Need Overview on VB Login Scripts

[circulent]

Right now we use batch files as longin scripts for our users. I understand that VB scripts are more robust.

Can anyone suggest a site that can give me an overview on this topis, as well as examples for shared drives and shared printers?

Thanks

 

[lhuegele]

Microsofts Technet website has a script center

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/default.mspx

Hope the site is useful.

 

[58sniper]

A simple check on this site yields this:

http://www.tek-tips.com/faqs.cfm?fid=5798

Pat Richard, MCSE MCSA:Messaging CNA
Microsoft Exchange MVP
Want to know how email works? Read for yourself -

http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2821.txt

 

[porkchopexpress]

Marks FAQ is a good one also take a look here for great examples and tutorials.

http://www.computerperformance.co.uk/Logon/logon_scripts.htm

 

[seag33k]

I am not good at scripting but I bought a book a while back that at least helped me create some scripts and edit other people's scripts and add a few modifications. The book is by Microsoft and called:

Microsoft Windows Scripting Self-Paced Learning Guide by Ed Wilson.

On a different note, I've heard that Powershell is coming and will replace it all. What fun now that I can understand some vbscript

 

[kmcferrin]

From what I have seen and read, Powershell isn't a replacement for Windows Script Host, it's just a new, more powerful shell for the OS. There are things that you can do with VBScript that you can't do with Powershell, and vice versa. Powershell requires the .NET Framework, and not all systems will have that installed, so your VBScripts will still work fine, even on Longhorn and Vista.

The book that I bought was the "Microsoft Windows 2000 Scripting Guide". Everything in it is also applicable to Windows XP and 2003. This is a very good book. It's great for people new to scripting and is a great reference for people who have been writing scripts for years.

There is also a book called "Advanced VBScript for Microsoft Windows Administrators" that from the description at Amazon looks similar, but based on looking at the table of contents it probably has much more in-depth info, especially where it comes to interacting with applicatons like SQL and Exchange. I may pick this one up, I didn't know about it until just now.

At any rate, both books are from Microsoft Press.

 

[seag33k]

Thanks for the clarification! I hated the idea of wasting time on learning new scripting techniques and they were going to change the rules