scripting

I have a script (basic batch file) that launces 30 different kd windows and I want to have them tile on the desktop (or stack in win 7 terms) once they have all launched. Is there a command to do this or some kind of script? Those 30 windows will be the only ones open on the desktop.

So, I just got Windows 7, and I love it more than I love Linux. I think it was the ads for it. -.- When I had XP, I learned how to make simple batch files. nothing major, just something to bid my time while in class. I just mastered the "IF" command, and now I want to try and see if I...

Hello all, A new (kind of) Scripting Guy here. :cool: I'm heavily working on WMI and found about the free WMIDiag tool (that I had to modify a bit to accept Windows 7) Is this a right place to discuss such tool use, please? Thanks.

Hi, I have come across a problem that I was unable to fix. I need a script that configures 802.1x authentication in windows 7 for the wired network. Windows 7 has a great improvement over XP, the netsh lan profileproperties command. it enables me to configure all settings I want to tweak...

When running the following script it will not display the results in a pop up window. This is only happening in Windows 7 Ent. The scrip does work fine from the cmd prompt. Some lines are commented out on purpose. Just want for the user to run this from the desktop and then tell me what the...

I just got a new computer with Windows 7 and installed IIS, including support for ASP. I am running everything locally on my computer. A simple statement like <% response.write time() %> works fine, so ASP is working, However, when I try to run a page that accesses a database (at least...

hi i got a laptop for cheap and i wanna write some programs something easy, "as its going be the first time " :D easy script commands, like making it open words and command it to type HEllo, something easy dose anyone know any programs that i could use to do this and for me to learn system...

The following are Environment Variables in Windows 7 which can allow you to get to system locations more efficiently. What are Environment Variables in Windows? Well, if we understand that "variables" are things that can be changed, and if we also understand that the environment that variables...

Did you know that the Adobe AAM Updater is scheduled to run every day at 02:00? AAM Updater plants itself in your Task Scheduler and your Startup to maintain this routine. Yet Adobe probably releases an update only every couple of months. If you try to delete those entries, the next time you...

Source/Download: System Downloads : Script Defender /// AnalogX

I'm a programmer and I'm trying to create an app or shortcut that runs a user as an already logged on user (switch users), but also leaves the application running on the privileged users desktop? I cannot use a service, it's out of the question as this is a 3rd party app, and no I don't want to...

I've been trying to modify the "folder picture" for a large number of folders, and to that end am going to write a script to modify the desktop.ini in each folder. The thing is, changing the desktop.ini doesn't seem to have any visible effect. If I manually change the picture (folder...

Can I get a list of commands I can use in a command prompt, please?

Can anyone help? i need a scipt that calls a "file open menu" and how to assign a name into it. I am thinking of creating a converter that runs on windows 7 and im kinnda stuck in this part, Thanks

I have just installed a set of PERL programs that are invoked from batch files and the are passed a parameter line from the the batch script. They worked fine under XP but it appears altho the perl scripts work - they do not get the parameters. Has win7 changed the way batch files work?

Hi Folks, Cybermoron posted a thread on creating a nifty shutdown button on the Win 7 desktop to make shutdown\restart easier. I posted that I use a similar method to shutdown\restart my Ubuntu installs using a simple python script. He suggested I share that here in the Linux section so here...

How can I make a clickable windows 7 shutdown command?

My laptop has six user identities and I would like a script to log onto all of them on startup rather than doing this manually. Windows 7, like Vista fails to find logon profiles sometimes whan certain programs have been run withing a particular profile but logs on fine before any of this...

Microsoft announced today of new attacks against IE6 and IE7. An unpatched bug that attackers have been recently exploiting, which injects malicious code the computer. The oldest IE 5.01 and the newest IE 8 respectively, are not vulnerable to such attacks. The best way to defend from these...

Hello: This is my first time posting here. Thanks in advance for any assistance. I have a batch file that worked faithfully in Windows XP. I wish to update the code to work in Windows 7 Ultimate (64-bit). The code creates a folder with a date in its name. the code is as follows: @echo...