First - It's an easier and faster way to write a lot of the scripts that you might need in system administration.
Second - It's another great example of scripting since Scriptomatic itself is a VBScript.
And Third - there's another great new technology that we can learn about in Scriptomatic called "HTA" scripts.
To get Scriptomatic, simply go to the Microsoft Script Center Tools and Utilities area. Notice that there's one for WMI and another for ADSI. We'll consider the WMI version here.
Running Scriptomatic is simplicity itself. (Figuring out what the results mean is something else, however.) After downloading and running the Scriptomatic EXE (which simply unpacks the Scriptomatic application and a Word documentation file), you're ready to run Scriptomatic by simply doubleclicking the Scriptomatic.hta file. Scriptomatic then builds an ADO dataset with the available WMI classes in the cimv2 namespace and adds them to a dropdown listbox displayed in an IE window. When it's finished all you have to do is select the one you want from the dropdown and click Run, Save, Open, or Quit. (Open simply allows you to run your own script rather than one built by Scriptomatic.)
Our PNP Signed Driver script is shown (although somewhat reduced ... sorry 'bout that, they don't give me more than 400 pixels these days) below ...
Let's look at what's in Scriptomatic briefly next ...
