Need help in writing a vbs script

Question

I am very new to scripting and need help in scripting the following:
When the Windows 7 machine boots up or a user logs on (easy to do with GPO), I want to execute a script that starts some services
ONLY if the length of the computer name is less than or equal to 15 else it should exit. It has to be done in the background without any user interaction.
The script should be able to work for both x86 and x64 version of Win7.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
JD
JD

Answer 1

Hi,
I highly recommend that you skip VBScript and learn PowerShell instead. This is pretty trivial in PowerShell:
If ($env:COMPUTERNAME.Length -le 15) {
# Do stuff
# HINT: Look into Start-Service
Write-Host "Under limit: $env:COMPUTERNAME"
} Else {
# Do optional stuff
Write-Host "Over limit: $env:COMPUTERNAME"
(OT: jrv - happy? =])
If you must stick with VBScript for some odd reason, here's an example to get you started:
Set wshNetwork = WScript.CreateObject( "WScript.Network" )
strComputerName = wshNetwork.ComputerName
If Len(strComputerName) <= 15 Then
'Do stuff here when the name is short enough
WScript.Echo "Under limit: " & strComputerName
Else
'Do stuff here when the name is too long (only if you want to)
WScript.Echo "Over limit: " & strComputerName
End If
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