Ars Technica

Writing REG_BINARY values with vbscript

Here's the deal: I need to write a few keys of the type REG_BINARY with a vbscript. I just learned that regwrite will only write 4 bytes or less. My question: Does anyone know of a work around for ...

Checking Excel macros before Windows VBScript is disabled by default — Two ways they stop working and other things to check

Microsoft has announced that it will phase out VBScript in Windows in three stages. It is currently enabled, but it will be ...
Ars Technica

best language for a Windows "script"

I want to write a script that pings a server and if it responds, map a hardcoded network drive, pretty simple. What language should I attempt to do it in? I want to learn Perl and know it minimally, ...
Computerworld

VBScript – Using If-then-Else statements

The “If-then-Else” statement allows you to make decisions while your VBScript program is running. You may want to know if a certain condition has been met, or if two variables are equal, or if a ...