Windows Admin Scripting Little Black Book (Little Black Books (Paraglyph Press))

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Daily backup, 343

data, list of storage paths, 141

Date and Time

accessing properties page with shell automation, 109

writing to text logs with shell scripting, 285-286

"Defrag" Context menu, adding with Windows Script Host, 137

Device Manager

understanding, 231

Windows, using in, 231

DHCP. See Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP).

Dial-Up Networking icon, removing with KiXtart, 132

Dialog boxes, scripting, 99-100

Differential backup, 343

Directories, replicating, 56-58

Directory listing, generating, 66

Disk formats

faster, 25

floppy, 25

hard, 24-25

options, 25

scripting, 24-25

Domain passwords, setting with Active Directory Services Interface, 216

Drive copy, performing in Symantec's Norton Ghost, 31

Drives

collecting information on Windows Management Instrumentation, 246-247

collecting information on with KiXtart, 237-238

by group , mapping with KiXtart, 327-328

by group, mapping with Windows Script Host, 333-334

universal, mapping by group with shell scripting, 318-319

universal, mapping with KiXtart, 326-327

universal, mapping with Windows Script Host, 332-333

DST parameters, 20

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)

reviewing leases with, 195

switching with Windows Management Instrumentation, 194-195