Windows Script Host

Written for system and network administrators, Windows Script Host includes authoritative coverage of the VBScript language essentials, including script structure and statements; detailed discussion of the object-oriented paradigm, how it is used in Windows system scripting, and how to emply COM objects; program guides that provide additional insight for those who are new to programming; and proven, ready-to-use scripting solutions, including sample logon and system management scripts. If you design or administer Windows NT/2000 networks, this is an essential resource to help you implement system scripting across your network. This comprehensive reference will help you: install system scripting components on your network; automate or simplify system management tasks, ranging from copying files to monitoring a set of enterprise servers; create your own COM objects in VBScript through the use of Windows Script Components; and get immediate results by employing proven sample scripts.

Written for system and network administrators, Windows Script Host includes authoritative coverage of the VBScript language essentials, including script structure and statements; detailed discussion of the object-oriented paradigm, how it is used in Windows system scripting, and how to emply COM objects; program guides that provide additional insight for those who are new to programming; and proven, ready-to-use scripting solutions, including sample logon and system management scripts. If you design or administer Windows NT/2000 networks, this is an essential resource to help you implement system scripting across your network. This comprehensive reference will help you: install system scripting components on your network; automate or simplify system management tasks, ranging from copying files to monitoring a set of enterprise servers; create your own COM objects in VBScript through the use of Windows Script Components; and get immediate results by employing proven sample scripts.

Tim Hill is a software and OS developer with more than 20 years of experience in systems software and operating system architectures. He has designed several real-time operating systems, including RMOS and PKS, the latter of which has been used extensively in missioncritical embedded systems, including ATMs and banking automation systems. After developing millions of lines of system-critical code, Tim is convinced that the best way to develop software is to leave the bugs out. After a number of years of consulting on all aspects of Windows NT development and architectural issues, Tim has recently joined Microsoftg, where he is working on new systems based upon Windows NT technologies.

Tim is also the author of the best-selling Windows NT Shell Scripting (MTP, 1998), which has received critical acclaim from readers, as well as the press.