takes the reader through the basics of scripting all the way up to advanced topics such as Active Directory Service Interfaces (ADSI) and Windows Managment Instrumentation (WMI). packed with practical scripting solutions. Admin Scripting gives practical, usable examples of scripting silent installations of service packs, updates and Internet Explorer. Scripting scandisk and ftp transfer sessions are covered as well as a chapter on scripting applications that covers scriptit, autoit and send-keys. Kixtart, command shell scripting and WSH are all covered - sometimes in a comparitive context showing the same task in each script language. Because this book is not trying to teach you the details of each language and automation area, it can cover vast scope of content in a concise format. Illustrates how to use scripting to perform user and group management, backups and scheduling, and make key security and registry changes

Windows scripting host is a different animal entirely to batchfile-like scripts. Much more powerful. Native scripting language for NT2000 but available for NT4. Start studying now. Includes builtin support for vbscript & jscript with addins available for perl and other scripting languages. Extraordinary powerful and subsequently it can be very complex.