Scripting Windows 2000 (Network Professional's Library) (Paperback)

by Jeffrey Honeyman (Author) "This is not an attempt to teach you Windows 2000 from the ground up ("Windows 2000 is an operating system..." (more)
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Product Description
Learn to manage, administer, and troubleshoot Windows 2000 using the Windows Script Host (WSH) This expertly written resource explains how to automate tedious tasks at the command line or from within the Windows GUI. You'll learn to implement the latest versions of VBScript, JScript, ADSI, and WMI and avoid commonly overlooked Windows 2000 pitfalls and scripting errors.

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The most complete and up-to-date Windows 2000 scripting resource available.

Get rock-solid performance from Windows 2000 using the scripting techniques and in-depth information contained in this comprehensive yet broad-based volume. Packed with insider advice, Scripting Windows 2000 covers all major areas--from writing and implementing DOS batch files and WSH scripts (VBScript, JScript) to spicing up your scripts (ADSI, WMI, OLE, ActiveX) and maintaining your system. Windows scripting expert Jeffrey Honeyman provides up-to-date, detailed syntax definitions, specific explanations, and real-world scripting solutions throughout.

• Create and debug robust command line batch files
• Recognize inherent Windows scripting traps before falling in to them
• Execute scripts from within the Windows 2000 GUI using the latest versions of VBScript and JScript
• Use script-based solutions to schedule, perform, and verify routine maintenance tasks and custom jobs
• Apply Active Directory Service Interfaces and Windows management Instrumentation functions to WSH-based scripts
• Configure and administer the Windows Script Host for optimal performance
• Enhance scripts with OLE and ActiveX
• Enhance system administration with Office and Visual basic for Applications

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Product Details

• Paperback: 444 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media; 1 edition (April 20, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 007212444X
• ISBN-13: 978-0072124446
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #383,727 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Coverage of Both Batch Files and WSH, September 17, 2000

By	Scott Bicknell (San Jose, CA) - See all my reviews

Although not as detailed as "Windows NT Shell Scripting" or "Windows Scripting Secrets" are--where each technology's abilities are concerned--it does goes into great detail in the area of command-line utilities included with Windows 2000 and the "Windows 2000 Resource Kit", showing you how to make use of them in scripts.

It also explains how to set up your system to run scripts directly from the command line without typing a path or file extension, so that your scripts execute exactly like internal shell commands.

It's a very useful reference for shell commands as well as scripting in general.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Unreadable - Buy Another Book / Use the MSDN, September 26, 2001

By	JSCC "jamesco" (Lake Taupo, New Zealand) - See all my reviews

This book lacks depth and the writing style is intensely irritating when one attempts to read it - it's a shock that any editor would allow the book to go to press in the form that he or she did. Here are some of the *many* drippy comments he makes: "...scripting skills are an extra round for your Smith&Wesson, another slug of whisky after a steamy night on the bad sign of town..." "...An ActiveX control can be created in Visual Basic, C++, ElvisSpeak, Visual Hamburger..." With all the other related titles available, and the useful resources in the MSDN, I'd recommend potential buyers do *not* put this one in their shopping basket. The one out of five may seem a bit harsh, but I couldn't get enough useful information out of this book to justify it's purchase, so that's what it ends up with. It may be worth noting that the foreword of this book it written by the author - there is no critique performed by anyone else to be found. Probably for good sales reasons.

0 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a must have for every consultant or administrator, August 11, 2001

By A Customer

This book is great it will get you on your way to automate your work. Great Windows Script Host book as well! It explains programming in a way that system people will understand.