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Contents at a Glance Part I Covering the Basics 1 Starting from Scratch . 3 2 Looping Through the Script . 25 3 Adding Intelligence . 55 4 Working with Arrays . 81 5 More Arrays . 113 Part II Basic Windows Administration 6 Working with the File System . 139 7 Working with Folders . 165 8 Using WMI . 187 9 WMI Continued . 207 10 Querying WMI . 227 Part III Advanced Windows Administration 11 Introduction to Active Directory Service Interfaces . 251 12 Writing for ADSI. 269 13 Using ADO to Perform Searches . 293 14 Configuring Network Components. 315 15 Using Subroutines and Functions . 329 16 Logon Scripts . 349 17 Working with the Registry . 367 18 Working with Printers . 381 v vi Contents at a Glance Part IV Scripting Other Applications 19 Managing IIS 6.0 . 395 20 Working with Exchange 2003 . 407 21 Troubleshooting WMI Scripting . 419 Part V Appendices A VBScript Documentation . 443 B ADSI Documentation. 449 C WMI Documentation. 457 D Documentation Standards . 463 E Special Folder Constants. 467 Index . 469 Table of Contents Acknowledgments. .xvii Introduction . xix Part I Covering the Basics 1 Starting from Scratch . 3 Running Your First Script . 3 Header Information . 5 Reference Information. 8 Worker Information . 9 Output Information . 12 Enhancing Your Script . 13 Modifying an Existing Script. 14 Modifying the Header Information. 15 Modifying the Reference Information. 16 Modifying the Worker Information . 18 Modifying the Output Information . 19 Exploring a Script: Step-by-Step Exercises . 22 One Step Further: Customizing an Existing Script. 22 2 Looping Through the Script . 25 Adding Power to Scripts . 25 For Each…Next . 26 Header Information . 27 Reference Information. 30 Worker Information . 30 For…Next . 31 Header Information . 32 Reference Information. 33 Worker and Output Information . 34 Microsoft is interested in hearing your feedback about this publication so we can What do you think of this book? continually improve our books and learning resources for you. To participate in a brief We want to hear from you! online survey, please visit: www.microsoft.com/learning/booksurvey/ vii viii Table of Contents Do While…Loop . 37 Header Information. 38 Reference Information . 39 Worker and Output Information. 40 Do Until…Loop . 43 Worker and Output Information. 45 Do…Loop . 47 While…Wend. 47 Creating Additional Objects. 48 Using the For Each…Next Command Step-by-Step Exercises . 51 One Step Further: Modifying the Ping Script . 52 3 Adding Intelligence . 55 If…Then . ..