Scripting Web Sites ADO API Reference - This section of the ADO documentation contains topics for each ADO object, collection, property, dynamic property, method, event, and enumeration. CDO overview and reference - Documentation of the Collaboration Data Objects (CDO) used for building messaging and collaboration applications. Desktop Engineers Junk Drawer - Nice site with lots of info regarding software deployment - articles about msi-packaging, scripting, WMI, SMS, group policies, etc. How do I use Windows 2000 to generate a CSV containing all the computer names, IP addresses, and MAC addresses in my domain? - Compact little script that enumerates all computernames, IP addresses and MAC addresses in the domain (uses the GetMac utility from Resource Kit Supplement One). How to Add Custom Registry Settings to Security Configuration Editor - In this guide you find a description of how to expand the functionality in your security templates to make them contain any settings for anything writeable to the registry. Very useful if you have custom applications or other needs for security on your network. How to Find the FSMO Role Owners Using ADSI and WSH (Q235617) - Simple VB script that uses LDAP to find FSMO roles in AD. Could inspire for more AD related scripts? How to Use the MoveTree Utility to Move Objects Between Domains in a Single Forest (Q238394) - Description of the MoveTree utility. Mandatory reading before using the tool. Lets you know you should only run the tool from RID master to RID master among other things! Inside Active Directory, Scripts and Files - On this site you find a lot of useful scripts for getting and setting various information in Active Directory. The site is about the book "Inside Active Directory", and you can download all the scripts that come with the book. Office Solutions Development Reference - The Office Developer Center allows you to keep current not only on the latest technologies like smart tags and smart documents, XML, research services, and using Visual Studio® Tools for the Microsoft Office System to build your Excel and Word solutions, but also on the traditional applications found in all versions of Office. SendKeys Method - The SendKeys method allows you to send keyboard strokes to the active window. Nice for automated workarounds with regards to installers and uninstallers that do not have support for automation. TechNet Script Center - On this site you get a long list of examples on everyday scripting for administrators. A nice place to start if you want to develop scripts for your own specific needs. Windows Script - Microsoft's official site for scripting. Here you'll find documentation for WSH, VBscript, WMI, getting started tutorials, etc. White Papers Windows 2000 Scripting Guide - The Windows 2000 Scripting Guide provides a comprehensive overview of the scripting technologies included in the Windows 2000 operating systems. This e-book is designed to teach you basic concepts underlying Microsoft scripting technologies such as Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript), Windows Script Host (WSH), Active Directory Service Interfaces (ADSI), and Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). The Scripting Guide also includes hundreds of pre-written scripts that enable you to perform important system administration tasks. These scripts can be used as-is, or you can use the information included in the step-by-step instructions to modify them to meet your unique needs. Programs ARRAYCONVERT.EXE Variant Conversion Functions (Q250344) - With this dll you get 5 functions for converting variant types in your VBScripts. You can eg. convert multi valued attributes and ADSTYPE OCTETSTRING attributes returned from an ADSI call. AutoIT - AutoIt is a simple tool that can simulate key presses, mouse movements and window commands (maximize, minimize, wait for, etc.) in order to automate any windows based task (or even windowed DOS tasks). AutoIt was primarily designed to assist in automatically installing software that cannot be automatically installed by other means. This is most useful during a PC rollout where hundreds or thousands of client machines need to be automatically installed. However, AutoIt is not limited to software installation and can be used to automate most simple windows tasks. Script Debugger for Windows NT 4.0, 2000, and XP - The Microsoft Script Debugger is a debugging environment that extends any Microsoft ActiveX® Scripting host application—for example, Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) or Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS). Unlock Locked User Accounts with WSH and ADSI - With this script you can unlock all locked out accounts in AD regardless the underlying OU structure. The script is WSH based and uses ADSI 2.0. user2sid and sid2user - Two simple programs that give you the username from a SID vice versa. No special system rights are needed. Source code included. WMI SDK - the SDK for WMI - contains among other things the WMI browseren, "CIM Studio", and the documentation for WMI. WMI is a great tool for handling ressources on remote machines, eg. rolling out msi packages, configuring hardware, etc.