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Overview
A Manual for the Windows Grease Monkey.- Finally, a hardcore Windows book that digs into the XP interface while not putting the reader to sleep! Lively and written for humans without pocket protectors!
- Coverage that can be found nowhere else, addressing the powerful and still-useful batch file language and documenting the command-line utilities.
- Clear, practical examples of how each tool, batch file, or command line utility will change lives.
Synopsis
Get ready to roll up those shirtsleeves, pop the hood, and get a little Windows grime under those fingernails! This is a book about tools, nuts and bolts. Through lucid tutorials and examples, Windows XP Under the Hood shows how to use scripting and batch tools to automate repetitive tasks. You'll master the gory details of the automation, management, command-line and diagnostic tools that are often given short shrift in both online documentation and standard end-user books. Then, the detailed reference sections will keep you coming back time and again. This book will help you make the leap from accomplished user to bona fide Windows hero.
- Finally, a hardcore Windows book that digs into the XP interface while not putting the reader to sleep! Lively and written for Windows mechanics who live for more power.
- Learn how to create and deploy tools to manage your computers and networks. Here you'll find a straightforward introduction to scripting with VBScript, coverage of dozens of powerful programming and management objects, and from-the-trenches advice on distributing and managing your new toolkit.
- Learn how to master the Command Line. Many books cover Windows Script Host, but none of the others address the powerful and still-useful batch file language and command-line utilities.
- Clear, practical examples show how each scripting object, batch file or command line utility can change lives, make the dog behave, and eliminate bad hair days.
- Although Microsoft provides the tools, users are hard pressed to find much-if any-documentation on these tools. Rather than learning by osmosis, we suggest that you pick up a copy of this indispensable book.
Editorials
From Barnes & Noble
The Barnes & Noble ReviewCommand lines. Batch files. Scripting. This stuff may not come to mind when you think about Windows. Pity. It’s all there, and it can give Windows administrators power beyond their wildest imaginations. In Windows XP Under the Hood, Brian Knittel exposes Windows XP’s grubby, non-graphical underbelly -- and shows you how to twist and tweak Windows to your will.
Knittel begins with Windows Script Host and VBScript, which let you control and automate virtually every aspect of Windows, from the registry to networking. He introduces Windows Management Interface (WMI), which lets you peer into the inner workings of any Windows system, remotely monitor settings, and change everything from device drivers to applications. Next, Knittel shows how to write scripts that work on Active Directory, automating a wide range of system maintenance tasks.
For those who remember MS-DOS, get this: Not only are batch files still around, Microsoft has just upgraded the Windows batch language. Knittel shows you how to make the most of it. Then, in Part III, he unearths some powerful Windows utilities for networking, maintenance, diagnosis, and more. You just won’t find this stuff in your run-of-the-mill Windows book. Bill Camarda
Bill Camarda is a consultant, writer, and web/multimedia content developer. His 15 books include Special Edition Using Word 2000 and Upgrading & Fixing Networks For Dummies®, Second Edition.