[windows2000] Re: Pushing a scheduled job to all computers on a domain

  • From: "Sorin Srbu" <sorin.srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 08:55:50 +0100

Jim Kenzig ThinHelp.com <> wrote on Thursday, March 22, 2007 5:06 PM:

I believe I tried this one before. Never liked it, it may in some instances
botch a partition, and it's payware too. 8-]



> Here ya go... autodefrag..
> http://www.compu-docs.com/Downloads/AutoDefrag.zip
> <http://www.compu-docs.com/Downloads/AutoDefrag.zip> 
> See
> http://www.compu-docs.com/W2KDfrag.htm#NEW!%20AUTODEFRAG.EXE%20PROGRAM:
> 
> On 3/22/07, Sullivan, Glenn <GSullivan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>       Ah... I could have done that.
> 
>       I was really looking for something for Win2K, not XP.  Win2K has no
>       command line defragger, and the network-wide versions are too much
>       money.
> 
> 
>       Glenn Sullivan, MCSE+I MCDBA
>       David Clark Company Inc.
>       -----Original Message-----
>       From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>       <mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>       [mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sorin Srbu
Posted
>       At: Thursday, March 22, 2007 3:46 AM Posted To: Windows 2000
>       Conversation: [windows2000] Re: Pushing a scheduled job to all
computers
>       on a domain
>       Subject: [windows2000] Re: Pushing a scheduled job to all computers on
a
>       domain
> 
> 
>       Sullivan, Glenn <> wrote on Wednesday, March 21, 2007 12:25 PM:
> 
>       See below:
> 
>       Defrag_all.vbs
>       ---
>       'defrag_all.vbs - Defrags all hard disks - Can be run as a Scheduled
>       Task 'C Doug Knox - 3/29/2002
> 
>       Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell ")
> 
>         Dim fso, d, dc
>         Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
>         Set dc = fso.Drives
>         For Each d in dc
>            If d.DriveType = 2 Then
>              Return = WshShell.Run("defrag " & d & " -f", 1, TRUE)
>            End If
>         Next
> 
>       Set WshShell = Nothing
>       ---
> 
>       From <<<http://www.dougknox.com/xp/xp_fixes.html>>>
> 
> 
>       I use psexec to run a daily inventory, but lately it hasn't run, says
>       there are no admin shares or some such. It worked before... Go figure.
>       8-/
> 
>       Thx for the clarification on "for ... in"! I googled for it yesterday
>       but the examples weren't that informative and in most cases ambivalent
>       as to what goes where.
> 
> 
> 
>       > For %f in (filename.txt) do echo %f
>       >
>       > This will echo every line in the text file, so replace the "Echo %f"
>       > with a remote AT command, or use PSExec to remotely run AT on that
>       > machine.
>       >
>       > Me, I'd use VBScript to do it if possible in a startup script.  Some
>       > samples are in the repository:
>       >
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/scripts/os/tasks/default
>
<http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/scripts/os/tasks/default> >
>       .m > spx
>       >
>       > I'd be interested in the Defrag script though... Can you save it as
a
>       > txt file and post it?
>       >
>       > Glenn Sullivan, MCSE+I MCDBA
>       > David Clark Company Inc.
>       > -----Original Message-----
>       > From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>       > [mailto: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sorin Srbu
>       > Posted At: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 5:23 AM Posted To: Windows 2000
>       > Conversation: [windows2000] Re: Pushing a scheduled job to all
>       > computers on a domain
>       > Subject: [windows2000] Re: Pushing a scheduled job to all computers
on
> 
>       > a domain
>       >
>       >
>       > Dave stevens <> wrote on Wednesday, March 21, 2007 10:07 AM:
>       >
>       > Yupp, seems like the at command will do the thing. I don't however
>       > understand how to tell it to use the computernames I have in the
>       > txt-file.
>       >
>       > Some kind of loop like "run this command on the computers in the
list"
>       > would be suitable. I recall some "for in %%..." something or other
>       > command in batch scripting, but can never remember how to...
>       >
>       >
>       >
>       >> Yes, This can be done with the AT command. I believe the AT coomand
>       >> allows you to schedual jobs on a remote computer. You might need to
>       >> direct this to a text file with all the host names. Do a help on AT
>       >> it will offer you options. Hope this helps.
>       >>
>       >>
>       >> Dave
>       >>
>       >> Sorin Srbu <sorin.srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>       >>
>       >>      Hi all,
>       >>
>       >>      I found a vb-script that runs from the CLI and that defags all
>       harddrives
>       >>      it finds on a system. The auhor mentions that it's easy to
>       > schedule
>       > using
>       >>      the task scheduler. This would most probably work for us if I
>       set the
>       >>      script to execute as System or some other privilegied account,
>       so
>       >> that
>       > the
>       >>      normal user (who isn't allowed to run a defrag) can have a
>       > defragged
>       > gd on
>       >>      a regular basis.
>       >>
>       >>      I'm able to push the script to all clients, but is there a way
>       > to add
>       > a
>       >>      task to all client computers from one location (like my admin
>       >>      workstation)? I'm not really sure how one would do this. Can
you
>       ppl
>       >> suggest a simple way?
>       >>
>       >>      TIA.
>       >>
>       >>
>       >>      BW,
>       >>
>       >>      Sorin
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