Rexx, Kix, VBScript and batch scripts

for NT administrators

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	Name	Description	OS version	Last modified (dd/mm/yyyy)
	Hardware.vbs	Display a basic hardware summary for any WMI enabled computer on the network. Created with Microsoft's Scriptomatic tool.	WMI	04/09/2002
	HostName.bat	Version 1.00 shows the host name for a specified IP address. Available as Rexx script for OS/2 as well.	NT OS2	04/06/2000
	HostName.bat	Version 2.00 not only shows the host name for a specified IP address, but the Mac address, NetBIOS name and domain or workgroup too.	NT4	21/04/2001
	Hotfixes.bat	Display a list of hotfixes installed locally. Also available in KiXtart and VBScript.	NT	24/11/2002
	InvShare.bat	Show Event Log entries concerning invalid share names	NT+RK	05/06/2000
	JTHelp.bat	Create a HTML help file for Microsoft's JT command	NT	05/03/2005
	KillDisc.bat	Kills all disconnected sessions on all Terminal Servers	TS	05/06/2000
	KillNTPr.bat	Kills a process specified by its program name and extension (no path!). Uses TLIST and KILL from the Windows NT 4 Resource Kit, or modify it to use PSLIST and PSKILL from SysInternals.com's PsTools set or XP's native TASKLIST and TASKKILL commands. (KillProg.cmd will do the same in OS/2)	NT+RK XP OS2	14/03/2001
	KixAssoc.bat	Associates the KIX extension with KIX32 executable. After executing this batch file once, you can call any *.KIX directly, without the need to precede it with KIX32.EXE. With SET PATHEXT=.KIX;%PATHEXT% (better yet: set it as a global variable in Control Panel, System) you won't need to type the .KIX extension to run .KIX scripts. Adapt the (hard coded) path for KIX32.EXE to your own situation.	NT	19/09/2000
	ListICA.bat	List all IP addresses associated with Citrix' ICA round robin alias in DNS	NT	25/10/2004
	ListPRN.cmd	List specified (NT) or all (NT and OS/2) network printers' UNC path	NT OS2	05/06/2000
	LiveUpd.kix	Run Symantec's LiveUpdate unattended using Kix's SendKeys() function.	95 NT	12/08/2001
	LogHist.bat	Read URLs from IE history and write them to a file named %UserName%.hst	NT	20/10/2003
	Lock program	This example of redirection to a temporary batch file locks single user programs when in use on a network.	NT DOS OS2	13/07/1999
	MacAddress	Batch files that store the network adapter's MacAddress in an environment variable	95 NT OS2	07/12/2002
	Manage.bat	Open a remote Computer Management Console	2000	26/09/2005
	MemberOf.bat	Recursively list all groups of which the specified user is a member. This batch file uses DSGET and DSQUERY (native in Windows Server 2003, will work in Windows 2000 and XP if available).	2000	27/10/2004
	Memory.bat	Show the amount of RAM in MB. Use GetRAM.bat instead if you do not have the NT Resource Kit available. The VBScript version can display the amount of RAM on remote computers as well (if WMI enabled).	NT+RK	05/05/2002
	MyPRN.bat	List all printers and printer drivers installed on the local PC	NT	09/01/2002
	MyAccess.bat	Check the current user's permissions for the specified resource This batch file uses MYTOKEN.EXE, part of the Platform SDK (source only). A compiled version is available in the lab files for Microsoft's course 2154B, "Implementing and Administering Microsoft Windows 2000 Directory Services".	2000	18/01/2004
	NetSetXX.bat, available in Dutch, English and French	A Windows 98 batch file that stores the Computer name, User name and Workgroup in environment variables, to be used in logon scripts. Use PCNAME.BAT if you want to store the computer name without leading backslashes.	98	01/11/2000
	NetWho.bat NetWho2.bat	NET WHO (as in OS/2) "ported" to NT: show every requester plus who is logged on. NetWho assumes requester names are in PC1234 format (to ignore servers), NetWho2 doesn't assume anything but may also show servers	NT	05/06/2000
	NoBrowse.bat	Prevent the local workstation from becoming a master browser	NT	14/03/2002
	NoTrkIco.bat	Disable "smart shortcut tracking" on the local PC. Based on a tip by Sander Jousma.	2000	16/04/2002
	NoWinUpd.bat	Disable Windows' Update feature (also available as Kix script)	95 NT	10/04/2002
	WinUpd.bat	Reenable Windows' Update feature (also available as Kix script)
	NTRole.bat	Displays the role (server or workstation) of the PC where this batch file is run	NT	18/11/2001
	OUMember.bat	Displays the members of the specified OU(s). This batch file uses DSGET and DSQUERY (native in Windows Server 2003, will work in Windows 2000 and XP if available).	2000	03/11/2004
	Own.bat	Recursively take ownership of a specified directory tree (BETA!)	2000+RK	01/10/2002
	Owner.bat	Display the owner of specified file(s)	2000	03/02/2002

Related links:

• More useful commands for administrators
• More information on NET.EXE
• More information on Microsoft's "DSTools" (DSADD, DSGET, DSMOD, DSMOVE, DSQUERY and DSRM) and other native Windows command line tools
• The most important omission in both DS Tools and NET.EXE are the commands to change Terminal Server user settings.
  TSCmd fills this gap.
• A list of some of the available Resource Kits
• Download several Windows 2000 Resource Kit Tools for free from Microsoft's web site
• Many NT Tools can be found at Sysinternals.com
• iHide's Download page
• Browse the links on my KiXtart page for more Kix related information
• Browse the links on my WSH page for more Windows Script Host, VBScript, ADSI and WMI related information
• Search these Rexx bookmarks for more Rexx related information