What happened to macmillan website?
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From: MikeB on 2 May 2010 18:35 On May 1, 12:10 pm, "Richard Mueller [MVP]" <rlmueller- nos...(a)ameritech.nospam.net> wrote: > "MikeB" <mpbr...(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > > news:1aab0c35-d5f7-49a8-8e44-b07ac3e3872b(a)o11g2000yqj.googlegroups.com... > > > > >I got hold of a scripting book "Windows 2000 Windows Script Host" by > > Tim Hill. > > > This was on the recommendation of someone as a very good starter in > > scripting. > > > This book says that the samples can be downloaded from the website > > macmillantech.com, but that website seems defunct now. :( Is it > > possible that they went out of business? Does anyone here know if the > > website has moved, or perhaps even as a desperate grasp, does anyone > > here perhaps have a copy of the samples accompanying this book? > > > I'd try contacting the author, but it seems he has not published > > anything since this book (if I read amazon.com correctly) and hence he > > may not be around either. Bummer. > > > I have other scripting books, but I keep getting confused about the > > differences in WSH and VBscript and what objects belong where and so > > forth. I was hoping that going back to the inception of WSH might help > > me. > > > And then, there is also Windows power shell. :( But that is another > > kettle of fish. > > I would just add that I still use Tim Hill's "Windows 2000 Windows Script > Host". If you have the book, there is little need for the online code. > Another good book, especially if you write scripts to query or administer > AD, is "Microsoft Windows 2000 Scripting Guide - Automating System > Administration". I have the book, but fortunately the text is still > available online at: > > http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee221103.aspx > OK, thanks again. |