Jan 26 2013
Overview Since the introduction of User Account Control (UAC), scripts do not run with administrator privileges despite being a local administrator. You must elevate your script to run with administrator privileges. I’ll start by showing you a simple example. The script below will list all of the processes on the local computer as well as …
Jan 25 2013
‘========================================================================= ‘ ElevateWscript.vbs ‘ VERSION: 1.0 ‘ AUTHOR: Brian Steinmeyer ‘ EMAIL: [email protected] ‘ WEB: https://sigkillit.com ‘ DATE: 1/25/2012 ‘ COMPATIBLE: Windows Vista, Server 2008, and Above ‘ COMMENTS: Since the introduction of UAC in Windows, despite being an ‘ administrator you may still need to run a script with elevated ‘ privileges. For example …
Dec 21 2012
‘========================================================================= ‘ ListRunningScripts.vbs ‘ VERSION: 1.1 – Null value is returned when a script is launched by another user on the local computer and the script is not elevated for UAC. I added a check to look for this and alert the user. ‘ AUTHOR: Brian Steinmeyer ‘ EMAIL: [email protected] ‘ WEB: https://sigkillit.com ‘ DATE: …
Dec 08 2012
‘========================================================================= ‘ IDK.vbs ‘ VERSION: 1.0 ‘ AUTHOR: Brian Steinmeyer ‘ EMAIL: [email protected] ‘ WEB: https://sigkillit.com ‘ DATE: 12/8/2012 ‘ COMMENTS: If you have ever had an issue making a decision like “What Should ‘ I eat for dinner” or “What should I do tonight?” then IDK aka “I Don’t Know” ‘ is the script …
Apr 01 2012
‘========================================================================= ‘ EmailParts.vbs ‘ VERSION: 1.0 ‘ AUTHOR: Brian Steinmeyer ‘ EMAIL: [email protected] ‘ WEB: https://sigkillit.com ‘ DATE: 4/1/2012 ‘ COMMENTS: Four methods to break an email address into the local and ‘ domain parts. I prefer the string methods because you can make them ‘ 1-liners, doesn’t require additional variables, and simplifies error ‘ …
Jan 01 2011
‘========================================================================= ‘ ScriptSuicide.vbs ‘ VERSION: 1.0 ‘ AUTHOR: Brian Steinmeyer ‘ EMAIL: [email protected] ‘ WEB: https://sigkillit.com ‘ DATE: 1/1/2011 ‘ COMMENTS: Deletes the current script. This is useful when you are running ‘ scripts to automate tasks such as installations, logins, etc and you want ‘ to remove the script after it executes. ‘ EXAMPLE: …