IT Administrator's Top 10 Introductory Scripts for Windows [With CDROM]

by Jeff Fellinge

A guide to scripting basics for systems administrators and engineers provides real-world examples, sample code, and ten functional scripts. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1584502126
• ISBN13: 9781584502128
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Delmar Thomson Learning
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.3" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Treasure Trove of Scripts

Honestly, I really do not feel this book is ideal for the novice. Users should have some administration sensibility with Active Directory. Yet, what I do find profound, is that there are both (1) very practical applicable scripts and techniques, and (2) there are some truly amazing scripts. I am at a loss of words for some inspirational things that I found that can give you the ability to generate spreadsheets reports on the fly and also have a live spreadsheet that can go out to the net and pull info. There is this fascinating example script that creates a web page wizard-like HTA application. To some things up, this book is powerful. This adds a lot of good material one's admin collection. Using this book, you won't become just a scripter, but you'll be down right incredible, such that lightning will ignite from your fingertips (metaphorically speaking) as you create masterpiece killer scripts.

An essential resource for any IT organization

No long-winded review here. This book is a great read for anyone with a small to medium sized IT organization. I bought a copy for each system admin in my group. Not many books pay for themselves in time savings with just one example as this book has done.

Admins empowered

This book now sits on my desk instead of on the shelf full of other resources. The book comes with a CD to get you off and running and it steps through at a good pace for beginners like me. Being a Win2K SBS admin I don't have money for enterprise tools. I was eager to "empower" myself and this did the trick. I like the format because it's progression from introduction to scripting is thorough enough for me but not boring.So what are the top 10 scripts? - Enumerating and Dumping the Users, Groups, and Computers of AD; Dumping a Domain User's Detailed Account Information; Listing Soon-to-Expire Domain User Accounts; Move Away from Batch Files- A New Login Script; Foundation: A Directory Computer- Dump Tool; Browser- based Computer Information Diagnostics; Worm Vulnerability Detector; Remotely Enumerate Local Computer Accounts; Local Password Audit and Change Tool; E-mail Script Notification. BUT WAIT- This doesn't tell the whole story- I especially liked the tie in with Excel for execution and output! Fellinge's book got me off the ground which is exactly what I needed.

A Great Scripting Resource for Windows Sysadmin.

I am one of the Technical Writers who contributed to the Microsoft Windows Scripting Guide for Microsoft Press. Since working on that book, Mr. Fellinge's book is the first I've reviewed on scripting. The author does a great job of exploring some common scripting tasks and demonstrating how to solve them using JavaScript and VBScript. His understanding of both ADSI and WMI is impressive. These two technologies are at the core of automating Windows system administration. What makes this book especially interesting is the author's focus on real-world sysadmin tasks. He is clearly writing from experience.I recommend this book for anyone with a basic understanding of scripting who is interested in really putting that knowledge to good use.

Excellent Scripting resource

In the past several years I have purchased several Windows Scripting books however I found most of them to be very difficult to follow and often find they go into too much detail for a beginner like myself. I could have saved myself a lot of money if I had found this scripting book first. Top 10 Intro Scripts for Windows by Jeff Fellinge is by far the most useful and easy to follow book I have found on the market. I would recommend this book to not only beginners but also advanced scripting programmers who would like to learn some new tricks and best practices.