Windows Nt Scripting Administrator's Guide

By William R. Stane and William R. Stanek

In this concise professional reference, expert author Stanek introduces readers to Scripting Host, the new automation feature, and shows how to put it to work with the VBScript or JScript scripting languages. In addition, Stanek thoroughly explains how to use the older Windows NT shell command language to automate tasks not yet possible with Windows Scripting Host.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764533096
• ISBN13: 9780764533099
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Length: 478 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.5" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

Excellent overview of Windows scripting

This book is an excellent resource for any NT administrator who seeks to utilize windows scripts to maximize their productivity. The first six chapters covers windows scripting and the last five chapters provide a good overview of Visual Basic and Java Scripting. I, too, have found the errors mentioned in a previous review but the errors are obviously typos and don't detract from the value of the book. I sent the author an email and he responded promptly with a URL for online errata that covers all the errors that I have found. Before I found this book, I was using an odd assortment of Dos 6.0 scripting references that were clearly out of date and I didn't utilize Visual Basic scripting at all. Now I am producing much better scripts and am quite pleased with the return I have received on my time spent reading the book.

The BEST scripting book

You got to get this book! No excuses. This is the best scripting book I've found. The approch is thorough and the book well thought out. I use this book everyday when I script. HIGHEST recommendation and you won't be disappointed.

On second thought, this is a good book

My previous review expressed reservations about this book because of the errors in a couple of chapters. I emailed Willaim Stanek about these and he quickly updated me with a full page of all the typos which were generated during production/copy editing. Having made all these changes to my copy I revist my review and add an extra level.