I am trying to add a domain user account to a local group and everything works fine if I am logged into the computer but if I run the same script under the SYSTEM account it fails with the error: 424 Object Required". Here is the code:
Dim domain : domain = "DOMAIN01"
Dim domainController: domainController = "99.139.151.102"
Dim localComputer : localComputer = "SERVER001"
Dim localGroup : localGroup = "LocalGroup1"
Dim domainAccount : domainAccount = "User1"
Dim objLocalGroup
Dim objDomainUser
Set objLocalGroup = GetObject("WinNT://" & localComputer & "/" & localGroup & ",group")
Set objDomainUser = GetObject("WinNT:").OpenDSObject("WinNT://" & domain & "/" & domainController & "/" & domainAccount, domainAccount, "Password1234", ADS_SECURE_AUTHENTICATION or ADS_SERVER_BIND)
'Add domain user to local group.
objLocalGroup.Add(objDomainUser.ADsPath)
If Err.Number <> 0 Then
WScript.Echo Err.Number
WScript.Echo Err.Description
Else
WScript.Echo domainAccount & " has been added to local group " & localGroup
End If
Thank you
The SYSTEM account has no business connecting to other hosts. Run the script as a user with local admin privileges.
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I'm trying to create a an excel to track production in my organization. I have a user list with user names (windows). I wanted to validate the user name with the global list of the company whenever some adds a new user name to the list.
I have got a simple function for the same
Function GetUserFullName(userName) As String
Set WSHnet = CreateObject("WScript.Network")
UserDomain = WSHnet.UserDomain
On Error GoTo Err_open_esy
Set objUser = GetObject("WinNT://" & UserDomain & "/" & userName & ",user")
Exit_open_esy:
GetUserFullName = objUser.FullName
Exit Function
Err_open_esy:
GetUserFullName = "Error"
End Function
can use as
GetUserFullName("abc")
I am trying to open a file on a remote computer. The computer I am trying to access has a Domain/Username/Password that are required. I am unable to find out how to use the credentials to access the file.
I don't have much, but I have this so far.
Dim username = "domain\username"
Dim Pass = "password "
Dim path As String = "\\" & FIP & "\C$\Test.log "
Process.Start(path)
I cannot figure out how to incorporate the username/pass into the path to run it.
You need to initialize ProcessStartInfo object and pass that as parameter to Process.start.
Dim path As String = "\\" & FIP & "\C$\Test.log "
Dim RemoteMachine As New ProcessStartInfo(path)
RemoteMachine.UserName = "domain\username"
RemoteMachine.Password = "password"
Process.Start(RemoteMachine)
I am trying to take text fields for old hostname, new hostname, username, and password and remotely change computer names. That part is working fantastic. It was all great until my manager saw it in action, since we have a policy against downloading and using freeware.
It's not freeware if I made it. Unfortunately, he sent it to my director, and know my director knows I know a little bit about Visual Basic, so he wants to loop the names from a CSV file, change the name, and send a message to the end user instructing them to save their files and reboot.
Unfortunately, net send has gone the way of XP since Vista. However, from Vista - Win8.1, there's a utility called msg.exe in C:\Windows\System32. In order to use it, the target computer has to have the registry value AllowRemoteRPC in HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Services set to 1.
So here's what the app does:
Reads the DWORD key AllowRemoteRPC and stores it to a variable (MyVal), changes the key to 1, attempts to send the message alerting the user they need to restart, changes the key back to MyVal, and then executes netdom renamecomputer and renames the PC. Everything works perfectly EXCEPT sending the message. I can open up a command prompt and type:
msg /server:hostname * /v /time:3600 "my message here
And it works perfectly (after manually editing the registry key to the needed value).
However, running it from VB doesn't work. Here's what I've tried:
"msg /server:" & hostname & " * /v /time:3600 ""my message here"""
"cmd.exe /D /c msg /server:" & hostname & " * /v /time:3600 ""my message here"""
Neither seems to work. I know the registry value is being changed. I put message boxes after each step in my and refreshed the regedit to actually see the value of the DWORD key, and it is changing. Everything APPEARS to be going smoothly, the message is just not getting sent.
I do have these commands running as arguments to a function I created in order to create a process so I could output the streamreader to a listbox.
Here's my code. Please keep in mind, I'm barely over 2 months into learning visual basic, so it's probably not the prettiest code out there:
Imports System
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Diagnostics
Imports System.Security.Permissions
Imports Microsoft.Win32
Public Class applicationMain
Private Sub btnExecute_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles btnExecute.Click
Dim oldPC As String = txtOldPC.Text
Dim newPC As String = txtNewPC.Text
Dim username As String = txtUsername.Text
Dim password As String = txtPassword.Text
If oldPC <> "" And newPC <> "" And username <> "" And password <> "" Then
Dim MyReg As Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey = Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey.OpenRemoteBaseKey(Microsoft.Win32.RegistryHive.LocalMachine, oldPC)
Dim MyRegKey As Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey
Dim MyVal As String
lbOutput.Items.Clear()
MyRegKey = MyReg.OpenSubKey("System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server")
MyVal = MyRegKey.GetValue("AllowRemoteRPC", RegistryValueKind.DWord)
MyRegKey.Close()
lbOutput.Items.Add("Processing registry changes...")
Try
MyRegKey = MyReg.OpenSubKey("System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server", True)
MyRegKey.SetValue("AllowRemoteRPC", &H1, RegistryValueKind.DWord)
Catch ex As Exception
MessageBox.Show("An Error Has Occured:" & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & ex.ToString())
lbOutput.Items.Add("")
lbOutput.Items.Add("ABORTED!")
Exit Sub
End Try
lbOutput.Items.Add("Success!")
lbOutput.Items.Add("Sending message to user:")
Try
ExecuteCommand("cmd.exe", "/D /c msg /SERVER:" & oldPC & ".na.int.grp * /v /TIME:3600 ""Changes have been made by IS to your computer that require a restart. Please save your files and restart your computer to avoid service interruption.""")
Catch ex As Exception
MessageBox.Show("An Error Has Occured:" & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & ex.ToString())
lbOutput.Items.Add("")
lbOutput.Items.Add("ABORTED!")
MyRegKey = MyReg.OpenSubKey("System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server", True)
MyRegKey.SetValue("AllowRemoteRPC", MyVal, RegistryValueKind.DWord)
Exit Sub
End Try
lbOutput.Items.Add(" Message: ""Changes have been made by IS to your computer that require a restart. Please save your files and restart your computer to avoid service interruption."" ")
lbOutput.Items.Add("Reverting registry changes...")
Try
MyRegKey = MyReg.OpenSubKey("System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server", True)
MyRegKey.SetValue("AllowRemoteRPC", MyVal, RegistryValueKind.DWord)
Catch ex As Exception
MessageBox.Show("An Error Has Occured:" & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & ex.ToString())
lbOutput.Items.Add("")
lbOutput.Items.Add("ABORTED!")
Exit Sub
End Try
Try
ExecuteCommand("netdom", "renamecomputer " & oldPC & " /newname:" & newPC & " /userD:na\" & username & " /passwordd:" & password & " /usero:na\" & username & " /passwordo:" & password & " /Force")
Catch ex As Exception
MessageBox.Show("An Error Has Occured:" & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & ex.ToString())
lbOutput.Items.Add("")
lbOutput.Items.Add("ABORTED!")
Exit Sub
End Try
lbOutput.Items.Add("Success!")
lbOutput.Items.Add("")
lbOutput.Items.Add("Rename successful for " & oldPC & "!")
lbOutput.Items.Add("******************************************************************")
lbOutput.Items.Add("")
End If
End Sub
Private Function ExecuteCommand(ByVal cmd As String, ByVal arguments As String)
Dim cmdProcess As New Process()
Dim cmdProcessStartInfo As New ProcessStartInfo()
Dim cmdStreamReader As IO.StreamReader
Dim output As String
cmdProcessStartInfo.UseShellExecute = False
cmdProcessStartInfo.CreateNoWindow = True
cmdProcessStartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = True
cmdProcessStartInfo.FileName = cmd
cmdProcessStartInfo.Arguments = arguments
cmdProcess.StartInfo = cmdProcessStartInfo
cmdProcess.Start()
cmdStreamReader = cmdProcess.StandardOutput
Do While cmdStreamReader.EndOfStream = False
output = cmdStreamReader.ReadLine()
lbOutput.SelectedIndex = lbOutput.Items.Count - 1
lbOutput.Items.Add(output)
Loop
cmdProcess.WaitForExit()
cmdProcess.Close()
Return vbNull
End Function
End Class
What do you know. There's actually nothing wrong with my code at all. While trying to play around with the paths variable, I decided "Fuhgeddaboudit, I'll just add the executable to the project!". Right clicked the project, Add -> Existing Item. Selected Executable as the type, and went to C:\Windows\System32 and, get this now, msg.exe wasn't there. At all. Opened Explorer and went to System32, msg.exe was there. For whatever reason, Visual Studio cannot see the program at all. Which is in and of itself weird.
So I copied msg.exe to my desktop, added it to source, the program works like a charm now.
Every time i make an appointment it gets converted to meeting so i adjusted my code to send the appointment to SendInvitationsMode.SendToNone becase i read when u use attendees it will become an meeting but now i need to get the appointment send to EmailAdres2 without EmailAdres2 needing to confirm i know like this it will be saved at Emailadres but i need it on EmailAdres2
(Emailadres has all privileges to write an appointment to EmailAdres2)
Dim _service As New ExchangeService(ExchangeVersion.Exchange2010_SP1)
_service.UseDefaultCredentials = False
_service.Credentials = New WebCredentials(Emailadres, Password)
_service.AutodiscoverUrl(EmailAdres2)
_service.TraceEnabled = False
Dim _appointment As New Appointment(_service)
_appointment.Subject = onderwerp
_appointment.Body = "Nieuw Afspraak <br><br> deb_nr en Klant: " & deb_nr & ": " & Label16.Text & " <br> Locatie: " & Label18.Text & " in " & Label17.Text & " <br><br>Omschrijving: " & onderwerp & " <br><br>Telefoon 1: " & tel1 & "<br>Telefoon 2: " & tel2 & "<br>Telefoon 3: " & tel3 & ""
_appointment.Start = datum
_appointment.[End] = _appointment.Start.AddHours(endhours)
_appointment.ReminderMinutesBeforeStart = reminder
_appointment.Location = Label16.Text & " " & adres
_appointment.Save(SendInvitationsMode.SendToNone)
You need to find the correct folder for each e mail adres so first connect like this and thaen find correct folder like this.
Dim _service As New ExchangeService(ExchangeVersion.Exchange2010_SP1)
_service.UseDefaultCredentials = False
_service.Credentials = New WebCredentials("email", "password")
_service.AutodiscoverUrl("email")
Dim mbox As New Mailbox(email)
Dim folder As New FolderId(WellKnownFolderName.Calendar, mbox)
and use send to none if you what so send to only 1 person and not the main e-mail adres
I think what you need is to impersonate the EmailAdres2 and create an appointment for it.
You can do it like this
_service.ImpersonatedUserId = new ImpersonatedUserId(ConnectingIdType.SmtpAddress, Emailadres2);
Note: you need to enable the impersonation for Emailadres2 from the exchange server configuration.
I'm using the following code inside an ActiveX Script job on SQl Server to call an URL every X minutes.
Dim WshShell
Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.Run "iexplore.exe http://www.google.com.br"
Set WsShell = Nothing
it is working but the processes created keep running:
Any way of changin that code to call the URL and kill the recent called process or call it with a "time-to-live". I think it is more secure, I wouldn't want to kill the wrong process.
Following up on the suggestion by #Ted, you can also fetch a URL using native Microsoft capabilities in an in-process fashion. You can do this via a component known as WinHTTP (the latest appears to be WinHTTP 5.1).
See my script below which includes a function to simply obtain the status of a URL. When I run this script I get the following output:
http://www.google.com => 200 [OK]
http://www.google.com/does_not_exist => 404 [Not Found]
http://does_not_exist.google.com => -2147012889
[The server name or address could not be resolved]
If you want the actual content behind a URL, try oHttp.ResponseText. Here's the WinHTTP reference if you are interested in other capabilities as well.
Option Explicit
Dim aUrlList
aUrlList = Array( _
"http://www.google.com", _
"http://www.google.com/does_not_exist", _
"http://does_not_exist.google.com" _
)
Dim i
For i = 0 To UBound(aUrlList)
WScript.Echo aUrlList(i) & " => " & GetUrlStatus(aUrlList(i))
Next
Function GetUrlStatus(sUrl)
Dim oHttp : Set oHttp = CreateObject("WinHttp.WinHttpRequest.5.1")
On Error Resume Next
With oHttp
.Open "GET", SUrl, False
.Send
End With
If Err Then
GetUrlStatus = Err.Number & " [" & Err.Description & "]"
Else
GetUrlStatus = oHttp.Status & " [" & oHttp.StatusText & "]"
End If
Set oHttp = Nothing
End Function
The way you start IE is external, you have little control over the process once it is started.
A better interactive way is like this
Function GetData(strUrl) 'As String
Set web = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application")
web.Navigate strUrl
Do While web.Busy
wscript.sleep 100
Loop
Set doc = Nothing
Do Until Not doc Is Nothing
Set doc = web.Document
Loop
strWebPage = doc.all(1).innerHTML 'This does return the head sections
web.Quit
GetData = strWebPage
End Function
wscript.echo GetData("www.google.com")
UPDATE: As it stands now, it looks like this is not a viable solution. After multiple invocations, IE processes begin to accumulate with this approach as well. It appears this behavior has something to do with IE's session management. IE doesn't like to be abruptly terminated.
I found some very useful information about managing processes via WMI here. Using that as a basis, I came up with the code I show below. One of the nice aspects of the WMI approach is that you are given access to the unique ID for the process. I consider my code a starting point as I'm sure further improvements are possible (including the addition of exception handling).
Perhaps others with deeper knowledge of WMI can offer additional advice.
PS: Hope you like that I wrapped this functionality inside a VBScript class called Process.
Option Explicit
' Const PROG = "notepad.exe"
Const TARGET = "http://www.google.com"
Dim PROG : PROG = "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe " & TARGET
Const ABOVE_NORMAL = 32768 ' what are the other priority constants?
Dim oProc : Set oProc = New Process
oProc.Name = PROG
' oProc.Priority = ABOVE_NORMAL
oProc.Launch
WScript.Echo "Launched '" & PROG & "' with process ID '" & oProc.ID & "'"
WScript.Sleep 5000
oProc.Terminate
WScript.Echo "Process " & oProc.ID & " killed."
Set oProc = Nothing
' ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Class Process
Public Computer
Public Name
Public Priority
Public ID
Public IsRunning
Private mHandle
Private Sub Class_Initialize()
Me.Computer = "."
Me.Name = Null
Me.ID = -1
Me.Priority = Null
Me.IsRunning = False
Set mHandle = Nothing
End Sub
Private Sub Class_Terminate()
Set mHandle = Nothing
End Sub
Public Sub Launch()
Dim oWmi, oStartup, oConfig
Dim nPid
Set oWmi = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
& "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" _
& Me.Computer & "\root\cimv2")
Set oStartup = oWmi.Get("Win32_ProcessStartup")
If Not IsNull(Me.Priority) Then
Set oConfig = oStartup.SpawnInstance_
oConfig.PriorityClass = Me.Priority
End If
Set mHandle = GetObject("winmgmts:root\cimv2:Win32_Process")
mHandle.Create Me.Name, Null, oConfig, nPid
' WScript.Echo "TypeName Is [" & TypeName(mHandle) & "]"
Me.ID = nPid
Me.IsRunning = True
End Sub
Public Sub Terminate()
' mHandle.Terminate ' hmmm, doesn't work...
Dim oWmi
Dim colProcessList, oProc
Set oWmi = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
& "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" _
& Me.Computer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colProcessList = oWmi.ExecQuery _
("Select * from Win32_Process Where ProcessId = '" & Me.ID & "'")
For Each oProc In colProcessList ' should be only one process
' WScript.Echo "TypeName Is [" & TypeName(oProc) & "]"
oProc.Terminate
Next
Me.IsRunning = False
End Sub
End Class
Could you consider using a lightweight command line URL retrieval program, like CURL ( http://curl.haxx.se/docs/manpage.html ) or WGET ( http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/ )? These programs can be executed from the command line quite simply:
wget http://www.google.com
curl http://www.google.com
You can execute them from VBScript like this:
sub shell(cmd)
' Run a command as if you were running from the command line
dim objShell
Set objShell = WScript.CreateObject( "WScript.Shell" )
objShell.Run(cmd)
Set objShell = Nothing
end sub
shell "wget http://www.google.com"
The only downside to this is that WGET and CURL won't execute javascript, download affiliated images, or render the HTML; they will simply download the web page. In my experience, I use CURL and WGET regularly as long as I only have to retrieve a single HTML page; but if I have to render something or trigger AJAX functions I use an automatable web browser toolkit like Selenium, WATIN, or IMacros.