Part Scripting Basics

Short Description
Microsoft Windows scripting technologies. This part of the book also … Chapter 2, Microsoft Windows Scripting Technologies, begins with an introduction to …

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Content
This part covers various Microsoft scripting technologies that you can use to create
scripts for automation and Windows administration. This part also lists
guidelines that you can use to create scripting standards best suited for your and
your organization’s needs.
Part
I Scripting Basics
1
In This Part
How to use this book
Microsoft Windows scripting technologies
Scripting standards3
1 How to Use This Book
INTRODUCTION TO SCRIPTING
Scripts have been an integral part of the UNIX operating system. For years, UNIX administrators
and engineers have enjoyed the privilege to automate and administer local
and remote UNIX systems by writing simple readable scripts.
Microsoft operating systems also provided scripting support in the form of batch
files. Although batch files are a good start, large batch files can be difficult to write and
debug. Moreover, batch scripts cannot make use of technologies such as the Microsoft’s
ActiveX components (ActiveX components are covered later in this book). Therefore,
an administrator had to use utilities such as the isMember.exe resource kit utility or the
Reg.exe utility or write custom programs (to take advantage of the ActiveX objects
In This Chapter
Introduction to Scripting
Conventions
What you need to use this book
How this book is organized
Where you can get the code for this book
How to install and run scripts included with this book
Where you can send your feedback…