As a Windows system administrator, you constantly perform many routine tasks in an effort to manage, maintain, and support your Windows environment. Occasionally the need will arise to create a script ...

Whether you are a technology enthusiast or a professional looking to enhance your scripting skills, we have designed this Windows PowerShell scripting tutorial for beginners, especially for you. So, ...

Few are aware of scripting with batch files, but people don’t use batch files much unless when working with mountainous tasks. Even fewer are aware of Windows Scripting Host (WSH), a scripting ...

Editors exist for all kinds of scripting needs—some free, some cheap, and some not-so-cheap. Use this guide to help you find the right product for your work. Scripting in Windows has taken different ...

And, assuming "Program2 -t" outputs "chicken" your script would be the equivalent of "Program1 -q chicken" How can I duplicate this in DOS scripting or other windows scripting? (Windows 7, FWIW) ...

Microsoft is planning to phase out VBScript in future Windows releases after 30 years of use, making it an on-demand feature until it is removed. VBScript (also known as Visual Basic Script or ...

An Ars forum member by the name of adminfoo recently installed Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) to see what all the fuss was about. To his surprise, the security solution quickly labeled him as a ...