Wscript.Network
One of my favorite objects is the Wscript.Network object. It's a very simple way to access certain environment variables in a VBScript.
To invoke this object, this line must be inserted near the top of your script (certainly before you reference properties of this object):
Set WshNetwork = CreateObject("Wscript.Network")
What you can do with this is query the properties of username, computername and userdomain. You can also do things like add a network drive and add a printer (as well as deleting them). This is great for a much more flexible login script processing than standard batch.
For example, if you want to map a drive:
WshNetwork.MapNetworkDrive "x:" \\SERVERNAME\SHARE
maps a drive, and the commands to add a printer and make it the default are:
WshNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection \\printserv\DefaultPrinter WshNetwork.SetDefaultPrinter \\printserv\DefaultPrinter
These code snippets apply to Windows 2000 and higher - other parameters may be necessary for earlier systems.
A complete technical description of this object can be found here: https://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/s6wt333f(vs.85).aspx, but here is a listing of the properties and methods:
Properties
- UserName - this is obviously the username variable, likely the SAM Account Name (the pre-Windows 2000 name)
- UserDomain - this is the NetBIOS domain name
- ComputerName - this is the NetBIOS computer name
Methods
- AddWindowsPrinterConnection - this is the command to add a printer in Windows 2000 and higher
- AddPrinterConnection - this is the command to add a printer in older systems
- EnumNetworkDrives - this command lists the mapped drives on the computer
- EnumPrinterConnections - this command lists the installed printers
- MapNetworkDrive - this command maps a network drive
- RemoveNetworkDrive - this command removes a network drive
- RemovePrinterConnection - this command removes a printer connection
- SetDefaultPrinter - this command sets the default printer
I hope this is helpful for you. Let me know!