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    - objEmail.To combine variable and string I'm trying to combine a variable email address and a string email address. Microsoft VBScript compilation error '800a0401' Expected end of statement objEmail.To = Recordset1("email_mypic");"mail@tcp.com" ---------------------------------------^Notice anything wrong?objEmail.To = Recordset1("email_mypic");"mail@tcp.com" Tag: how to query user's desktop Tag: 194954
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    - File permissions Hi! :) Until now I've used SetAcl.exe for setting permissions but I would like to learn to do it by myself now. (SetAcl.exe works fine for most things but a lot of the time you have to map a drive for it to work over the network though it sais it should work with UNC paths and then there's the problem with having to bring the exe file whereever you go...) Any tips on where I can find information om how to set permissions with only vbs and what's built into the os'es? I think I searched on it a while back but only found bad sites without examples. I guess what I'm looking for is really a few good examples. Thanks a million! :) /Sofia Tag: how to query user's desktop Tag: 194950
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    - VBS Logon Script Help I have the following VBS script that runs at logon and removes a shared printer on a server. This work great but if the user was to logon again the script would error saying printer does not exist. Can anyone help with script so that if it gets this error it would not display error ocde on screen and just finish? New to VBS..... VBS Script ' RemovePrinterConnection.vbs - Windows logon script ' VBScript to - Network Printer ' ------------------------------------------------------' Option Explicit Dim objNetwork, strUNCPrinter strUNCPrinter = "\\servername\HPLaserJ1022NW" Set objNetwork = CreateObject("WScript.Network") ' Section which removes the network printer objNetwork.RemovePrinterConnection strUNCPrinter 'WScript.Echo "Check Printers folder NO: " & strUNCPrinter Wscript.Quit Error Code Display on screen if you have already run this cript and its tries again Line 1 Char 1 Error: This Network connection does not exist Code: 800708CA Source: wshNetwork.RemoveNetworkDrive Thanks Tag: how to query user's desktop Tag: 194944
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    - Script help please (unlock locked out accounts) NEWBIE G'day all I've got two questions if you will The below script (that I hacked together )will unlock a users account that has entered the wrong password too many times but I have a problem with the user interface. I want our helpdesk people to be able to use the loginID instead of the users full name. How can I get the fullname from a user input of the loginID so that I can then use that in the GETOBJECT section? How can I find out all the options for objUser ? I suppose this is some sort of comand reference Thanks regards Mark Aus *****SCRIPT START************************** 'Get the user name UserLOGID = InputBox("Enter the Login ID of the User you wish to unlock") 'if Cancel selected - exit If (UserLOGID = "") Then Wscript.Quit 'Get the Organizational Unit OrgInput=InputBox( _ "Select the Organizational unit by number" & vbCRLF & vbCRLF _ & " 1 - SITE1" & vbCRLF _ & " 2 - SITE2" & VbCrLf _ & " 3 - SITE3" & vbCRLF _ & " 4 - SITE4" & vbCRLF _ & " 5 - SITE5" & vbCRLF _ & " 6 - SITE6" & vbCRLF _ & " 7 - SITE7" & vbCRLF & VbCrLf ) 'if Cancel selected - exit If (OrgInput = "") Then Wscript.Quit If (OrgInput = "1") Then OrgUnit="SITE1" If (OrgInput = "2") Then OrgUnit="SITE2" If (OrgInput = "3") Then OrgUnit="SITE3" If (OrgInput = "4") Then OrgUnit="SITE4" If (OrgInput = "5") Then OrgUnit="SITE5" If (OrgInput = "6") Then OrgUnit="SITE6" If (OrgInput = "7") Then OrgUnit="SITE7" MsgBox ("You're unlocking "& UserLOGID & VbCrLf _ & "from Organizational Unit "& OrgUnit) 'error check input If (INSTR("1234567",Action)=0) OR (Len(Action)>1) then y = msgbox("Unacceptable input passed -- '" & OrgUnit & "'", _ vbOKOnly + vbCritical, "That was SOME bad input!") Wscript.Quit End If Set objUser = GetObject _ ("LDAP://cn="& UserLOGID &",ou="& OrgUnit &",ou=People,dc=internal,dc=business,dc=big,dc=com,dc=au") objUser.IsAccountLocked = False objUser.SetInfo MsgBox ("Account has been unlocked" & vbOKOnly) Wscript.Quit *****SCRIPT END************************** Tag: how to query user's desktop Tag: 194943
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    - Batch file or VB script for more automated USMT? I have created individual batch files for scanstate and loadstate where I edit them for each user. I have to manually change the user name, manually change the file name of the batch files I create for each user, and manually name the share name and location where each user's data is saved. Is there a way to make this much easier, such as a batch file or VB script that simply prompts you for the user name and the site (user name entered at the prompt then being used to automatically choose the username for scan state and load for loadstate, as well as create/name a directory based on user name to store the USMT data. Site name entered would determine from what location scanstate and load state executables would run and where the data files would be saved so that it always saves the data to the local site of the user rather than across a WAN). Basically I want an interface that is very simple and prompts: Are you collecting data from the old PC or loading data to the new PC? (A or B) Which site? (4 choices) What is the user name? The person running the tool should only need to run the tool, enter the answers to those 3 prompts. They would run it from the old PC to collect the data, wait for the data to be saved to the network share, then run it at the new computer to load the data. It would great if it at least show a message saying loadstate or scanstate is in progress and then show when completed sucessfully. I doubt I could be the first person to think of this, so maybe something like this has already beeen created or else can someone help with this? Tag: how to query user's desktop Tag: 194940
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    - RegExp Help Hi, Ok, this may be stupid on my part, but I hate asking for help since it is an affirmation that I am not as smart as I think I am.. Anyhow...I wrote a ADSI script that automates the creation of distribution groups. Sometimes users provide illegal or unsupported characters for the name of the group so I need to escape the characters in order to Put the distinguished name of the object. Most likely the name that is provided will only have one of these characters. I just don't understand the matches object well enough to use firstindex, etc...Here is some sample code I have. Thanks for any help provided. strData = "my+test?hel>lo" Set regEx = New RegExp regEx.Pattern = "\+|\?|\>" regEx.IgnoreCase = True regEx.Global = True Set Matches = regEx.Execute(strData) For Each match In matches StringToReplace = regEx.Replace(strData, "\" & match.value) Next Set regEx = Nothing WScript.Echo StringToReplace Output: my\>test\>hel\>lo Intended Output: my\+test\?hel\>lo Tag: how to query user's desktop Tag: 194938
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    - How to read Registry STRING_EXPAND_SZ WITHOUT EXPANDING? How can I read a STRING_EXPAND_SZ value from the Registry and get the %SystemRoot% (or any other possible substitute string for that matter) verbatim, without being substituted? Thanks in advance. Tag: how to query user's desktop Tag: 194931
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    - VBScript and MSOffice Is it possible to harvest all the fieldnames and 1st line of data from all xls and mdb's using vbscript? The reason is to verify a company computer does not have SSN's or bank account or checking account files, or cc numbers on it. A policy might be in place but to actually audit hundreds of machines would take months, and by then I would need to audit again! To find all the files is easy, but to make things simple I would want to gleam all the data into a csv file with the machine name, filename and path in case you found one you would know where it came from. Is this out of the range of reasonable for vbscript? Tag: how to query user's desktop Tag: 194919
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    - SQL query: Error as if column is not there? Hello, I'm having a strange problem. I get an error "Item cannot be found in the collection corresponding to the request name or orginal," even though WEISGSUPPORT is contained within the BladeAlias column: Set objRecordSet = objConnection.Execute("Select BladeOwner, CageSerialNum, SlotNum FROM SMBlades WHERE BladeAlias = 'WEISGSUPPORT';") Do While Not objRecordset.EOF strResults = strResults & objRecordSet("BladeAlias") & vbnewline objRecordset.MoveNext Loop I get the error at the first line in the do...loop. Why is this happening? It's driving me crazy! Thanks for the help, Matt Tag: how to query user's desktop Tag: 194914
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    - Copy folder off network share, overright if existing, and run a specified program I have been fighting with this all morning. I need to copy a folder off of a network share, overright the folder if it exists on the local machine and run a specified program with switches as a administrator. Can you please help with this. Network Share path \\server\software\folder Tag: how to query user's desktop Tag: 194906
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    - Creating a Link Checker So my boss has been killing me about creating a link checker, what I need to know is there a sample script somewhere to get me started on creating a checker? Basically we have a ton of links and want to check if they are valid as in not hardcoded, not sure I want to check if the link is actually working cause that might not be an easy thing to pull off. Reason I am doing vbs is cause we cannot install anything on our server and running something client side is not dependable. With a vbs file I can just schedule it and produce a report and email it to myself or anyone else who needed to see if there were broken links. Any leads to good example scripts? Tag: how to query user's desktop Tag: 194904
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    - Bulk Delete groups from AD I am trying to bulk delete groups from AD using VBScript. I have a list of the distinguished names of the groups in an Excel spreadsheet. My problem is that the groups span accross several domains in my AD forest and i am unable to find a script which will delete an object purely by the distinguished name. All the scripts i have found have to at least bind to the domain container first. Can anyone help me with this? Tag: how to query user's desktop Tag: 194902
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    - Date Conversion from DD/MM/YYY hh:mm:ss to YYYYMMDDhhmmss I would like to make a date conversion from DD/MM/YYY hh:mm:ss to YYYYMMDDhhmmss in vbscript. Thanks for your help. youyoupapayou Tag: how to query user's desktop Tag: 194899
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    - I'm tring a VBscripting to send a fax, can someone please help me? Hey.. I'm running some vba code to change a certain sheet accordingly to some information. This sheet then should be faxed to a certain client, the problem is that Every sheet differs to their respective client and ther's 500 clients. How will I be able to send every sheet to it's respectible customer, with the click of one button? I can already print every sheet with the specific information, but how will I fax it without having to enter the details of 500 people, can I use a vbscript file and how do I do that? Tag: how to query user's desktop Tag: 194898
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    - Web expression Hi, I would like to know is there a generic rule that I can follow to determine if the string is a valid URL? eg. prefix is http, www...etc. Tag: how to query user's desktop Tag: 194896
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    - Error message I have created a kixform login script (I've also posted this question on the kixforms board). The form contains a hyperlink to the H: drive and a hyperlink to the S: drive. The first time I click either I get an error message simillar to: Windows cannot find 'ldist,:1588:4064,h:\' Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again. To search for a file, click on the Start button, and then click search. After I click on OK and then reclick on the link, everything works fine. Has anyone experienced anything simillar to this? Thanks, Jeremy Tag: how to query user's desktop Tag: 194894
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    - detect if a sidebar panel is open in IE I am using this script to open sidepanels in IE: <script language="VBScript"> set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application") bReturn = objShell.ShowBrowserBar("{FF059E31-CC5A-4E2E-BF3B-96E929D65503}", true) </script> but I can only open panels, not close them, because I don't know how to detect whether a panel is already open. I'd like to have it this way: if panel=open then objShell.ShowBrowserBar("{FF059E31-CC5A-4E2E-BF3B-96E929D65503}", true) else objShell.ShowBrowserBar("{FF059E31-CC5A-4E2E-BF3B-96E929D65503}", false) end if Is it possible to detect the state of side bars in IE? If yes, please provide the necessary code. Tag: how to query user's desktop Tag: 194892
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    - Using Run to access Start Is there a way to use WScript.Shell's Run method to invoke Start? The reason is that I want to get ahold of a pseudo-hidden environment variable, %cmdcmdline%. For example, if (on Win XP) at the Cmd window you type: SET XY=%cmdcmdline% SET you will see how that cmd window was invoked (simply typing echo %cmdcmdline% might lead to odd results). Start has the characteristic, that it will preserve the environment variable settings. Thus, if at the Cmd window you type: START cmd.exe SET XYZ=%cmdcmdline% SET you'll see that the results are the same as for the original Cmd window. That is why I would like to be able to use CreateObject('WScript.Shell')->Run to invoke Start. However, Run seems not to know about Start. Any ideas? Or perhaps someone has a better method? I've tried Set aEnv=CreateObject("WScript.Shell").Environment("Process") then aEnv('cmdcmdline'), aEnv('=cmdcmdline'), and friends without success. Thanks, Csaba Gabor from Vienna Tag: how to query user's desktop Tag: 194890
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    - knowing if LAN is working Hi, I would like to start a simple visual basic script, or batch file, as soon as the connection to the LAN is working. My problem is: how can i know when the LAN is working? I would need something like this: LanWorking = False; while ( LanWorking == False ) wait 1000 LanWorking = CheckLan( ) ... how can I do this? thanks for every help! Tag: how to query user's desktop Tag: 194885
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    - move program window location after opening I would like to open a program window, example the command prompt and move its location on the screen. I would like to move it to the left corner or right corner of the screen. I can use the RUN command to execute the program - but it opens at any location on the screen, I need to force it to open on the left hand or right hand corner - fixed location every time the vbscript is run. Thanks in advance. Tag: how to query user's desktop Tag: 194882
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    - Script checks for computer membership in group I am new to scripting and I am trying to figure out how to do the following: Have a login script check to see if the computer running the script is a member of a specific group. If it is, then do one thing. If not, then do something else. I am using VBScript to map drives based the users group membership but I am not sure how to check the computer group membership. Any advice? F. Tag: how to query user's desktop Tag: 194881
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    - Codeaholic's StandardLibrary.vbs Someone asked for my StandardLibrary.vbs file. After some weeks in close combat with the "black dog" (an animal I'm sure some of you are, unfortunately, familiar with) I have finally struggled out of the pit long enough to get in posted: <http://codeaholic.blogspot.com/2006/08/vbscript-standard-library.html> Kind regards, Bruce. Tag: how to query user's desktop Tag: 194878
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    - Help with Permission Denied Hi Folks, Need a hand here. I just got a new Car Stereo that takes SD cards, but the file format is WAY different than what Windows Media player synchs to the cards. I'm trying to read a .m3u playlist file and take each song and copy it to the SD card in a 8 character folder name of the play list. I keep getting "Permission Denied" errors. The music lives on a server in my house and I'm attempting to copy mp3 over the network to my SD card local to my client by double clicking on the .vbs file. Here is the script so far: (PS, it's not optimized, or cleaned up) ------ Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Dim PlayListName Dim SFNPlayListName Dim PlayListFile Dim SDCardDrive ' Changable Playlist Options PlayListName = "Driving Trax" PlayListFile = "\\server\Music\Playlists\Driving.m3u" SFNPlayListName = "DRVNG" SDCardDrive = "G:" 'Check to see if the target exists, if it does, delete it DestDir = SDCardDrive & "\" & SFNPlayListName If objFSO.FolderExists(DestDir) Then Set DelFolder = objFSO.GetFolder (DestDir) DelFolder.Delete End If 'Re create the folder and prep for copy Set MakeFolder = objFSO.CreateFolder(DestDir) Const ForReading = 1 Set plFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile(PlayListFile, ForReading) Do Until plFile.AtEndOfStream txtLine = plFile.ReadLine If Len(txtLine) <> 0 Then If Left(txtLine, 1) <> "#" Then 'Wscript.Echo ("Copy " & txtLine & " to " & DestDir) If ObjFSO.FileExists(txtLine) Then Set ws = WScript.CreateObject ("WScript.shell") ObjFSO.CopyFile txtLine, DestDir ' Permission Denied here! End If End If End If Loop plFile.close Wscript.Quit ----- I labelled the line I get permission denied on, I can't for the life of me figure out why, because if I take the commented "echo" line and copy and paste it into a CMD window, it works fine. Moreover, if I replace that permission denied line with: Call ws.run("cmd.exe /c copy " & Chr(34) & txtLine & Chr(34) & " " & DestDir & "\") It works fine (although it opens up about 80 CMD windows and freezes explorer until the copy is complete). Any idea why I'm getting permission denied here? Does the WSH block access to copy files (I was able to delete above?!?) or something? Thanks for the help! Sean Tag: how to query user's desktop Tag: 194877
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    - About create users and move them to appointed OU. Hi, everyone. I am going to create 10 users who names client 1 to client 10, and then move them to the appointed OU which names "SYS" I prepared 2 vbscripts. 1st: create 10 users: source code: Set objRootDSE = GetObject("LDAP://rootDSE") Set objContainer = GetObject("LDAP://cn=Users," & _ objRootDSE.Get("defaultNamingContext")) For i = 1 To 10 Set objLeaf = objContainer.Create("User", "cn=Client" & i) objLeaf.Put "sAMAccountName", "UserNo" & i objLeaf.SetInfo Next WScript.Echo "Users created." 2st: move them to OU (the name for ou is "SYS") Const ADS_PROPERTY_APPEND = 3 Set objRootDSE = GetObject("LDAP://rootDSE") Set objContainer = GetObject("LDAP://cn=Users," & _ objRootDSE.Get("defaultNamingContext")) Set objOU = objContainer.Create("OU", "cn=SYS") objOU.Put "sAMAccountName","SYS" objOU.SetInfo For i = 1 To 10 strDN = ",cn=Users," & objRootDSE.defaultNamingContext objOU.PutEx ADS_PROPERTY_APPEND, "member", _ Array("cn=UserNo" & i & strDN) objOU.SetInfo Next WScript.Echo "Users added to the OU." But , oh no, script failed. who can tell me what's wrong with "it" (I mean the script)? Thanks for everyone. Hope everything goes well with you. KejiaLi coming from China email: kejiali@gmail.com Tag: how to query user's desktop Tag: 194876
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    - Function help Hi, I have a stream which returns a value as shown below, 1190 Chris Grove 1058 GEORGE EVANS 1231 Susan D Elowson How do I return just the Numbers preceding the names? Any help is sincerely appreciated. Thx, Sunny Tag: how to query user's desktop Tag: 194875
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    - Local Account: PasswordLastChanged Anyone successful getting passwordlastchanged on local accounts? I can get this for domain accounts but the same vbs code (using the WinNT provider) doesn't seem to work for local accounts. TIA Dave Tag: how to query user's desktop Tag: 194871
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    - How to create a script to execute an application in the "Visual C++ 6" Hi, My objective is to execute an application that is in the directory of the open project. For in such a way i created this script: language="VBScript" function fnShellExecuteVB() dim objShell set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application") objShell.ShellExecute "notepad.exe", "", "", "open", 1 set objShell = nothing end function Sub test() fnShellExecuteVB End Sub In this script I am trying to execute notepad.exe as test and am receiving the following message from error: "Permission Denied" please, somebody knows what to make to execute an application in a macro in the "Visual c++ 6"? And how to obtain the directory of an open project? much thankful, helin Tag: how to query user's desktop Tag: 194869
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    - VB Script for RegEx file processing ' VB Script Document option explicit Dim objRegExpr Set objRegExpr = New regexp Dim InputFileName, OutputFileName, Result objRegExpr.Pattern = InputBox("Regex String :","RegEx","CUSTOMER TOTAL\s+=\s+[0-9\.]+") if ( objRegExpr.Pattern <> "" ) then ' for cancel. InputFileName = InputBox("Input file path and name :","Input File","y:\fix\roc\dated.txt") if ( InputFileName <> "" ) then ' for cancel. OutputFileName = InputBox("Output file path and name :","Output File","Regex.txt") if ( OutputFileName <> "" ) then ' for cancel. if ( MsgBox ( "Process file?", vbOKCancel, "Process") = vbOK ) then objRegExpr.Global = True objRegExpr.IgnoreCase = True Dim colMatches Dim objMatch Dim RetStr Dim objFSO,objFileRead,objFileWrite,strLine Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set objFileRead = objFSO.OpenTextFile(InputFileName, 1, false) Set objFileWrite = objFSO.CreateTextFile(OutputFileName) Do While objFileRead.AtEndOfStream = False strLine = objFileRead.ReadLine Set colMatches = objRegExpr.Execute(strLine) For Each objMatch In colMatches ' Iterate Matches collection. objFileWrite.WriteLine(objMatch.Value) Next Loop end if end if end if end if Wscript.Echo "Regex Done" Tag: how to query user's desktop Tag: 194868
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    - Permissions needed to query ROOT\MicrosoftExchangeV2? I have a script that queries mailboxes using: strComputer = ExchServer Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _ & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & _ "\ROOT\MicrosoftExchangeV2") ...but it is failing on GetObject with "permission denied". What permissions do I need to query MicrosoftExchangeV2? I've already given it full access on MicrosoftExchangeV2 via the WMI CPL. I've also made it an Exchange Admin. The only way I can get it to successfully query is making it a Domain Admin or Local Admin of the Exchange server. Thanks Trevor Tag: how to query user's desktop Tag: 194867
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    - change administrator password for all client in a domain I want make a script so that it can change all the adminitrator password of the clients in the domain. thank you Tag: how to query user's desktop Tag: 194861
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    - Rename a local user account via WMI or ADSI I am looking for any method to rename a local user account via WMI or ADSI or any other means that would be resident on W2K, WXP, W2K3, &&> -- Semper Fi, Red Please post to newsgroup only Tag: how to query user's desktop Tag: 194840
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    - email settings Is there a way to get the users email information from running a script on the users desktop, the info i need is email address mail server additional mail boxes if any shared calendars pst files Thank you Bob Tag: how to query user's desktop Tag: 194839
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    - VBscript to change excel cell values I need to open an excel spreadsheet and with a vbscript take the value in column 1 and parse it into column 2 and 3. Right now the spreadsheet only has this column 10.1.1.2/24 10.2.2.2/24 I need to run a script that will convert the spreadsheet into this format with 3 columns. 10.1.1.2/24 10.1.12 24 10.2.2.2/24 10.2.2.2 24 Would I use a script something like this: Option Explicit Dim strSheet, intRow Dim objExcel, objSpread Dim strComputer strSheet = "c:\test.xls" ' Open the Excel spreadsheet Set objExcel = CreateObject("Excel.Application") Set objSpread = objExcel.Workbooks.Open(strSheet) intRow = 2 'Row 1 often containes headings ' Here is the loop that cycles through the cells Do Until objExcel.Cells(intRow, 1).Value = "" strComputer = objExcel.Cells(intRow, 1).Value intRow = intRow + 1 Loop objExcel.Quit WScript.Quit What do I place in the loop to accomplish the copy paste and parse? Thanks for your help. Tag: how to query user's desktop Tag: 194835
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    - sendkey ENTER to a remote computer I need to send an enter key to a remote computer. I would prefer not having a vbscript on the remote if possible. I understand there are a few ways of doing this so any and all suggestion are welcome. I am running windows xp and need vbs code to sendkey ENTER to 50 computers on a network. I tried creating a file on the remote machine located at "C:\Script\SendEnter.vbs" to try and run remotely because i understand it is not possibly to sendkeys remotely but I cant seem to launch it. I was also thinking about dynamically creating script and running it on the the remote but I can't seem to get an application to run interactively on a remote machine either. this code works. On the remote machine, a "notepade.exe" process is running but there is no visible notepad to interact with. So I was unable to run a vbs file to send the Enter Key using this approach. strComputer = "RmoteMachine" Set objReg=GetObject( _ "winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & _ strComputer & "\root\CIMV2:Win32_Process") result = objReg.Create ("notepad.exe", null, null,procID) I have also tried the following which returns an activeX object error. set oController = CreateObject("WSHController") set oProcess = oController.CreateScript ("C:\Script\SendEnter.vbs", strComputer) oProcess.Execute While oProcess.Status <> 2 WScript.Sleep 100 WEnd WScript.Echo "Done" All I would like to do is send an ENTER key to an active popup window on a remote machine during a login. Thanks for your assistance. Tag: how to query user's desktop Tag: 194831
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    - WMI: Memory Type, Intel GMCH & ICH Are there WMI classes available that will report the following?: Memory Type (DDR, SDR, etc.) GMCH version/stepping (Intel Graphics & Memory Controller Hub) ICH version/stepping (I/O Controller Hub) Thanks, -- Bill Baker Tag: how to query user's desktop Tag: 194826
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    - Setting HTML based wallpaper? I've got a script that will set the wallpaper to an ActiveDesktop, HTML based wallpaper. I can set the wallaper, but without a reboot or opening the desktop properties and toggling the wallpaper choice, the settings don't apply immediately. If there a way to refresh the desktop or force a refresh programatically, and without having to pop up the desktop proeprties window? Here's my scritpt as it stands right now: '~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BEGIN CODE ' Set the wallpaper path WP = "%SystemRoot%\Web\Wallpaper\ActiveWallpaper.html" ' Edit the registry to set the wallpaper choice Set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") objShell.Regwrite "HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop\WallPaper", "" objShell.Regwrite "HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop\TileWallPaper", 0 objShell.Regwrite "HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop\WallPaperStyle", 0 objShell.Regwrite "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Desktop\General\WallPaper", "" objShell.Regwrite "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Desktop\General\TileWallPaper", 0 objShell.Regwrite "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Desktop\General\WallPaperStyle", 0 objShell.Regwrite "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Desktop\General\WallPaper", WP objShell.Regwrite "HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop\WallPaper", WP ' Open the Desktop Properties window and toggle/apply to force the desktop objShell.Run "control desk.cpl" WScript.Sleep 300 objShell.AppActivate "Themes" WScript.Sleep 300 objShell.SendKeys "{tab}" WScript.Sleep 300 objShell.SendKeys "{tab}" WScript.Sleep 300 objShell.SendKeys "~" Set objShell = nothing '~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ END CODE Obviously, I'd like to apply the wallpaper without rebooting or having to mess with the desktop properties window. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Tag: how to query user's desktop Tag: 194818
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    - Adjust computer discription from Excel to Active directory I want to update computers description using an excell with the computername and the discription. new discription should be added behind any existing description for the computer in Active directory. this is the code i have but i'm stuck: Dim Row As Integer Dim oUser As IADsUser Dim oComp As IADsComputer Dim HowMany As Integer Set RootDse = GetObject("LDAP://RootDSE") DomainContainer = RootDse.Get("defaultNamingContext") 'Set oOU = GetObject("LDAP://OU=Test,OU=EU Users,DC=EU,DC=qplas,DC=com") Set conn = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection") conn.Provider = "ADSDSOObject" conn.Open "ADs Provider" Row = 2 HowMany = 0 Do Until Cells(Row, 1) = Empty Name = Trim(Cells(Row, 1).Value) Description = Trim(Cells(Row, 2).Value) 'Construct an LDAP query to Active Directory looking for users with the specified attributed, 'first name, last name, address, etc. 'LDAPStr = "<LDAP://" & DomainContainer & ">;(&(objectCategory=user)(givenName=" & gname & ")(sn=" & sname & ")(streetaddress=" & mailingaddress & ")(l=" & city & "));adspath;subtree" ldapstr = "<LDAP://" & DomainContainer & ">;(&(objectCategory=computer)(Name=" & Name & "));adspath;subtree" Set RS = conn.Execute(ldapstr) If RS.RecordCount > 0 Then Set oComp = RS.Fields(0) If Description <> "" Then tmpDiscription = oComp.Get("Description") finaldiscription = tmpDiscription + " - " + Description oComp.Put "Description", finaldiscription End If oComp.SetInfo HowMany = HowMany + 1 Else MsgBox Name & " Not found" End If Set oComp = Nothing Set RS = Nothing Row = Row + 1 Loop MsgBox HowMany & " computers updated" End Sub code blocks when here: Set oComp = RS.Fields(0) i can't get my computer object out of the Recordset. Tag: how to query user's desktop Tag: 194809
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    - XML Help In my VB script I generate an XML object which has XML of the form (see below). It has to be like this as I get the XML from an API What I need to next in my ASP page is parse the XML in name value pairs - however I need to sort on the 1st value e.g I need something like this 5 65-MOV-317 5 65-MOV-318 5 65-MOV-319 5 65-MOV-330 5 66-MOV-317 3 65-MOV-001 3 65-MOV-002 3 65-MOV-003 3 65-MOV-331 3 66-MOV-315 etc..... I haven't a clue how to achieve this, please any help would be greatfulyl recieved <Report> - <Row> - <Column> <Value>1</Value> </Column> - <Column> <Value>65-MOV-317</Value> </Column> </Row> - <Row> - <Column> <Value>5</Value> </Column> - <Column> <Value>65-PV-636</Value> </Column> </Row> - <Row> - <Column> <Value>5</Value> </Column> - <Column> <Value>65-RV-113</Value> </Column> </Row> - <Row> </Report> Tag: how to query user's desktop Tag: 194808
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    - Can you create a timed loop? I am attempting to shorten the default timeout period when mapping a network drive via a logon script (useful when the server is down) from the default of 45-50 seconds to 10 seconds. Users with a dozen or more mappings affected like this can end up waiting 10+ minutes for the logon script to complete. Does anyone know a way to do this in VBScript? (NOTE: I don't want to go the one size fits all setting, a timeout on the whole script via Properties > Script > Stop script after specified number of seconds.) i.e. Do (loop for up to the next 10 seconds while waiting for this operation to complete) objNet.MapNetworkDrive L:,\\srvname\share Loop -Chris Tag: how to query user's desktop Tag: 194801
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    - Issue with users losing rights to their registry (Script help) Hello all. I been having an issue with users that logon to terminal services losing permissions in the registry. To try to narrow it down to a specific server an trying to write a logoff script that tries to write a value to the registry and logs the server, user and time that the error occurs. The issue is that I cannot trap the error using regWrite.. is there a better way... Or a way I can through a script verify if a user has rights to their hive on logoff.. Any help would be awesome.. Here is what I have so far. Set sho = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell") Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set nwo = CreateObject("WScript.Network") If Not fso.FolderExists("c:\applog") Then fso.CreateFolder("c:\applog") End If 'Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("\\GO001W2K037\profiles4\HiveLog\Hivelog.txt",8) If Not not fso.FileExists ("C:\Applog\Hivelog.txt") Then Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("C:\Applog\Hivelog.txt",8) Else Set outFile = fso.openTextFile("C:\Applog\Hivelog.txt",8) End If strMachineName=sho.expandenvironmentstrings("%computername%") strUserName=sho.expandenvironmentstrings("%username%") Checkit=sho.RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\ICANDOIT",0,"REG_DWORD") If Checkit <> 0 Then outFile.Writeline (VbCrLf) outFile.Writeline ("User: " & strUserName & VbCrLf & "Server: " & strMachineName & VbCrLf & "Time: " & Now) End If outFile.Close WScript.Quit Tag: how to query user's desktop Tag: 194798
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    - Insert Data I try to insert some data in my table name customer(Customer_Name, Street, Account_No) from data: [Customer's Name] [Street] [Account Number] How to i do that needs help ----------------------------------------------------- Set con = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection") sConnection ="Provider=MSDASQL.1;Persist Security Info=False;Data Source=emp1" con.Open(sConnection) Function EnumerateFolder( sFolder ) Dim fso, ts, data Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set fol = fso.Getfolder ( server.mappath(sfolder) ) For each fil in fol.files Set customer = CreateObject("Scripting.Dictionary") Set ts = fil.openastextstream(1) ary = Split(ts.ReadAll(),"[") ts.Close For i = 1 to Ubound(ary) data = Split(ary(i),"]") customer.Add data(0), data(1) Next next End Function EnumerateFolder "c:\txt" Function test(s) Select Case s Case "[Dat" test = True Case "[Nov" test = True Case "[Sub" test = True Case "[Cus" test = True Case "[Str" test = True Case "[Cit" test = True Case "[Acc" test = True Case "[Ins" test = True Case "[Las" test = True Case "[PPV" test = True Case "[Mon" test = True Case "[Cur" test = True Case "[Typ" test = True Case "[Lan" test = True Case "[CRC" test = True Case "[Eve" test = True Case "[Sum" test = True Case "[Box" test = True Case "[MD" test = True Case "[Con" test = True End Select End Function -----SAMPLE DATA----- [Date] Sat Aug 05 14:06:12 EDT 2006 [Novell ID] NSMITH4 [Subject] PPV / VOD Research - Dispute - 1st Time - 711579 [Customer's Name] EDWARD CAMPBELL [Street] 5 WHEELER AVE APT 2 [City, State, Zip] BRIDGEPORT CT, 06606 [Account Number] 006-0416-08 [Install Date] 06/21/2001 [Last Known Event Date] 06/29/2006 [PPV Hold] No [Monthly Rate] 186.52 [Current Services] Optimum Voice OOL FamilyorAbv OR$20Discount iO Silver Pkg iO Box PPOF Addset: C/Rdy OV World Call OV Ported Number [Type of Request] Dispute - 1st Time [Language] English [CRC PIN Instructions] Yes [Event Numbers/Date Range] #77922 6/29, #78306 6/29, #77716 6/28, #77312 6/28 [Summary] cust states that they and no one in the household ever ordered those ppv movies.cust requesting credit of $35.80. [Box Verification by Customer] 2,SABKDTHBF,Yes,Yes,Yes,Yes [MD Page ID] 1 [Control Number] 651789 Tag: how to query user's desktop Tag: 194797
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    - Help with cancelling a meeting with webdav I don't get it, what am I missing here? It sends the meeting no problem, but not as a canclled meeting, and it does remove the meeting from the calendar, but the sent e-mail is not cancelled. Any ideas? Set XMLreq = CreateObject("Microsoft.xmlhttp") XMLreq.open "PROPPATCH", oField, False, sDomain&sUserName, sPasswd xmlstr = "<?xml version=""1.0""?>" _ & "<g:propertyupdate "_ & " xmlns:g=""DAV:"" "_ & " xmlns:e=""http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/"" "_ & " xmlns:mapi=""http://schemas.microsoft.com/mapi/"" "_ & " xmlns:mapit=""http://schemas.microsoft.com/mapi/proptag/"" "_ & " xmlns:x=""xml:"" xmlns:cal=""urn:schemas:calendar:"" "_ & " xmlns:dt=""urn:uuid:c2f41010-65b3-11d1-a29f-00aa00c14882/"" "_ & " xmlns:header=""urn:schemas:mailheader:"" "_ & " xmlns:mail=""urn:schemas:httpmail:""> "_ & " <g:set> "_ & " <g:prop> "_ & " <g:contentclass>urn:content-classes:calendarmessage</g:contentclass> "_ & " <e:outlookmessageclass>Ipm.Schedule.Meeting.Canceled</e:outlookmessageclass> "_ & " <e:x-priority-long dt:dt=""int"">2</e:x-priority-long> "_ & " <mail:subject>"&oRs.Fields("urn:schemas:httpmail:subject").value&"</mail:subject> "_ & " <mail:htmldescription>User Termination, Meeting Cancelled: "&oRs.Fields("urn:schemas:httpmail:subject").value&"</mail:htmldescription> "_ & " <header:cc>"&ccfield&"</header:cc> "_ & " <header:bcc>"&bccfield&"</header:bcc> "_ & " <header:to>"&tofield&"</header:to> "_ & " <cal:meetingstatus>CANCELLED</cal:meetingstatus> "_ & " <cal:dtend dt:dt=""dateTime.tz"">"&endtime&"</cal:dtend> "_ & " <cal:dtstart dt:dt=""dateTime.tz"">"&starttime&"</cal:dtstart> "_ & " <cal:alldayevent>"&isallday&"</cal:alldayevent> "_ & " <cal:busystatus>"&oRs.Fields("urn:schemas:calendar:busystatus").value&"</cal:busystatus> "_ & " <cal:method>CANCEL</cal:method> "_ & " <cal:instancetype dt:dt=""int"">"&oRs.Fields("urn:schemas:calendar:instancetype").value&"</cal:instancetype> "_ & " <cal:responserequested dt:dt=""boolean"">0</cal:responserequested> "_ & " <cal:removefromcalendar dt:dt=""boolean"">1</cal:removefromcalendar> "_ & " <cal:uid>"&oRs.Fields("urn:schemas:calendar:uid").value&"</cal:uid> "_ & " <mapi:appstateflags dt:dt=""int"">7</mapi:appstateflags> "_ & " <mapi:finvited dt:dt=""boolean"">1</mapi:finvited> "_ & " <mapi:responsestatus dt:dt=""int"">1</mapi:responsestatus> "_ & " <mapi:responsestate dt:dt=""int"">0</mapi:responsestate> "_ & " <mapi:response_requested dt:dt=""boolean"">0</mapi:response_requested> "_ & " <mapi:busystatus dt:dt=""int"">0</mapi:busystatus> "_ & " <mapi:intendedbusystatus dt:dt=""int"">0</mapi:intendedbusystatus> "_ & " </g:prop> "_ & " </g:set> "_ & " </g:propertyupdate> " Tag: how to query user's desktop Tag: 194786
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    - Case Select, Printers comparing IP addresses Hi All, I interested in a small project. I have a vbscripts to find the IP address of the local machine. I would like the 3rd octet of the IP to be compared to a list using Case Select to allows users to choose printers avaliable in their own building. IP is detected 3rd Octet is stored in a variable That varible becomes one of the Case Select choices The Case Select then presents a list of available printers. Any Ideas? Tag: how to query user's desktop Tag: 194777
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    - Session Variables in Firefox Hello, I am using ASP/VBScript. For some reason, Firefox will not pass my session variables, while IE and Netscape will. I can't imagine what's wrong. I was able to recreate the problem with the two test pages below. I tested these pages in the three aformentioned browsers: FFTEST1.ASP <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <title>Page 1</title> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage 6.0"> <meta name="ProgId" content="FrontPage.Editor.Document"> </head> <body> <% Session("fftest") = "Hello!" %> <p><a href="fftest2.asp">Go to second page >>></a></p> </body> </html> FFTEST2.ASP <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <title>Page 2</title> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage 6.0"> <meta name="ProgId" content="FrontPage.Editor.Document"> </head> <body> <% = Session("fftest") %> </body> </html> What could the problem possibly be? Thanks for any help you can give. Chris Smith Tag: how to query user's desktop Tag: 194776
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    - Help needed for a script Hi, I need some help for writing a script. My problem is this. I have a pile of 200 or so floppy disks. I have to get all the contents from each disk into a separate folder on a hard drive. I have looked at the floppies some of them have Volume names and some of them don't. I would like to keep the volume name if it exists and use it for naming the folder. I suspect that maybe some od the floppies have identical volume names and so I mus t have away to differenciate between any two floppies (and folders) which would have the same name. I think that adding a timestamp to the name of the folder would be OK. I have looked at the floppies - again - some of them have viruses !! and some of them don't. So this is what I'd like to do. 1. Put the floppy in the floppy drive. 2. Click on a vbscript that would Read the voulume name Run my AV programme to scan for viruses and let me deal with any bad things Make a new unique folder on the hard drive XCopy a:\*.* /s with all subfolders and hidden and system files to the new unique folder. Give me a yell when it's done! 3. Ask for anew floppy and start over again Maybe I should deal with the viruses first and then run a simpler script that would just copy ? Anyway, any help appreciated. TIA AMD Tag: how to query user's desktop Tag: 194760

How would I query user's desktop folders using WMI? I've tried using
%username% in the profile path but that doesn't seem to work. I know
WMI uses '%' as a wildcard. Help please.

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Re: how to query user's desktop by VS

VS
Tue Aug 15 18:04:38 CDT 2006

inurmix wrote:
> How would I query user's desktop folders using WMI? I've tried using
> %username% in the profile path but that doesn't seem to work. I know
> WMI uses '%' as a wildcard. Help please.

Why do you need WMI ??

Set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Set Fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

' **** Users DeskTop Location ****
DesktopPath = objShell.SpecialFolders("DeskTop")
Set oBaseFolder = fso.GetFolder(DesktopPath)

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Re: how to query user's desktop by inurmix

inurmix
Wed Aug 16 16:09:28 CDT 2006

I want to remotely query desktops thats why I want to use WMI. You cant
do that with FSO
VS wrote:
> inurmix wrote:
> > How would I query user's desktop folders using WMI? I've tried using
> > %username% in the profile path but that doesn't seem to work. I know
> > WMI uses '%' as a wildcard. Help please.
>
> Why do you need WMI ??
>
> Set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
> Set Fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
>
> ' **** Users DeskTop Location ****
> DesktopPath = objShell.SpecialFolders("DeskTop")
> Set oBaseFolder = fso.GetFolder(DesktopPath)
>
> --
> VS

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