I'm trying to figure out a way to scan all devices (without drivers installed) and install them one by one automatically.
I've made a simple script that adds/removes a registry value for driver locations, since we have a server with all the current drivers and it's updated frequently, so instead of pointing device manager to that location manually the script does it for me.
Problem is we work in a production environment and we have a lot of different devices to install, and doing it manually takes too long, even with the script i have to click each device and update the driver, the scripts just makes it a little easier by pointing it to the server with the drivers.
So basically i'm try to make the script add the location (this works fine ATM) and them update each device without prompting the user.
Option Explicit
Set ws = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Dim s, ws, rl
rl = "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\"
s = InputBox("Please select what you want to do" & _
vbCrLf & vbTab & "1 - Clear all, set default driver path." & _
vbCrLf & vbTab & "2 - Default path + production drivers" & _
vbCrLf & vbTab & "3 - Default and production path + Skylake drivers")
If s = 1 then
ws.RegWrite rl & "DevicePath", "%SystemRoot%\inf" , "REG_EXPAND_SZ"
ElseIf s = 2 then
ws.RegWrite rl & "DevicePath", "%SystemRoot%\inf; B:\LocalDrivers\; \\ccdsrv01\shares\Resources\Drivers\Client" , "REG_EXPAND_SZ"
ElseIf s = 3 then
ws.RegWrite rl & "DevicePath", "%SystemRoot%\inf; B:\LocalDrivers\; \\ccdsrv01\shares\Resources\Drivers\Client; \\ccdsrv01\shares\Resources\PreProd\SkyBay (Skylake-SunrisePoint)\New" , "REG_EXPAND_SZ"
End If
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I have an old VB6 app which uses ADO to connect to SQL server databases, as:
Dim cnServer As New ADODB.Connection
cnServer.Provider = "sqloledb"
sConnectString = "Server=" & txtServer.Text & ";" & _
"Database=" & txtDatabase.Text & ";" & _
"User ID=" & txtUserID.Text & ";" & _
"Password=" & txtPassword.Text & ";" & _
"Connect timeout=10"
cnServer.Open sConnectString
...which has always worked. But now I need to modify it to connect to an Oracle 11g database. I found this article and modified the code to:
Dim cnServer As New ADODB.Connection
cnVLServer.Provider = "OraOLEDB.Oracle"
sConnectString = "Server=" & txtServer.Text & ";" & _
"Data Source=" & txtDatabase.Text & ";" & _
"User ID=" & txtUserID.Text & ";" & _
"Password=" & txtPassword.Text & ";" & _
"Connect timeout=10"
cnVLServer.Open sConnectString
...but when I run it, I get an error that reads 3706, Provider cannot be found. It may not be properly installed. This happens on my development VM (which -- don't laugh -- is still on Win2K Pro), and also on my test machine (which uses Win XP).
Some further searching indicated that oracore11.dll is a dependency, so I went to Oracle's download site and pulled down this DLL as part of a .zip file containing what I take to be the full suite of Windows-related coding tools. However the error still occurs even if I place this DLL in the same folder with my VB6 executable. And when I try to register the DLL, the attempt just generates another error: The specified module could not be found.
Before any further thrashing with what may be a wrong path or an unsolvable problem in the first place, I figured I should check in and see the best/easiest way to get a VB6 app to connect to Oracle in the first place. My goal here is to have this VB6 app be as portable as possible, not requiring any pre-installed packages to work, and having the minimum set of dependencies be easily passed around with the .exe itself. (For reference, this VB6 app is not a commercially-distributed product, just an internally-used testing tool within my own department at work. It takes flat-file fixed width data, parses it, then generates the SQL code to insert it to the DB.)
To configure an Oracle Database Instant, you must:
Install the Oracle Database Instant Client and its ODBC driver on your system;
Set the TNS_ADMIN environment variable;
Configure a tnsnames.ora configuration file for your client.
Please refer to this link, for further details...
I am trying to execute the following script on Win7 (x64) to check if any volumes need to be defragmented.
Set VolumeList = GetObject("winmgmts:").ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_Volume")
For Each objVolume in VolumeList
errResult = objVolume.DefragAnalysis(blnRecommended, objReport)
If errResult = 0 then
Wscript.Echo "Used space: " & objReport.UsedSpace
Wscript.Echo "Volume name: " & objReport.VolumeName
Wscript.Echo "Volume size: " & objReport.VolumeSize
If blnRecommended = True Then
Wscript.Echo "This volume should be defragged."
Else
Wscript.Echo "This volume does not need to be defragged."
End If
Wscript.Echo
Else
MsgBox errResult
End If
Next
I have tried to run this script on two different Win7 systems.
On the first, I get an OUT OF MEMORY error on GetObject("winmgmts:").ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_Volume").
On the second, I get no OUT OF MEMORY error on GetObject, but I get error 11 (Unknown Error) in errResult (output of DefragAnalysis-method).
Both Win7 systems have been installed and configured in the same way.
Perhaps this is not important, but when I check the WMI properties, it says "Connected to <Local Computer>" and not (as in Win XP) "SUCCESSFULLY connected to <Local Computer>".
Code works just fine for me, but perhaps it'll help when you explicitly connect to the right namespace:
Set wmi = GetObject("winmgmts://./root/cimv2")
Set VolumeList = wmi.ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_Volume")
Also I'd recommend restricting the query to just local disks that have a drive letter assigned to them:
SELECT * FROM Win32_Volume WHERE DriveType = 3 AND DriveLetter IS NOT NULL
Use WBEMTest or WMIDiag to check if your WMI connection is working at all. Check the Application and System eventlogs for errors and warnings, too.
The reason for the error 11 was that the script was not run with elevated privileges. Once it was run as administrator, it worked fine. Thanks
As we know it's easy to get client site name in windows 2003 via WMI_NTdomain.clientsitename, object status by WMI_NTdomain.status , but that class doesn't exist in Windows 2000. So can you show me how to get those value by script or command line?
My old system is still running well on windows 2000, i don't want to change it at now.
Grab HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Netlogon\Parameters\DynamicSiteName with reg.exe, vbscript, or your favorite scripting/programing language.
Edit:
I admit that I haven't seen W2k for some time now. Does this VB Script output usefull information:
option explicit
dim adSys
Set adSys = CreateObject("ADSystemInfo")
WScript.Echo "SiteName=" & adSys.SiteName
'WScript.Echo "Computername DN=" & adSys.ComputerName
'WScript.Echo "Username DN=" & adSys.UserName
'WScript.Echo "DomainDNSName (Comp)=" & adSys.DomainDNSName
'WScript.Echo "DomainShortName (Comp)=" & adSys.DomainShortName
'WScript.Echo "ForestDNSName (Comp)=" & adSys.ForestDNSName
You could also use the WMI ScriptOMatic to search for the relevent class.
I've been working on modifying an existing vbscript. The wierd part is that when I run the script manually, it works fine. But as soon as I try to run it as a scheduled task, it reports as complete, but doesn't actually do anything. After much troubleshooting, I think I tracked it down to the original CreateObject. Here's the code:
On Error Resume Next
'create an instance of IE
Dim oIE, objFSO, linenum
linenum = 0
Set oIE = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application")
'If err.number <> 0 Then linenum = 6
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Const ForAppending = 8
Set objTextFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile ("C:\test.txt", ForAppending, True)
'objTextFile.WriteLine(now() & " Internet object created.")
'Execute our URL
'oIE.navigate("<intranet site>")
'objTextFile.WriteLine(now() & " Starting import")
'wait for the window to be closed (exit IE)
'Do Until Err : oIE.visible = True : wsh.sleep 1000 : Loop
'objTextFile.WriteLine(now() & " Import complete.")
if Err.Number <> 0 then
' An exception occurred
objTextFile.WriteLine("Exception:" & vbCrLf & " linenum: " & linenum & vbCrLf & " Error number: " & Err.Number & vbCrLf & " Error source: " & Err.source & vbCrLf & " Error description: " & Err.Description & vbCrLf)
End If
'clean up
'oIE.Quit
'oIE.Visible = False
'Set oIE = Nothing
I've commented most of it out, to narrow it down, and from the logging I added, it spits out the current error:
Exception:
linenum: 0
Error number: -2147467259
Error source:
Error description:
Yes, the source and description lines are blank.
Googling the error doesn't seem to bring up anything useful. So I'm not sure what's going on. Permissions have been checked multiple times, and it's always run as Administrator, the same user as I'm logged in as. The funny part is, this script works fine with Windows 2000. About the only thing I can think of is perhaps the Remote Desktop connection I'm using is somehow interfering with it.
Anyone have any ideas or things I might be able to try to resolve this?
For reference, when you've got problems googling a decimal error number, try converting it to hexadecimal. -2147467259 is the same as 80004005 and if you search for that you'll find that it's quite a common error and usually means that you're denied access to something so even if you're sure that it's not permissions for the things you've checked, it might be worth doing the following checks:
Does the scheduled task run under the same account as you used when you executed the script manually? Otherwise, try doing a RunAs on the script to run as the same user account as the task, if that works, try scheduling the task as your account.
That way you'll know if it's (task vs manual) or if it's (user1 vs user2). Which might make it a little easier to track down the issue.
How can my program know if windows rebooted since the last time it ran? All versions of windows XP and on.
This can be accomplished trivially using the global atom table. Just make sure your atom name is unlikely to conflict with another atom.
if (GlobalFindAtom ("MySecretName") == 0)
{
// First time run since reboot
GlobalAddAtom ("MySecretName");
}
There's a Windows API call you can make called GetTickCount...
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724408%28VS.85%29.aspx
Edit: The idea is that when your program starts, you make a call to GetTickCount (which returns how many milliseconds Windows has been running), and then calculate an exact start date (right now minus the number of milliseconds). Store that date, and then the next time your program starts, calculate the date again and compare it to the previously stored date. If the dates are different, Windows has rebooted. Use GetTickCount64 if possible (but don't code your solution solely using this function.
You can use WMI:
strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject _
("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colOperatingSystems = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
("Select * from Win32_OperatingSystem")
For Each objOS in colOperatingSystems
dtmBootup = objOS.LastBootUpTime
dtmLastBootupTime = WMIDateStringToDate(dtmBootup)
dtmSystemUptime = DateDiff("h", dtmLastBootUpTime, Now)
Wscript.Echo dtmSystemUptime
Next
Function WMIDateStringToDate(dtmBootup)
WMIDateStringToDate = CDate(Mid(dtmBootup, 5, 2) & "/" & _
Mid(dtmBootup, 7, 2) & "/" & Left(dtmBootup, 4) _
& " " & Mid (dtmBootup, 9, 2) & ":" & _
Mid(dtmBootup, 11, 2) & ":" & Mid(dtmBootup, _
13, 2))
End Function
net statistics workstation|find "Statistics since"
The Microsoft utility uptime.exe "processes the machine's event log to determine system availability and current uptime".
Simple, but ugly solution : just launch a never-ending dummy process :-)
If it's still here, you didn't reboot. If it's not, chances are that you have just rebooted.
In the vein of ugly hacks ... stick something in one of the RunOnce registry keys
How about adding a file to %TMP% and check if it's still there (%TMP% should be cleared at each reboot by Windows)
or
more robust way, create a file somewhere and mark it for deletion on next reboot (see MoveFileEx API) and check that file