Karen Bemowski
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Karen Bemowski is the Scripting Pro VIP editor. She has been the scripting editor for Windows IT Pro publications for nearly a decade.
Email address: kbemowski@windowsitpro.com
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May 7, 2008 |
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ADO Series Begins This Month
If you conduct a search on the Scripting Pro VIP Web site, you'll run across a lot of articles that discuss scripts in which ADO is used but few articles that explain how to use it. That's about to change.
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Shell Script Makes Managing DHCP Scopes Easier
You can use the Windows 2003 Netsh command-line utility to automatically change network settings, including DHCP configurations. Here's a .cmd script that uses Netsh to create and manage DHCP scopes.
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Effortless Management of Windows User Profiles
Check out the latest products to hit the marketplace. PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT: Script Start Professional 2.0
Windows IT Pro
VBSort.wsc to the Rescue: VBScript No Longer Lacks an Array Sorting Method
Unlike JScript, VBScript doesn't provide a method that lets you sort arrays. However, you can use a Windows script component named VBSort.wsc to quickly sort VBScript arrays.
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More Spring Cleaning—How to Get Rid of Those Old Analog TVs
With the upcoming move to all digital broadcasting, you might be considering getting rid of your old analog TVs. If you want to avoid throwing them in the landfill, here are some resources that can help you find an e-waste recycler.
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How Those %&% Characters Can Cause a Batch File URL to Fail
At the command line, you find that you can run a command that opens your favorite Web site, but when you put that command in a batch file, it fails. Find out what the problem is and how you can prevent it.
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March 4, 2008 |
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How to Get Started Writing Articles About Your Scripts
If you've ever thought about writing an article about one of your scripts but weren't sure how to proceed, here's some information that can help you take the leap from thinking about writing to putting pen to paper.
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February 7, 2008 |
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R2R Contest Winners
Rick Bridges and Oscar Perez, who submitted .vbs scripts, and Jeff Price, who submitted a .bat script, were the lucky winners in Scripting Pro VIP's Reader to Reader contest.
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Batch Script Not Only Enumerates User Profiles But Also Shows How to Error-Proof Paths
By using GetUserProfiles.bat, you can clean up old user profiles. By looking at how it works, you can learn how to error-proof paths. No matter whether you use this script for one or both purposes, it can be a valuable tool.
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January 8, 2008 |
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Windows Shell and WSH Scripting—Still Useful After All These Years
Here's your chance to showcase your .cmd, .bat, .vbs, and .js code and possibly win a $25 gift certificate.
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Simon Says Use a Scripting Solution to Migrate Profiles
Scripting can save a lot of time, as Simon Zeltser discovered firsthand. Needing to back up and restore users' profiles on 1,500 PCs, he created the ProfileBackup solution. With it, he was able to migrate the profiles without visiting 1,500 PCs.
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December 19, 2007 |
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FYI About the January Issue of Scripting Pro VIP Update
Due to the holidays, the next issue of Scripting Pro VIP Update will be published on January 9 and next month's articles will be posted on January 9, January 16, January 23, and January 30.
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Popular Automation Solution Now Available as Open-Source Software
Entrigue Systems' Script Start Community 2.0 is open-source software that you can use to automate Windows desktop management tasks.
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The Good, Better, and Best Ways to Find Constants and Their Values in WSH Scripts
Because of the COM technology behind scripting objects, Windows Script Host (WSH) scripts don’t get access to any constants’ values embedded in those objects. Alex K. Angelopoulos provides several ways to obtain those crucial values.
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December 5, 2007 |
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New .chm File and Task-Based Guide Can Be Helpful PowerShell Resources
When Windows PowerShell first came out, there wasn't much documentation to help people learn this new command-line and scripting environment. That's steadily changing. Here are two recently added resources that you might want to check out.
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PowerShell Got Smart About Smart Quotes
If you've ever had a script fail because of smart quotes, you'll be happy to hear that smart quotes and other characters that have been mangled by auto-format or auto-correct settings aren't a problem for Windows PowerShell.
Windows IT Pro
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November 7, 2007 |
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Much Ado About ADO
Not much has been written about ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) compared with how much coverage other technologies such as Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) and Active Directory Service Interfaces (ADSI) have received. That's about to change.
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Script Reminds You When Daylight Saving Time Starts and Ends
If it's hard to remember the dates in which we gain an hour each fall and lose an hour each spring, check out GetDLSDates.vbs. By simply double-clicking this script, you can get a reminder of when daylight saving time begins and ends in the current year.
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Answers to 10 Commonly Asked Questions About Windows Shell Scripting
Windows shell scripting expert Dick Lewis answers questions about .bat and .cmd scripts.
Windows IT Pro
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October 2, 2007 |
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Important Scripting Updates
A new release of Windows Remote Management (WinRM) for Windows 2003 SP1 or later and XP SP2 or later heads the scripting news. Also learn why you should consider upgrading to Windows Script 5.7 and how you can test your scripting know-how.
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