Get guidance from a well-known scripting expert—and teach yourself the fundamentals of Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript). This tutorial delivers hands-on, self-paced learning labs to help you get started automating Microsoft Windows administration—one step at a time.

Discover how to:

• Manage folders and files with a single script
• Configure network components with Windows Management Instrumentation
• Administer users and groups using subroutines and Active Directory Service Interfaces (ADSI)
• Design logon scripts to configure and maintain user environments
• Monitor and manage network printers
• Back up and edit the registry—avoiding common pitfalls
• Handle errors and troubleshoot scripts
• Simplify administration for Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 and Internet Information Services 6.0

Includes a CD featuring:

• All practice exercises
• 100+ sample scripts to adapt for your own work

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