I’m very slowly revising my main web site. The upshot for now is that there is no direct link to my old script library. Many of my Mr. Roboto tools can be found on this page. Until I can finish the upgrade project, you can use this link, http://www.jdhitsolutions.com/scripts.htm to take you directly to the…
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Scripting/SysAdmin Meme
[cross-posted from blog.sapien.com] I saw that Kirk Munro called me out on on Steven Muraski’s Scripting/SysAdmin meme . Here’s my contribution to the meme. How old were you when you started using computers? I probably didn’t start using computers until late in college (which was a very long time ago in computer time. What was…
More CLI One-Liners
In the past I’ve posted a collection of command one-liners that get a ton of work done with (relatively) minimal effort. Many of these have come from Wayne Martin. I’ve been behind in my blogging while book writing, but I wanted to make sure you checked out his latest list at: http://waynes-world-it.blogspot.com/2008/04/useful-command-lines.html Technorati Tags: Automation,…
My Published Works
I’m trying out a new Live Write plugin for Amazon. Here is a list of books I have currently authored or co-authored. This list will continue to grow as I’m working on a new book now about managing Active Directory with PowerShell. WSH and VBScript Core: TFM by Jeffery Hicks Read more about this book……
Wayne’s World of IT
One of my more popular blog entries is the one I did about CMD one-liners. These are little tidbits of commands that can get a lot done. The list came from a reader and I was happy to share. Wayne has now started a blog Wayne’s World of IT which will carry on this theme…
Explore Your World
This week’s Windows Tip Sheet column is about opening an Explorer window from the command prompt. One of my readers sent me an email about using this tip in Vista: I’m currently running Vista and when I type “explorer.exe /e, %cd%” I get the same results as “explorer.exe /e /root, %cd%”. So is /root really…
Online Script Library Resources
If you’re like me, you prefer not to re-invent the wheel when working on a scripting solution. You’d prefer to find a script written by someone else that accomplishes the same task(s). You might be tempted to jump immediately to Google or Yahoo. Before you do, let me give you some other online resources you…
Download Techmentor Orlando 2007 Updated Material
Don Jones and I have finally gotten zip files with all the updated session material from the Techmentor Orlando 2007 conference. There is a zip file for each of us at http://www.scriptinganswers.com/essentials.asp. I know in my zip file there are several readme files so make sure you look at them. I’ve included the video demos…