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Check OS version for script compatability
Wouldn't you know right after I posted I found a snippet of code that did the trick, ideas on anything to make this smoother though would be nice: Set oShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell") strComputer = "." Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _ & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\"... -
Check OS version for script compatability
Here is what I have, it works great if you remove the attempt to setup the if statement, but as windows 2000 and xp SP1 do not have powercfg I have to find a way to limit which version of windows this runs on. I am still in a position of no formal training in vb so I am just hacking this out... -
Local Password change
AH ha got it all together now and sorry about the mess: '| /p:newPass4LocalAdministrator Set objNetwork = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Network") sUser = objNetwork.UserName VerifyGroupMembers = False Set objGroup = GetObject("WinNT://./Administrators,group") For Each... -
Local Password change
I went this route: Private Declare Function GetUserName Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "GetUserNameA" (ByVal lpBuffer As String, nSize As Long) As Long Dim l As Long Dim sUser As String sUser = Space$(255) l = GetUserName(sUser, 255) 'strip null terminator If l <> 0 Then GetCurrentUserName =... -
Local Password change
I wanted to document the proper usage of the variable for future is all. I was able to get this working correctly, some people got irritated because they did not have local admin rights so it threw up all over them. So does any know a way of checking "Am I a member of local administrators? -
Local Password change
Haveing never worked with VB, but having perl and java exp I tried my hand at a script to change the local password on machine I came up with this: '| /p:newPass4LocalAdministrator Option Explicit: Dim Named, sPasswrdAdmin, oUser Set Named = WScript.Arguments.Named sPasswrdAdmin =...
