Dick Lewis
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Dick Lewis is a senior systems engineer with Lewis Technology in Riverside, California. He is an MCSE and a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) specializing in enterprise management of Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000 servers and workstations.
Email address: dlewis@windowsitpro.com
Web site: http://www.lewistech.com
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196 results found for Dick Lewis, displaying items 1 - 20
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June 20, 2007 |
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Who Is Accessing Your Shared Resources?
In a perfect world, shared folders have specific permissions granted to one or more security groups that contain the user community for that share. But the world is far from perfect, which is why you might need to use SharedFolderUserCapture.bat.
Windows IT Pro
Valuable Lessons Learned
Learn about some of the challenges Dick Lewis faced when creating UptimeReport.bat. By sharing the lessons he learned, he hopes you can avoid similar problems.
Windows Scripting Solutions
Reduce Your Downtime While Reading Uptime Reports
Reviewing the uptime statistics for many servers can be time-consuming. Here's a script that produces a report in which it's easy to spot problematic uptime statistics.
Windows Scripting Solutions
DFS Scripting Tools
Here are some Microsoft command-line tools for scripting, creating, modifying, or just viewing the Distributed File System structure.
Windows Scripting Solutions
Arrays and Temporary Files
By using a temporary file as your “array,” you can redirect command output to a text file to get a list that you can easily manipulate and filter.
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Scripting DFS
You can use Microsoft's command-line tools to configure and query DFS, but the tools might return more information than you need. Here’s a script that will help you get the back-end target server locations that your DFS links are really pointing to.
Windows Scripting Solutions
5 Scripts for Managing Local Groups
Check out these five handy scripts to simplify management of local groups. They provide an easy way to add and remove members, enumerate memberships, and modify group properties.
Windows Scripting Solutions
Learn How to Error-Proof Paths and Creatively Manipulate Strings
GetUserProfiles.bat is not only a working script that you can use to clean up old user profiles but it’s also a valuable learning tool.
Windows Scripting Solutions
The FAQs About Setting Up Your Shell Scripting Environment
Learn the basics of setting up a Windows command shell scripting environment.
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May I Have a Menu Please?
RegModsMenu.bat illustrates how you can add a menu interface to scripts. This script stores registry-modification information and performs the modifications.
Windows Scripting Solutions
Small Scripts Pack Power
Eleven "mini" scripts use a variety of tools and techniques to automate specific, practical admin tasks related to system security and stability.
Windows Scripting Solutions
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February 13, 2006 |
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Error-Handling Techniques
Learn more about noteworthy error-handling techniques that Dick Lewis uses in two of his "mini" scripts.
Windows Scripting Solutions
Keep Tabs on Replications
The ReplicationTest script gives you better control over large-scale data replications by comparing directory sizes and file counts on replication partners and alerting you of major discrepancies.
Windows Scripting Solutions
Naming Temporary or Output Files
These three techniques let you ensure unique temporary or output filenames.
Windows Scripting Solutions
Handling Spaces in Command Paths
Use these techniques to ensure that scripts containing command paths with spaces will run correctly.
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Scripting Sequenced Shutdowns
This handy script takes the hassle out of multiple-server shutdowns by shutting down groups of servers sequentially and verifying that they've actually shut down and restarted.
Windows Scripting Solutions
New Tricks for Your Scripting Tool Belt
Multiple-usage routines and entry-point labels are two code-reusability techniques that can make your scripts more useful.
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Test Your Antivirus Software
The EICARtest batch file tries to copy EICAR.com, a simulated infected file, to specified nodes and logs the results.
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The EICAR.com File
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Top 10 GUI Tools for Scriptwriters
Here are 10 affordable tools that will help you develop and run scripts faster and more easily
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