More Windows Administration and VBScript!
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The web is loaded with articles that tell you how to get started with VBScript ... there are a couple here! But there aren&#39;t too many telling you how to do the things that really count ... like administering
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This paper introduces some techniques for making backups without needing to stop the business applications. It also describes ways to simplify and reduce the cost of system operations.
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SYDI-Server is a tool to help people create documentation for their Windows servers and clients. Information is gathered with WMI and with registry reads. It uses vbscript and produces output in MS-Word format. Changes from last version:Added Print Spooler location and option -rp, Added local users (on non DC machines) and option -wu, Fixed -we option, it didn't work before, Made some changes to the document structure   You can find the latest release here:   http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=116471&package_id=126507    Home Page:  http://sydi.sourceforge.net/  Project Page http://sourceforge.net/projects/sydi/  Have fun! Patrick Ogenstad
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In a new post, Elizabeth Smith talks about "perverting Windows" to work with desktop PHP applications via an interesting library - Winbinder.   Writing desktop applications with PHP is considered to be idiotic by many people, but personally I think it's a lot of fun and can be useful. [...] There are more solutions for desktop apps with PHP than people probably realize. [...] So why isn't there a Win32 GUI wrapper for PHP? Well, there is...kind of.   She mentions a few issues she has with the Winbinder software - including lacking support for PHP5 and non-threadsafe code. She's falling back more and more on the "I can write an extension for that" mentality, though and has plans for the future:   Eventually I hope to have a WinUi, WinGdi, and WinSys (processes, threading, registry, et al) to put in pecl. There are some win32 only extensions in PECL, but win32std is the only one I've actually had use for, or even got working properly, and there's no agreement among them in naming convention, API design, or even functions vs. classes. So here I am, playing.
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The latest release of the anticipated ScriptServer 2.0 has been posted by Harry Fuecks.
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From the PHP in Action blog today, there's a new post that (briefly) shows how to run your tests directly from a popular unix text editor - vim.   I created my own test runner to run tests inside Vim, I can't remember how long ago. Must be a year or two. I never shared it with the world. It was too primitive for anyone else to use. Then, recently, I decided to try re-implementing it in a more serious way.   The "more serious way" meant using Vim script to its full potential, including the ability to work with objects and already has its own testing framework. He includes a screenshot but no download just yet. It looks promising and makes running tests as simple as hitting F11 and watching it go.
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Have adware and spyware commandeered your computer? An extreme solution: erasing your hard drive and starting over.
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DecemberÃ¢ÂÂs Patch Tuesday finds Vista in the bad guysÃ¢ÂÂ sights. Plus: Get Office 2007 SP1, get your fix for Flash, and avoid an HP laptop disaster.
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Slip of the tongue - or the brain Comment The UK Developer launch of Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office System was pretty impressive, as such things usually are.â¦
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Electronic forms capabilities added to application server.
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Master Microsoft's long-awaited technology Books Microsoft has finally answered the prayers of system administrators and developers everywhere with the introduction of Windows PowerShell, a new scripting technology that enables the automation of system management tasks and the creation of system management tools. PowerShell runs on Windows XP, 2003, and Vista.â¦
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Windows users will have another tool for protecting their PCs.
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In this third and final installment, we look at interacting with the Silverlight control programmatically. Topics covered include: the settings property, the content property and other members. By Adam Nathan. 1217
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In latest book, author chronicles the things in newest version of Windows that irk him--and some workarounds.
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Blog: Support for Acrobat and Reader has arrived for Microsoft Vista and Office 2007.
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In a demonstration of System Center Virtual Machine Manager, Microsoft product manager Jeff Woolsey showed how in Windows Server 2008, a VMware virtual machine could be converted to a "Viridian" VM using a single PowerShell "command-let" (cmdlet) that can be scripted.