| Warning: | Many scripts on this page are very powerful tools. Like most powerful tools they could cause a lot of damage in the hands of insufficiently skilled users. Treat these scripts like you would treat a chainsaw: with utmost care. Do not use them if you do not fully understand what they do or how they do it. Any damage caused using these scripts is completely your own responsibility. |
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| 💾 | ❔ | Name | Description | OS (1) | Last modified (DD/MM/YYYY) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 💾 | ❔ | 4AllCtxSrv.bat | Executes a command once for each member of a Citrix farm, substituting the "#" character by the server name | 2000 | 2005-02-14 |
| 💾 | ❔ | 4AllMembers.bat | Executes a command once for each member of a global group, optionally substituting the "#" character by the user ID. The 2000 version will handle local, domain local and global groups. |
2000 | 2002-09-11 |
| 💾 | ❔ | 4AllMembers.bat | NT | 2002-02-20 | |
| 💾 | ❔ | 4AllMembers.cmd | OS2 | 2000-06-04 | |
| 💾 | ❔ | ActUsr.bat | Display computers on the network and their logged on users | NT | 2002-09-30 |
| 💾 | ❔ | AddIPPrn.bat | Add a local TCP/IP printer on any W2K/XP computer in the network. (Uses PRNADMIN.DLL and several VBScripts from the Windows 2000/2003 Server Resource Kit) |
2000+RK | 2006-01-31 |
| 💾 | ❔ | AddPrint.bat | Add a network printer on any W2K/XP computer in the network. (Uses Windows' native RUNDLL32) |
2000 | 2005-06-11 |
| 💾 | ❔ | AdminGrp.bat | Remotely update Local Administrator groups on all PCs in a domain (except PCs listed in an exclusion file) Written by Kenneth C. Mazie, Kaiser Permanente National Server Operations - Walnut Creek, Ca |
NT+RK | 2000-11-29 |
| 💾 | ❔ | ADSHelp.bat | Create a (HTML) help file for "all" Directory Service Command Line Tools in Windows Server 2003. (Will only display help for the OS in which the HTML file was created — in the language of that OS version, as is demonstrated here. |
W2K3 | 2007-06-04 |
| 💾 | ❔ | AllHelp.bat AllHelp.vbs |
More details and samples of generated HTML pages on my AllHelp page. | NT | 2006-10-26 2008-10-16 |
| 💾 | ❔ | Apipa.bat | Display or modify Windows 2000 IP Autoconfiguration (APIPA) settings | 2000 | 2002-03-03 |
| 💾 | ❔ | CheckDST.bat | Lists active computers that don't have automatic DST adjustment enabled. | NT | 2005-07-28 |
| 💾 | ❔ | CheckPrn.rex | Checks the default printer set in the registry and displays a message if it isn't an HP LaserJet III or if it isn't on your own client PC (sorry, hard coded, you'll have to adapt the "valid." variable yourself).
Add this script to the logon scripts and save yourself lots of calls for support. Uses REXX.EXE from the NT Resource Kit. |
TS+RK | 2000-06-04 |
| 💾 | ❔ | ChkNAV.bat | List all viruses found on all servers by Norton Antivirus | NT+RK | 2001-07-14 |
| 💾 | ❔ | CLLUN.bat | Clear Last Logon User Name: clears the last user name from the login dialog box once, or replaces it with a different name. (Use DDLU.bat instead if you never want the last logon user name displayed again) |
95 98 NT | 2002-08-13 |
| 💾 | ❔ | CloneUsr.bat | Create a new domain user account by cloning an existing account (requires Windows Server 2003's DS Tools & SystemTools.com's TSCmd) | 2000 | 2005-08-18 |
| 💾 | ❔ | CompName.bat CompName.kix |
Change the computer name | 95+Kix | 2003-10-12 |
| 💾 | ❔ | DDLU.bat | Don't Display Last Username: clears the last user name from the login dialog box permanently. (Use CLLUN.bat instead to remove the last logon user name just this once) |
NT | 2001-12-20 |
| 💾 | ❔ | DeadProf.bat | Delete inactive corrupted profiles for current user | NT | 2000-09-15 |
| 💾 | ❔ | DelProf.bat | Delete any profile | NT | 2003-12-17 |
| 💾 | ❔ | Desktop.bat | Uses SHORTCUT.EXE to save all desktop shortcuts as a batch file that can recreate those shortcuts again (Desktop backup) | NT+RK | 2000-07-18 |
| 💾 | ❔ | Disabled.bat | Lists all disabled user accounts | NT | 2000-09-21 |
| 💾 | ❔ | Expires.bat | Lists all user accounts that have "Password expires" set to "Never" | NT | 2000-09-21 |
| 💾 | ❔ | FOR | This example of FOR's /D parameter restores or removes the shares on all home directories on an NT server. | NT (RK) | 2000-10-17 |
| 💾 | ❔ | FreeSpace.rex | Display a disk usage summary for the local computer | NT OS2 | 2002-12-23 |
| 💾 | ❔ | FreeSpace.vbs | Display a disk usage summary for any WMI enabled computer on the network | WSH | 2002-10-12 |
| 💾 | ❔ | FtpDir | Show directory of remote FTP site | NT | 2001-11-23 |
| 💾 | ❔ | GetID.bat | Search and display login and full names based on part of a user's full name (fails on migrated NT 4 user accounts) | W2K3 | 2004-08-06 |
| 💾 | ❔ | GetIP.cmd | Show PC's IP address | NT OS2 | 1999-10-15 |
| 💾 | ❔ | GetPrn.bat GetPrn2.bat |
Display default printer for current user and list all printers for local system. GetPrn works on NetBIOS/LAN Manager networks, GetPrn2 works on "real" NT networks. |
NT+RK | 2001-03-08 |
| 💾 | ❔ | GetRAM.bat | Show the amount of RAM in MB. Use Memory.bat instead for more speed (Memory.bat needs the NT Resource Kit). The VBScript version can display the amount of RAM on remote computers as well (if WMI enabled). |
NT | 2001-07-17 |
| 💾 | ❔ | GetSID.vbs | Display any user's Security ID. | WMI | 2005-12-03 |
| 💾 | ❔ | GrMember.bat | Displays the members of the specified group(s). This batch file uses DSGET and DSQUERY (native in Windows Server 2003, will work in Windows 2000 and XP if available). |
2000 | 2005-04-03 |
| 💾 | ❔ | Hardware.vbs | Display a basic hardware summary for any WMI enabled computer on the network. Created with Microsoft's Scriptomatic tool. |
WMI | 2002-09-04 |
| 💾 | ❔ | 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 | 2000-06-04 |
| 💾 | ❔ | 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 | 2001-04-21 |
| 💾 | ❔ | Hotfixes.bat | Display a list of hotfixes installed locally. Also available in KiXtart and VBScript. |
NT | 2002-11-24 |
| 💾 | ❔ | InvShare.bat | Show Event Log entries concerning invalid share names | NT+RK | 2000-06-05 |
| 💾 | ❔ | JTHelp.bat | Create a HTML help file for Microsoft's JT command | NT | 2005-03-05 |
| 💾 | ❔ | KillDisc.bat | Kills all disconnected sessions on all Terminal Servers | TS | 2000-06-05 |
| 💾 | ❔ | 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's PsTools set or XP's native TASKLIST and TASKKILL commands. (KillProg.cmd will do the same in OS/2) |
NT+RK XP OS2 | 2001-03-14 |
| 💾 | ❔ | 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 | 2000-09-19 |
| 💾 | ❔ | ListICA.bat | List all IP addresses associated with Citrix' ICA round robin alias in DNS | NT | 2004-10-25 |
| 💾 | ❔ | ListPRN.cmd | List specified (NT) or all (NT and OS/2) network printers' UNC path | NT OS2 | 2000-06-05 |
| 💾 | ❔ | LiveUpd.kix | Run Symantec's LiveUpdate unattended using Kix's SendKeys() function. | 95 NT | 2001-08-12 |
| 💾 | ❔ | LogHist.bat | Read URLs from IE history and write them to a file named %UserName%.hst | NT | 2003-10-20 |
| 💾 | ❔ | Lock program | This example of redirection to a temporary batch file locks single user programs when in use on a network. | NT DOS OS2 | 1999-07-13 |
| 💾 | ❔ | MacAddress | Batch files that store the network adapter's MacAddress in an environment variable | 95 NT OS2 | 2002-12-07 |
| 💾 | ❔ | Manage.bat | Open a remote Computer Management Console | 2000 | 2005-09-26 |
| 💾 | ❔ | 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 | 2004-10-27 |
| 💾 | ❔ | 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 | 2002-05-05 |
| 💾 | ❔ | MyPRN.bat | List all printers and printer drivers installed on the local PC | NT | 2002-01-09 |
| 💾 | ❔ | 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 | 2004-01-18 |
| 💾 | ❔ | 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 | 2000-11-01 |
| 💾 | ❔ | 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 | 2000-06-05 |
| 💾 | ❔ | NoBrowse.bat | Prevent the local workstation from becoming a master browser | NT | 2002-03-14 |
| 💾 | ❔ | NoTrkIco.bat | Disable "smart shortcut tracking" on the local PC. Based on a tip by Sander Jousma. |
2000 | 2002-04-16 |
| 💾 | ❔ | NoWinUpd.bat | Disable Windows' Update feature (also available as Kix script) | 95 NT | 2002-04-10 |
| 💾 | ❔ | 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 | 2001-11-18 |
| 💾 | ❔ | 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 | 2004-11-03 |
| 💾 | ❔ | Own.bat | Recursively take ownership of a specified directory tree (BETA!) | 2000+RK | 2002-10-01 |
| 💾 | ❔ | Owner.bat | Display the owner of specified file(s) | 2000 | 2002-02-03 |
| 💾 | ❔ | PCName.bat | Store computer name in environment variable. This batch file stores the computer name without leading backslashes, as opposed to the NETSETxx.BAT batch files. |
95 | 2002-03-06 |
| 💾 | ❔ | PMSoon.bat | A "clone" of the Microsoft Windows NT 4 Server Resource Kit's SOON command using NT's native NET TIME and AT commands only. | NT | 2001-02-17 |
| 💾 | ❔ | Printers.kix | PRINTERS.KIX is a KiXtart script that will map ports to network printers, based on the settings it reads from a (personal) INI file; if no mapping is specified for LPT1, LPT1 will be mapped to the default printer. | NT | 2000-10-17 |
| 💾 | ❔ | RemoteSID.bat | Shows who is logged on to a remote computer, displaying both user ID and Security ID (SID). Uses PSLOGGEDON.EXE from SysInternals' PsTools "suite" |
NT+RK | 2001-11-15 |
| 💾 | ❔ | RmUserID.bat | Delete a user account and the associated data and share. Uses the following tools: DSGET and DSQUERY (native in Windows Server 2003, will work in Windows 2000 and XP), RMTSHARE and TAKEOWN (Windows NT 4 Server Resource Kit), TSCMD (www.systemtools.com) and OWN.BAT. Modify the server and share names to match your own environment. |
2000+RK | 2004-10-23 |
| 💾 | ❔ | RxAssoc.bat | Associates the REX extension with Regina Rexx executable.
After executing this batch file once, you can call any *.REX directly, without the need to precede it with REXX.EXE. With SET PATHEXT=.REX;%PATHEXT% (better yet: set it as a global variable in Control Panel, System) you won't need to type the .REX extension to run .REX scripts.Adapt the (hard coded) path for REXX.EXE to your own situation. Better still, use REGINA.EXE instead of REXX.EXE. |
NT | 2000-02-11 |
| 💾 | ❔ | ScrnRes.bat | Change remote PC's screen resolution (requires PSEXEC from SysInternals' PSTools and 12noon's Resolution Changer) | NT | 2004-08-25 |
| 💾 | ❔ | Servers.bat | Display size, free space and used space (both in MB and as a percentage of disk size) for every partition on every server. Also available in Rexx and VBScript as FreeSpace.* |
NT+RK | 2001-05-24 |
| 💾 | ❔ | SetOwn.bat | Restore ownership and permissions for roaming (TS) profile directories. Requires several (third party) tools, you will be prompted for downloads if these tools are not available. |
W2K3 | 2005-07-02 |
| 💾 | ❔ | ShareMig.bat 1.00 ShareMg2.bat 2.00 ShareMg2.vbs 2.00 |
Migrate all non-printer shares from one server to another. Version 1.00 needs to be run on the server, and fails on share names containing spaces, but it is "universal" for both Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003. Version 2.00 requires both the batch and the VBScript file, and needs manual modifications for Windows 2000, but it can be run from any computer in the domain and it won't fail on share names containing spaces. (For printer migration, use Microsoft's PrintMig; for Scheduled Tasks migration, copy the scheduled tasks — %windir%\Tasks\*.job — to the new server, and use JT.EXE to re-set the "Run as:" property for each migrated task.) |
2000 | 2005-11-02 |
| 💾 | ❔ | ShortExt.bat | Display or modify "extension truncation" registry setting. (Based on a tip from the Windows Registry Guide) |
NT | 2002-03-02 |
| 💾 | ❔ | SNDisk.bat | Display harddisk characteristics gathered by IBM's E-Gatherer tool. May work in XP and Server 2003 too, tested only in 2000. May generate an error message on non-IBM systems, but will still show the desired results. More info on EGatherer's undocumented switches. This batch file depends on E-gatherer's backwards compatibility with older versions, which is entirely up to IBM. |
2000 | 2005-03-05 |
| 💾 | ❔ | SrvInv.vbs | Show and log a server hardware and software inventory. Created using Microsoft's Scriptomatic tool. |
WMI | 2005-09-14 |
| 💾 | ❔ | SrvSpace.bat | Display free space for every partition on every server.
TAB delimited screen output for easy export of output. For Windows XP use DiskSpc.bat instead. |
NT | 2000-06-05 |
| 💾 | ❔ | Startup.vbs | Display all startup commands (Startup folder and registry Run) for any WMI enabled computer on the network | WMI | 2003-01-16 |
| 💾 | ❔ | TaskMgr.bat | Disable or reenable task manager | NT | 2002-03-15 |
| 💾 | ❔ | TempNWD.bat | Temporarily map a network drive or use an existing mapping, and remove it afterwards (unless an existing mapping was used). | NT | 2001-04-29 |
| 💾 | ❔ | UniqueID.bat | Remove Intel LANDesk agent's ID and force creation of a new unique ID | 95 NT | 2001-07-13 |
| 💾 | ❔ | UpTime.bat UpTime.vbs |
Two scripts that display the amount of time a system has been up and running. More or less equivalent to my OS/2 Rexx script LastBoot.cmd and Windows VBScript script LastBoot.vbs. |
NT+RK/WMI | 2006-04-22 |
| 💾 | ❔ | VMList.vbs | List all Virtual Machines and their associated files on the local Virtual Server Host | W2K3 | 2006-04-22 |
| 💾 | ❔ | WANIP.bat | Display your WAN connection's IP address and host name. Idea: Gregg Dotoli. Requires WGET. |
NT | 2005-05-16 |
| 💾 | ❔ | WhoAmI.bat | Show info on workstation and current user Also available for OS/2 as WhoAmI.cmd |
NT OS2 | 2000-06-12 |
| 💾 | ❔ | WhoHasIt.bat | Show info on remote workstation and current user. Uses DSQUERY & DSGET from Windows Server 2003. |
2000 | 2004-10-21 |
| 💾 | ❔ | WhoIsIt.bat | Show specified domain user's display name. Uses DSQUERY & DSGET from Windows Server 2003. |
2000 | 2004-10-21 |
| 💾 | ❔ | WhoRU.bat | Remote WhoAmI (Who Are You) | NT+RK | 2000-10-15 |
| 0..9 | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z |
| Windows version: | 95 | Windows 95/98 | ||
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| NT | Windows NT, usually version 4, including Terminal Server, and most likely Windows 2000 and XP as well | |||
| 2000 | Windows 2000 and probably XP as well | |||
| XP | Windows XP | |||
| W2K3 | Windows Server 2003 | |||
| TS | Windows NT 4 Terminal Server Edition or Citrix WinFrame | |||
| WMI | Any Windows with WMI | |||
| +RK | Uses either Regina Rexx or some utilities from the
Microsoft®
Windows NT® 4.0 Resource Kit (RK) means that the Resource Kit does add some functionality, but is not absolutely necessary. |
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| DOS | May be adapted to use in DOS as well | |||
| OS2 | Multi-platform (NT plus OS/2) or available separately for OS/2 | |||
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