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Doctor Scripto's Script Shop welds simple scripting examples together into more complex scripts to solve practical system administration scripting problems, often from the experiences of our readers. His contraptions aren't comprehensive or bullet-proof. But they do show how to build effective scripts from reusable code modules, handle errors and return codes, get input and output from different sources, run against multiple machines, and do other things you might want to do in your production scripts.

If there is a topic you’d like to see covered in Doctor Scripto's Script Shop, just e-mail your suggestion to scripter@microsoft.com (in English, if possible).

•	Windows Script Components Have a COM-ing Effect July 2006 Use Windows Script Components to create function and subroutine libraries.

•	To Err is VBScript – Part 2 January 2006 The conclusion to this thrilling series on error handling in VBScript.

•	To Err is VBScript – Part 1 December 2005 Use the VBScript Err object to handle errors in scripts.

•	Bring in da Subs, Bring in da Funcs November 2005 Learn about using procedures within a script. Also read the rebuttal statement against using procedures.

•	Metering Application Usage with Asynchronous Event Monitoring September 2005 Doctor Scripto continues his explorations of asynchronous event monitoring.

•	Out of Sync: The Return of Asynchronous Event Monitoring August 2005 Doctor Scripto responds to questions and comments about asynchronous event monitoring.

•	Controlling Pest-Ware with Asynchronous Event Monitoring July 2005 Use asynchronous event monitoring to watch for unwanted processes and services.

•	It’s 2 A.M. Do You Know Where Your Processes Are? – The Sequel June 2005 Part 2 in a series on using scripts to run applications on multiple machines and monitor the resulting processes.

•	It’s 2 A.M. Do You Know Where Your Processes Are? May 2005 Part 1 in a series on using scripts to run applications on multiple machines and monitor the resulting processes.

•	Inventorying Windows XP Service Packs—Part 3 April 2005 The exciting conclusion to this three-part series! Deploy Windows XP Service Pack 2 across your network.

•	Inventorying Windows XP Service Packs—Part 2 March 29, 2005 Part 2 in a three-part series preparing you for the installation of Windows XP Service Pack 2. In this installment, you’ll learn how to inventory Windows XP Service Packs on your Active Directory network.

•	Inventorying Windows XP Service Packs—Part 1 March 16, 2005 Part 1 in a three-part series preparing you for the installation of Windows XP Service Pack 2. In this installment, you’ll learn how to inventory Windows XP Service Packs on your non-Active Directory network.

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