Script How-To's

[qmann]

I have never written a script and i want to be able to start and stop a service as well as restart the server. Is there any literature on the net that gives a good head-start to a newbie to scripting.

 

[karmic]

Theres some excellent information here...

http://www.labmice.net/scripting/

~ K.I.S.S - Don't make it any more complex than it has to be ~

 

[ChelseaGirl]

Here's a quick start for you

You need to use the NET START and NET STOP commands, and the shutdown.exe which is from one of the resource kits.

In a .bat or .cmd file

NET STOP "sevice name" - double quotes required
exit

 

[browolf]

net start and stop are somewhat limited.
there's a really excellent tool called sc.exe from an nt reskit.

http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...port/kb/articles/q166/8/19.asp&NoWebContent=1

I used it to stop and disable the messenger service, on all the computers on our network
from the comfort of my office hehe

this website has a tremendous amount of usful stuff about all kinds of scripting:

http://www.robvanderwoude.com/index.html

this place is really good for dos command explanations:

http://www.ss64.com/nt/index.html

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[qmann]

thanks all for your help