Windows® Administration Resource Kit: Productivity Solutions for IT Professionals

Using the Scripts

The use of each script is documented in the resource kit solution that presents the script. Most scripts are written in Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript), so you can run them from the command prompt by typing cscript script_name.vbs followed by any parameters required by the script. Several scripts are batch files, which you can execute from the command prompt by typing the script's name and any parameters.

Finally, there are a number of HTML Applications (HTAs), which are scripts with a graphical user interface (GUI). You can run HTAs by double-clicking the HTA. You can also integrate most of the HTAs into the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in using steps found in 1-3: Extend Active Directory Users and Computers ...