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Script retrieves remote drive mappings and printers

Rod Trent, Contributor
08.08.2005
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Use this VBScript to connect to a remote computer and retrieve the list of mapped network drives and printers.

For this script to work remotely, you will need to run through the steps for creating a Remote WSH instance. This is possible using WSH 5.6 or higher. To review how to set up a Remote WSH instance, read this article: Setting Up Remote WSH.

Note: Make sure you have the latest scripting engines on the workstation f...

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rom where you run the script below. Download the latest scripting engines here: Microsoft Scripting Home Page.

Note: When working with the Active Directory Services Interface (ADSI), you must have the same applicable rights as you would using the built-in administrative tools.

Rod Trent, manager of myITforum.com and a Microsoft MVP, is an expert on Microsoft Systems Management Server. He has more than 18 years of IT experience -- eight of which have been dedicated to SMS. He is the author of Microsoft SMS Installer, Admin911: SMS, and IIS 5.0: A Beginner's Guide and has written thousands of articles on technology topics.

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