have bought several computer books over the past few years this one is certainly one of the better ones.

The first thing I noticed about this book was the fact that all the examples are illustrated in both VB Script and JScript - take your pick! If you know some C++ you will easily pick up JScript.

The book was easy to follow and was well structured. Within a week or so from being a scripting novice I was able to write useful and productive scripts such as automating FTP jobs and working with the registry - the book also serves as an excellent reference as well as a tutorial.

One thing to note about this book is that you don't need Windows 2000 to run all of the examples on but it does go into ADSI and LDAP in later chapters.

There are not that many books out there that cover the Windows Script Host for both JScript and VB Script - this one does, and does it well.

43 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not too happy with this one..., June 22, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Windows 2000 Scripting Bible (Paperback)

The description of this book would lead you to believe you would be able to write your own advanced scripts and really learn how to script under Win 2000.What you get are a lot of pre-made examples that are helpful but only explained on the surface. I would say this is surely not for first time scripters. When examples are given they are sometimes too simple to be usable and it isn't explained how to actually modify for something useful. For instance the example how to run a command in a script, runs notepad. This isn't useful. How about running a command and piping it's output to a file with variables in the command? This book covers a lot of topics, many very advanced but there is not enough instruction on how the parts actually work for creating custom scripts. Now I need to look for another book to use along side this with more actual explaination of syntax and script function.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Good reference, but not that usefull, May 23, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Windows 2000 Scripting Bible (Paperback)

I purchased this book just to add to my scripting knowledge. What I found is that the information provided is really at a very basic level, with poor examples, and a lot of omissions.
Although the author hit all of the major topics, the examples given, and explanantion of what was being done in the examples would have left me without a solid understanding of how to use them in the real world if I did not already know 90% of it. In addition, entire chapters on how to work with specific items skip the most obvious and simple methods of scripting how to work with those items.
On a positive note, the index is accurate and makes it easy to look up a specific sytax when needed.
In summary, it is decent as reference material, but don't rely on this book to teach scripting. You will be left with a lot of questions, overly complex methods of accomplishing goals, and no idea that many of these things can be scripted in ways never even mentioned.