Backing up files with vbscript and maybe Volume Shadow Copy

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    - Move file if created in last two minutes I have an application which writes a txt file to a certain directory. The application writes to this file twice using the logged in users credentials, in quick succession. Once this process is finished I need to retrict access to the file by the creator. Two options spring to mind:- 1. Restrict the directory and change the file owner once the application has completed 2. Move the finished file to a directory the creator does not have access to. Option 2 seems the simplest if I can script to check file creation date is more than say 2 minutes older than current system time. There are several utilities mentioned previously in the forums but mostly they deal with date, not time. Appreciate any guidance. Tag: Backing up files with vbscript and maybe Volume Shadow Copy Tag: 216191
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    - If possible to add domain user to a workstation's local administrators group by scrpting? I am wondering if possible to add domain user to a workstation's local administrators group by scrpting. You konw, in most scenario we use {objLocalGroup}.add function to achieve this target, but what if a workgroup? When I try this on workgroup, script prompts fails with "unknow user name or bad password". Any ideas? Tag: Backing up files with vbscript and maybe Volume Shadow Copy Tag: 216189
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    - help with cancel loops How do I loop a the cancel button here : Do StudentUserName = InputBox ("Please Enter a Student Username ?",_ "Student User Credentials") If IsEmpty(StudentUserName) Then Wscript.Quit Loop until StudentUserName <> "" I want to loop to the start of the entire script. iAnswer = Msgbox("Would you like to configure a Student ?" &vbCrLf &vbCrLf _ & "Select Yes to Continue, Select No to Configure a Staff !",vbYesNoCancel + vbquestion, _ "Config Script") I've see this and asked a similar question before but have totally messed it up. If possible can you please explain how you did it too. I am trying to learn more about it. The entire script is below: *************************************************************************************************************** Dim user, StudentUserName, StaffUserName, StudentComputerName, StaffComputerName, iAnswer, iConfirm iAnswer = Msgbox("Would you like to configure a Student ?" &vbCrLf &vbCrLf _ & "Select Yes to Continue, Select No to Configure a Staff !",vbYesNoCancel + vbquestion, _ "Config Script") If iAnswer = vbYes Then user = "student" ElseIf iAnswer = vbNo Then user = "staff" Else iAnswer = vbCancel Wscript.Quit End If select case user case "student" Do Until iConfirm = vbYes Do StudentUserName = InputBox ("Please Enter a Student Username ?",_ "Student User Credentials") If IsEmpty(StudentUserName) Then Wscript.Quit Loop until StudentUserName <> "" iConfirm = Msgbox("Please Confirm the following Information" &vbCrLf &vbCrLf & _ "Student User Name: " & StudentUserName &vbCrLf &vbCrLf & _ "Select Yes to Continue, No to Change User Information ",vbYesNo + vbinformation, _ "Student Details") Loop StudentComputerName = StudentUserName + "x" msgbox "You username is " & StudentUserName msgbox "You Computer Name is " & StudentComputerName case "staff" Do Until iConfirm = vbYes Do StaffUserName = InputBox ("Please Enter a Staff Username ?",_ "Staff User Credentials") If IsEmpty(StaffUserName) Then Wscript.Quit Loop until StaffUserName <> "" iConfirm = Msgbox("Please Confirm the following Information" &vbCrLf &vbCrLf & _ "Staff User Name: " & StaffUserName &vbCrLf &vbCrLf & _ "Select Yes to Continue, No to Change User Information ",vbYesNo + vbinformation, _ "Staff Details") Loop StAffComputerName = StaffUserName + "x" msgbox "You username is " & StaffUserName msgbox "You Computer Name is " & StaffComputerName end selec Tag: Backing up files with vbscript and maybe Volume Shadow Copy Tag: 216187
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    - account creation Please help I am trying to modify the below creat user account script. I would like the account creator to enter the OU in text box so account can be created in that location. (eg OU=***,OU=***,DC=***,DC=***,DC=UK) enter in text box. unfortunately I am receiving error messages. please help. strpath = ("LDAP://" & strOuList) set objOU = GetObject(strPath) Set objUser = objOU.Create("User", "cn=" & strUser) objUser.Put "sAMAccountName", LCase(strUser) objUser.SetInfo I have also tried Set objOU = GetObject("LDAP://" & strOuList) Set objUser = objOU.Create("User", "cn=" & strUser) objUser.Put "sAMAccountName", LCase(strUser) objUser.SetInfo Tag: Backing up files with vbscript and maybe Volume Shadow Copy Tag: 216174
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    - VBS = Error - ASP = OK - Why ?? Hi I have a .VBS file - contents below: ===================================================================== dataBaseRoot = "d:\Servers\byers\data\mmailing\" DBConLS = "DRIVER={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)}; DBQ=" & dataBaseRoot & "data\listShares.mdb" set ConLS = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection") ConLS.Open DBConLS ===================================================================== When I double click on it, the error shown below is generated. --------------------------- Windows Script Host --------------------------- Script: D:\Servers\Byers\wwwroot\mmailing\connectionTest.vbs Line: 7 Char: 1 Error: Provider is not specified and there is no designated default provider. Code: 800A0EA9 Source: ADODB.Connection --------------------------- OK --------------------------- I have a Classic ASP file - contents below ===================================================================== dataBaseRoot = "d:\Servers\byers\data\mmailing\" DBConLS = "DRIVER={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)}; DBQ=" & dataBaseRoot & "data\listShares.mdb" set ConLS = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection") ConLS.Open DBConLS ===================================================================== When I run the ASPage in Internet Explorer - it runs OK (and actually Opens the Database) I have tried the "Jet" provider - same results I have Installed the latest MDAC (2.8) Why does it work in the ASP but not in the VBS (It works on other servers - but not this new one) THE SERVER IS Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition OS Service Pack Service Pack 2 Internet Explorer 7.0.5730.11 DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c) Thank you Pete (Northolt UK) Tag: Backing up files with vbscript and maybe Volume Shadow Copy Tag: 216170
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    - Replacing single apostrophe (') with two single quotes ('') I am using RC wintrans as the software to localize our company`s software. To localize the strings being used in our software i export all the strings with their string IDs to an excel file and send them for translation. Now when i try to import the translation back into the DB of RC wintrans, excel does not return the strings starting with single quote ' , hence the translation of such strings are not imported automatically into RC wintrans. I would like to write a script, which searches through the strings in the excel file and replace every string starting with single quote ' with two single quotes '' ( remind you its not double quote but two single quotes). Can anybody help me with that? Can you please share it with me if you have any script that could help. Tag: Backing up files with vbscript and maybe Volume Shadow Copy Tag: 216168
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    - Trading Forex WHO WE ARE? We are a partnership based in India and USA. We have a collective FOREX trading experience of 4 years.We decided to start this venture with the intent of helping people in India and other countries take advantage of immense potential profits from the FOREX markets. We act as Liasons between our clients and our partner forex broker and ensure that our clients receive adequate support inspite of being in different countries. WHY CHOOSE US? * FREE!! No extras commission spreads. * Get a friendly advocate in USA in case of broker assistance. * FREE assistance on forex related queries [Educational /Trading Decisions /Trading Sysems /Regulations]. * Live Trading Chat facility to discuss live calls. WHY INTERBANKFX? * We have had excellent experience with InterbankFx. * Professional Charting. * MetaTrader Support. * Credit Card deposit facility available. * Minimum required to open an account as little as USD 250. * No Dealing desk. * Full hedging and trailing stops. * Efficient spreads [as low as 2 on euro, subject to market volatility]. -------------------------- http://www.eecpindia.com http://www.anchorfx.com *** Sent via Developersdex http://www.developersdex.com *** Tag: Backing up files with vbscript and maybe Volume Shadow Copy Tag: 216166
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    - Open File with VB 6.0 Hello Y'all I am wondering if anyone knows how to open a file via VB 6.0 I don't ant to open it into VB, just use vb to open the file e.g. When cmdOpen is clicked Open run.bat Thank you, Jacob Stone Tag: Backing up files with vbscript and maybe Volume Shadow Copy Tag: 216160
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    - I need a login script that rejoins a machine to a new domain I need a login script or script that rejoins a machine to a new domain. I have over 100 workstations in the organization and I need a script that can automate this task. Thank You Tag: Backing up files with vbscript and maybe Volume Shadow Copy Tag: 216158
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    - I need a login script that copies certain profile folder data from I need a login script that copies certain profile folder data such as my favorites, desktop and my documents over to a new domain profile. My company has over 100 workstations. We took over for another IT firm. Everyones profile in the organization was not a domain profile. I recently joined every workstation to the domain. I now need a script that copies old profile information over to their new domain profile. The folders I need copied are the desktop, my favorites and my document folders. Is there a vbs script I can use to automate this task. Doing it manually will probably take years? hah hah Thanks Tag: Backing up files with vbscript and maybe Volume Shadow Copy Tag: 216157
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    - Re: printing character ' and " in asp using vbscript how to print apostrophe character ' and double quote " in asp using vbscript. my code using response.write replaces " character with inverted question mark. please help Tag: Backing up files with vbscript and maybe Volume Shadow Copy Tag: 216152
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    - printing character ' and " in asp using vbscript how to print apostrophe character ' and double quote " in asp using vbscript. my code using response.write replaces " character with inverted question mark. please help Tag: Backing up files with vbscript and maybe Volume Shadow Copy Tag: 216150
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    - Logging FIle Deletions I currently have a script that will delete files after a given time period. I would like to incorporate logging to to see what files have been deleted when the script runs. Any help would be most appreciated. *** Sent via Developersdex http://www.developersdex.com *** Tag: Backing up files with vbscript and maybe Volume Shadow Copy Tag: 216147
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    - Setting FileSystem & Service Permissions on logon I have prepared .NET 2.0 Desktop App for my college library. My college System Admin set-up the library network with Windows 2003 server & XP clients, and has handed over its responsibilities to me. I have some experience with Active Directory & Group Policies, but I'm not an Admin. I have set-up OUs & appropriate Group Policies for various clients. I am looking for help in 2 specific areas: 1) First, each client has a varying number of hard-disk partitions. Active Directory Group Policy allows me to restrict access to either A,B,C,D or all drives. Some of these clients have up-to 6-7 partitions & I need to restrict access to some of them depending upon the Login. I did not see a direct way to do it. The only solution I see are Login scripts. Is there any other way to deny access to a partition depending upon who is logging in (for drive letters such as E & F). If I need to use scripts, can someone provide me a sample script to deny access to say F: for users in OPAC organizational unit. 2) The second thing is Service. Some clients have Sql Express installed for local use. Again, I need to start-up Sql Service only if OPAC user is logging in. Is there any way other than scripts, and if no, again I would request a sample script??? Tag: Backing up files with vbscript and maybe Volume Shadow Copy Tag: 216145
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    - Easy way to iterate through text list? I have a comma delimited "list" in a string variable that I iterate over in a For loop. Currently, I first split the list into an array and then iterate over the array. searchfor = "album,artist,genre" searchtags = Split(searchfor, ",", -1, vbTextCompare) For Each tag In searchtags ... Next Is there a simpler way to do this, without having to split the list first? Tag: Backing up files with vbscript and maybe Volume Shadow Copy Tag: 216135
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    - Can 'MInifying' vbscript provide performance gain? Can removing all comments, blank lines, tabs etc from vbscript code provide any performance boost? We are looking to tweak any performance we can get out of our app, I know it's a bit extreme of a move but is it viable? I have created a script to do this and it removes about 12mb from the file system footprint. Do you think that when the scripts are interpretted this could save some time? Tag: Backing up files with vbscript and maybe Volume Shadow Copy Tag: 216130
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    - Search data with vbscript I 'm trying to write vbscript that will do search for specific key word or phrase (will be defined in script) inside PHP files in current folder, include subfolders. Once key word is found, it just opens this file and highlight this word. Any help is appreciated. thanks. Tag: Backing up files with vbscript and maybe Volume Shadow Copy Tag: 216129
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    - Switches Folks: I have an EXE file from a Visual Basic application & I would like to identify the available switches. Generally, with Microsoft windows EXE files, we can gain access to the SWITCHES associated with these file. By typing "Filename.EXE /?" or "Filename.EXE /Help" I can get a list of all the available switches. This approach does NOT work with my VisualBasicFile.EXE file. * Is there another way to identify the switches associates with my EXE file ? * Can Microsoft deliberately hide these switches so that "/Help " or "/?" do NOT show any results ? * Appreciate any references to study this issue a bit more Thanks JoJo Tag: Backing up files with vbscript and maybe Volume Shadow Copy Tag: 216124
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    - Create ActiveX object in VBS without console login Iâ??m running a VB script that has been spun off of a Windows Service which is configured as running as Local System, interact with DeskTop. The VB script is driving an IE application â?? and the IE application creates a new IE browser. My script is trying to find the browser with Shell.Application, using the Windows method to cycle through the windows, finding the one I want. My problem is that I get the error ActiveX Canâ??t Create Object when I try to use the Windows method. However it works if Iâ??m logged into the system console. Is there a permission/setting I can set to have it work without having the system console logged in? Tag: Backing up files with vbscript and maybe Volume Shadow Copy Tag: 216107
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    - VBScript to send email if file is in folder I'm trying to figure out how to write a VBScript that will read a folder, and send an email if there is a file with an extension of BAD. I have a block of code that works to send the email using Outlook from other scripts I have in place. I have no idea where to start with the rest of the script. The files will have numerous names, but they will only have an extension of BAD or ERR. If they are there, I want to move them after the email is sent so I don;t continue to get false alerts. Any help pointing me in the right direction would be great! Tag: Backing up files with vbscript and maybe Volume Shadow Copy Tag: 216099
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    - response.write issue This should be incredibly easy. But, I am having issues with the following. Why am I not getting the value to write out? Thanks. <%@ LANGUAGE="VBSCRIPT" %> <% Response.Buffer = True %> <html> <head> <title>testing</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> </head> <body> <FORM name="testing" target="_top" action="testing.asp"> <select name="testing"> <option value="first" selected>first</option> <option value="second">second</option> </select> <input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit"> </FORM> <% strtesting = request.form("testing") response.write (strtesting) %> </body> </html> Tag: Backing up files with vbscript and maybe Volume Shadow Copy Tag: 216096
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    - multiple choice boxes Hi, I am programming scripts to easily process a lot of measurement data from work. In order to be able to group certain data into summary output files, I would like to give the user the chance to select grouping criteria via multiple choice boxes, such as: Group by: [ ] Date [ ] Measurement Target [ ] Process ..... Is there any way to bring up such a multiple choice box in VB Script and react to the responses via select? Alternatively, is there any way to bring up a MsgBox where I can actually customize the reply buttons? So far, I only saw options like "Yes", "No" and "Cancel". Are you aware of any publicly posted subfunction that does either one of these? Thanks, Martin Tag: Backing up files with vbscript and maybe Volume Shadow Copy Tag: 216089
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    - help with loops Hello everyone, I am after some help from more experienced programmers. I have used other scripts as examples from here and ones i have found on google. The script I have provided below is quite basic, but at this stage I am having some issues with my looping code. When I ask the user for a Blue or Red team name with an Input box they are presented with an OK and a cancel box. A cancel exits the script, however how do I loop a cancel to then loop all the way to the top of the script so they now seeing the Msgbox asking again if they are part of blue or red team with a Yes or No response ? I have looked at loops but if there is something else I can use please let me know. I hope someone can provide me some assistance. Thanking you in advance. *************************************************************************** Dim team, BTeam, RTeam, pick, choice pick = Msgbox("Are you part of Blue Team, Otherwise your on Red Team",vbYesNoCancel) If pick = vbYes Then team = "Blue" ElseIf pick = vbNo Then team = "Red" Else pick = vbCancel Wscript.Quit End If select case Team case "Blue" Do Until choice = vbYes BTeam = InputBox ("What is your Blue Team name ?") msgbox "Blue Team Name is " & BTeam Wscript.Quit Loop case "Red" Do Until choice = vbYes RTeam = InputBox ("What is your Red Team name ?") msgbox "Red Team Name is " & RTeam Wscript.Quit Loop end select Tag: Backing up files with vbscript and maybe Volume Shadow Copy Tag: 216086
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    - How to test VB Script How to test a VB Script. As it is placed in my .msi and if it doesnt work properly it is not possible for me to remove the application from my system. So before putting that VB Script i jst wants to test the working of script file. Tag: Backing up files with vbscript and maybe Volume Shadow Copy Tag: 216085
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    - Error 80041017 Looping through Array on Win 2000 I have the following script running (snippet from full script) on a Windows XP box with no errors. When I move the script to a Windows 2000 box (production) I receive an error 80041017 on line with For, character 1. All I've found online is that some of the winmgmt objects are named differently in Win2K but I cant seem to find mine as a problem. Does anyone see my problem? sSomefolder = filepath 'sPathSpec = Replace(Mid(Dir, 3) & "\", "\", "\\") sComputer = "." ' local machine 'Queries the sSomefolder to find any files like the name in ivrpins. 'This is necessary since the last characters before the extension are different Set qWMISrv = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & sComputer & "\root\cimv2") Set aFiles = qWMISrv.ExecQuery("Select * from CIM_Datafile Where "_ & "Drive = 'C:' AND Path = '" & Dir1 & "' AND FileName Like '" _ & stamp_file & sqldate & "%'", , 48) For Each File In aFiles msgbox file.FileName Tag: Backing up files with vbscript and maybe Volume Shadow Copy Tag: 216079
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    - What's wrong with my line counter script? Hello, Below is the contents of my linecounter.vbs file, which I hoped was going to be useful in telling me how many lines a text file includes, but seems to max out at 65,000 (give or take) even though I know my files are over 800,000 lines of text. Any suggestions? I'm obviously oversimplifying or else this wouldn't be a problem. Thanks, Eric ----linecounter.vbs-------------------------------------------- Dim objArgs Set objArgs = WScript.Arguments TgtFile = objArgs(0) Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set f = fso.OpenTextFile(TgtFile) ra = f.ReadAll msg = objArgs(0) & vbcrlf msg = msg & " line count: " & f.Line WScript.Echo msg --(end)------------------------------------------------------------ Tag: Backing up files with vbscript and maybe Volume Shadow Copy Tag: 216073
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    - Access Denied I'm trying to dynamically remove and add users to a group on a domain using a login script but I get an access denied error on objGroup.Remove objUser.AdsPath Does anyone know why and how to resolve it? wscript.echo "Test Script." ' Remove AD LDS User from AD LDS Group. Dim objADAM ' Binding object. Dim objGroup ' Group object. Dim objUser ' User object. Dim strGroup ' Group. Dim strPath ' Binding path. Dim strOU ' Organizational unit. Dim strUser ' User. ' Construct the binding string. strPath = "ldap path" WScript.Echo "Bind to: " & strPath ' Specify User. strUser = "CN..." ' Specify Group. strGroup = "CN..." WScript.Echo "Remove: " & strUser WScript.Echo " from" WScript.Echo " " & strGroup ' Bind to root. Set objADAM = GetObject(strPath) ' Output error if bind fails. If Err.Number <> vbEmpty Then WScript.Echo "Error: Bind failed." WScript.Quit End If ' Remove User from Group. Set objGroup = objADAM.GetObject("group", strGroup) Set objUser = objADAM.GetObject("user", strUser) objGroup.Remove objUser.AdsPath ' Output success or error. If Err.Number <> vbEmpty Then WScript.Echo "Error: Remove failed." WScript.Echo Err.Description Else WScript.Echo "Success: User removed from group." End If Tag: Backing up files with vbscript and maybe Volume Shadow Copy Tag: 216071
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    - Xcacls.vbs output format problem Hello all. I'm using Xcacls.vbs to enumerate the directory permissions on a remote server. http://www.jsifaq.com/SF/Tips/Tip.aspx?id=8225 If you look at the example output in the above website, you'll see the various columns; Type, Username, Permissions and Inheritance. The problem I'm seeing is that if an entry in the Username column has too many characters, it is being cut off. For example: "ServerName12345\IUSR_ServerName12345" is being displayed as "ServerName12345\IUSR_Se" I found a couple posts that appeared to deal with this issue, but the listed solution didn't work for me: http://www.itnewsgroups.net/group/microsoft.public.windows.server.general/topic5960.aspx http://www.webservertalk.com/message1843654.html Any suggestions on how to solve this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! - Dave Tag: Backing up files with vbscript and maybe Volume Shadow Copy Tag: 216066
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    - passing value from Textfield I have a textfield I'll call txtTest. I cannot seem to enter a value in the textfield and pass the value of the textfield using: varRequestParm = Request.Form("txtTest") Set rsTemp = server.createobject("adodb.recordset") CPC_Connection.WebQry_List varRequestParm, rsTemp If the textfield is instead a dropdown list everything works fine. What could be going on? Tag: Backing up files with vbscript and maybe Volume Shadow Copy Tag: 216063
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    - Annual leave help :) Hey, I am doing an exel sheet concerning the annual leave and i am trying to figure out a formula that gives the total vacation days excluding Saturday and sunday I have tried this formula but its not working so what can i do ? IF (TotalDays Mod 7) * 7 = 6 Then WeekEndDays = WeekEndDays + 1 Please advise Start date =B End Date=C Total = D Please advise Tag: Backing up files with vbscript and maybe Volume Shadow Copy Tag: 216053
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    - HTML, JScript, VBScript to EXE online converter Hello all, Please check this online free converter and tell me your feedback. http://www.vbs2exe.com/ Thanks in advance, Sa6ry Tag: Backing up files with vbscript and maybe Volume Shadow Copy Tag: 216050
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    - if email The user logon on script includes an email signature vbs script however I would only like that to run if they have an exchange mailbox, can you help? -- Steve Tag: Backing up files with vbscript and maybe Volume Shadow Copy Tag: 216046
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    - Email I have a vbs script that runs at user logon however I'd like it only to run if the user has an exchange mailbox, can you help? -- Steve Tag: Backing up files with vbscript and maybe Volume Shadow Copy Tag: 216045
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    - Adding a printer port Question about a vbscript that would create an IP printer port and then install a printer. The script would run against XP computers with DeepFreeze installed. The plan would be to run the script during each logon. 1. Will the process of creating each IP port take longer then 10 seconds or so on each logon? 2. Is local administrator access required. Can I use Run As Administrator account during the script? Tag: Backing up files with vbscript and maybe Volume Shadow Copy Tag: 216043
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    - vbscript to traverse subfolders Hey All.... Can anyone help me with the easiest way would be to make the script below to traverse subfolders and perform the file copy from the txt file list? I want to remove the hard coded "source", and put the root folder H:\ and traverse it looking for the files. Thanks in advance!!!! set fso = createobject("scripting.filesystemobject") Set objShell = CreateObject("wscript.Shell") Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set objErrLog = objFSO.OpenTextFile("H: \August07_Missing_Restore_Log.log", 8, True) On Error Resume Next sFile = "H:\August07.txt" dest = "H:\Restore\August07\" Set txtStream = fso.OpenTextFile(sfile) ' Open text file. Do While Not (txtStream.atEndOfStream) ' Read each line of the file Filename = txtStream.ReadLine source = "\\server\archive\" & Filename 'wscript.echo source If objFSO.FileExists(source) Then intRunError = ObjShell.Run("%COMSPEC% /c Echo Y| fileacl " _ & source & " /o administrators", 2, True) If intRunError <> 0 Then Wscript.Echo "Error assigning permissions for user " _ & strUser & " to file " & source End If Else objErrLog.WriteLine source & " - Error: File Does Not Exist! - " & Now End If fso.copyfile source, dest, true Loop wscript.echo "DONE!!!!" Tag: Backing up files with vbscript and maybe Volume Shadow Copy Tag: 216036
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    - ways to map a network drive hey all, can someone please show me how to map a network drive in vbscript? thanks, rodchar Tag: Backing up files with vbscript and maybe Volume Shadow Copy Tag: 216031
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    - FSO Hi everyone, I'm having troubles with the FileSystemObject. I have two servers and I use the FSO to make a backup from one to another. The connection between this servers are too fast (1gbps) but, when I use the FSO with the CopyFile method, this files are copied at no more than 10mbps. It's very slow. I think that is a kind of problem that have the FSO and I ask you about if there is another method to do it. I copy here a part of my vbs code Thanks in advance, Gregorio Aranda. fichero_origen = subfolder.path & "\" & objFile.name fichero_destino = replace(subfolder.path,carpeta_inicio,carpeta_destino) & "\" & objFile.Name Set fecha = objFSO.GetFile(fichero_origen) fecha_fichero = fecha.DateCreated if datediff("d",fecha_fichero,now())<14 then if not objFSO.fileexists(fichero_destino) then objFSO.CopyFile fichero_origen,fichero_destino,true sw=0 end if else objFSO.DeleteFile (fichero_origen) if objFSO.fileexists(fichero_destino) then objFSO.DeleteFile (fichero_destino) end if end if Tag: Backing up files with vbscript and maybe Volume Shadow Copy Tag: 216023
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    - check to see if machine certificate is for our domain As part of wireless access, you can use EAP to authenticate workstations that are in a domain and have a workstation certificate. Thinking on those same lines, is there any way via script to check this said machine/computer certificate on a PC? Thanks! Billy Tag: Backing up files with vbscript and maybe Volume Shadow Copy Tag: 216022
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    - VBScript Error Hello, The following script is giving me this error: Object required: {string: '["""D:\Program Files\Ju"]' I've tried %20 and that did not work. What changes need to be made to the VBScrit below to get rid of the above error. Dim regedit, nFile set regedit = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") set nFile = """D:\Program Files\Just BASIC v1.01\My Programs \eBookErrFix\eBookErrFix\eBookErrFix\CurrentFile.txt""" nFile.write(regedit.RegRead("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft \Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\DefaultUserName")) Thank you for your help, jfcby Tag: Backing up files with vbscript and maybe Volume Shadow Copy Tag: 216020
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    - Script to delete sub folders I'm looking for a script/tool that will delete all subfolders under a specific folder that are 0k in size on a Windows 2003 File Server. The following is the path where "#" would be the top level folder. Any 0k sized folders under this folder would need to be removed. D:\Datashare\Clients$\CLIENTFI\# -- Santhosh Pallikara Tag: Backing up files with vbscript and maybe Volume Shadow Copy Tag: 216013
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Hello,

I'm looking to write a small vbscript to backup a laptop users PST
files to a network drive. I would like this to happen without the need
for a user to close Outlook. I have read a little about Volume Shadow
Copy and I'm wondering if this is the best thing to use and how you
can control it from Vbscript / Windows XP. Currently we are using a
batch file however it "coughs, sputters, barfs, farts then explodes"
every time it comes to a PST file (file in use). Thanks in advance.

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Re: Backing up files with vbscript and maybe Volume Shadow Copy by Pegasus

Pegasus
Mon Mar 17 13:35:08 CDT 2008

<Cryptographic_ICE@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:79aa3423-004f-49ac-a2a5-06fd99417af4@a1g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
> Hello,
>
> I'm looking to write a small vbscript to backup a laptop users PST
> files to a network drive. I would like this to happen without the need
> for a user to close Outlook. I have read a little about Volume Shadow
> Copy and I'm wondering if this is the best thing to use and how you
> can control it from Vbscript / Windows XP. Currently we are using a
> batch file however it "coughs, sputters, barfs, farts then explodes"
> every time it comes to a PST file (file in use). Thanks in advance.

The simplest method would be to invoke ntbackup from
within your batch file, enabling shadow copy. I'm doing
it all the time and it works extremely well. I can see no
advantage in invoking ntbackup from within a VB Script
file.

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