Windows Admin Scripting Little Black Book [Electronic Resource] / Jesse M. Torres

This book is designed to be a scripting programmer's best friend. Hundreds of immediate solutions and highly-practical scripting examples are provided to help programmers save valuable time. The book explores techniques for working with files, input/output, text files, and performing various network administrative tasks through scripting. It explains the concept and necessity of logon scripts, the backbone structure of a good logon script, and how to implement these scripts in an everyday environment to automate repetitive tasks such as inventory, file modifications, installations, and system updates. It also provides an in-depth look into the registry and registry editing tools including locating the important registry keys and values, and modifying them. The book features example scripts on every new topic covered to reinforce what the reader has just learned.