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Title: Microsoft Windows 2000 Scripting Guide by Microsoft Corporation, Microsoft Corporation ISBN: 0-7356-1867-4 Publisher: Microsoft Press Pub. Date: 06 November, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (15 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The Scripting Guys rock!
Comment: This book rates a '5' for me due to the abundance of _usable_ scripting examples. Most scripting books I've read (and I own _several_) have completely useless examples of things no system administrator would find necessary to accomplish (Hello World ad nauseam). My job often requires that I write VBScripts and I always reference this book when trying to determine a solution. As a matter of fact, the CD version gets launched immediately after my scripting editor when I'm coding.
These guys _know_ scripting and it shows in the primers and explanations of the code. It's been very helpful to have the 'plain English' step-throughs provided with each coding sample. It's not unusual for me to find the exact snippet of code I need and just copy and paste it into my own scripts. That's a real time saver!
Their use of Hungarian notation as a variable naming convention helps keep the code easy to read, debug and professional looking. When I've passed scripts on to 'real' developers, they often express their appreciation for that. (I've scripted enterprise solutions taken from the book that had stumped our developers).
The WMI scripting tool, Scriptomatic (and the downloadable EZADScriptomatic for ADSI scripting...) are real time-savers as well. I've found them very helpful in learning the capabilities of the technologies.
To reiterate: the Scripting Guys _ROCK_!
Rating: 5
Summary: THE Scripting Guide to own.
Comment: This is an incredible tool. Any administrator wishing to do anything from basic scripting to complex Active Directory or remote computer control needs to pick up this book. For those starting out in administrative scripting, this title offers plain English and easy to understand primers in VBScript and the WSH. For administrators already familiar with the core language, the primers section continues with ADSI and WMI - both written so well as to completely demystify the process. After the primers, a vast amount of information is given on scripting standard production environment tasks, making this title useful regardless of your need for the primers.
The true wealth of this title is the ability to get more information out of it than is printed. Besides the abundance of script snippets which are easily used in any production environment, is the printed links to outside information and utilities on Microsoft's web site, as well as the CD-ROM which contains not only an on-line form of the book but many additional tools for generating scripts. As a point of interest, the on-line version of this book is completely free and on Microsoft's web site as well. Search for the title on their site to find it.
Certainly not the last purchase you will make for WMI and ADSI scripting. I've found inconsistencies between Microsoft's information and information published by others (usually resolved by the third parties information), which made me glad I had the other titles. All in all - the title is a must for all system administrators.
Rating: 1
Summary: Little help for login scripts
Comment: Everyone of these script examples start out with the ADsPath of the object to be queried or changed. No mention that I can find of how to come up with the ADsPath in the first place.
Thanks for nothing MS!
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Title: Windows 2000 Scripting Bible by William R. Stanek ISBN: 0764546775 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 15 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $34.99 |
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Title: Managing Enterprise Systems with the Windows Script Host by Stein Borge ISBN: 1893115674 Publisher: APress Pub. Date: 15 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
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Title: Windows: Scripting Secrets by Tobias Weltner ISBN: 0764546848 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 20 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: Windows NT/2000 ADSI Scripting for System Administration by Thomas Eck ISBN: 1578702194 Publisher: Que Pub. Date: 16 March, 2000 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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Title: Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Administrator's Companion by Sharon Crawford, Charlie Russel, Jason Gerend ISBN: 0735613672 Publisher: Microsoft Press Pub. Date: 23 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $69.99 |
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