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In a batch script I need to run a query which has UTC (seconds elapsed since January 1, 1970) as a part  of the "where" clause. How do I generate this UTC time with in the batch script.
Hello everyone. Does anyone know a batch of some kind or would be willing to make one, that determines if a windir of a REMOTE machine is /WINNT/ or /WINDOWS/ and after it determines which ...
Hello, I have a .bat file  on a win2k server that executes a backup and in the backup a .log file is created, and overwrites the one that was there previously. What I need to do is at the b...
Hi All, i have a number of subfolders that contain JPG's that are all named differently, i want the batch file to locate each one and rename each one to cover.jpg Can someone throw toget...
This is driving me nuts, anyone know how do this? I need a single line DOS command to delete a file if is empty, but it must be able to execute from one command line. I have the followin...
I have a bat file that is being used to install a simple program, however, some of the systems its being run opn are dual boot between 2K and XP and it needs installing on a partition that is ...
Check OS type, then differentiate between client and server platforms to only check registry on clients for service pack level ie 2K - SP4, XP - SP1 and NT - SP6 and then run patch accordingly.
Hi  I need a batch file that look in myfile.txt and replace C:\ for C:\\ and D:\ for D:\\   Thanx
Hi What i need is a batch file that generate a random number from 0 to 200 and set it to a variable %NUMBER%
I'm attempting to TOGGLE the wireless zero configuration service. If it is on, it should count from the grep. If it is off, it will count a 0 from the grep. That gets read to result.dat. The f...
Email is not an acceptable method of asking questions for this forum.   I hope the one who mailed me a request for this saw my name on PC-Mag, where they do not do requests for assistance, pe...
Can you still buy MSDOS and if so where?
All, I am working on Win2k/NT.  I have a set of files that are supposed to be identical on two different servers.  They have the same file names and directory structure, just two different ...
WinXP Pro is the OS I have two cd-dvdrom drives, I am going to make a cd which contains some favorite apps and will be installed from a .cmd file from on of the cd-dvd rom. I want to be abl...
I am writing a batch file to automate ghosting drives and running sid changer.  I want to add a 5 second delay between the ghost program and the sid changer program and have the option to pres...
I have to run a script on the Windows servers where i can get the following information. I have list of 500 severs i want to use that list and write a script where i can get following info a...
Hi, I have a txt file like this string1     <1000> string2     <1000> string3     <2000> string4     <1240> string5     <4000> string6     <1000> What i want in a batch file is i...
Hi there,, I have a text file that contains names of colors: red, blue, green I want to create a batch file which contains a loop.. so in the command window I will be able to print ...
How can I check for a specific %ERRORLEVEL% value in a batch file? Say I want to GOTO label 'DONOTCONTINUE' if the %ERRORLEVEL% variable is exactly equal to 13. How would I check for that?
I have a client that has a dos based voice recording machine.  This machine was originally configured for a Novell network and IPX and now they are TCP/IP.  How do I change this DOS machine to...
For some reason my batch file doesn't work all of the time.  It brings up a Novell Login box, but it doesn't automatically login.  Sometimes I have to manually click the 'OK' box.  Does anyone...
I'm running XP Pro, I would like to know if there is a way to make your operating system hide the data partition (D:\ ) so that if a virus was to infect the machine it would not infect the dat...
Hello all, I would like to copy a folder with all it's contents using XCOPY command to a new destination. The problem I faced was when I realized that the folders name has spaces in it. I can...
A simple question. How do I echo a blank line? (equivalent to /n) Like echo x gives the output "x", what will give the output equivalent to an <enter> Please tell me if you do not understand...
Hi, My objective is very simple. I have a pop3 account: Have authorization to use a pop3 and smtp server. I want to build a batch file to send a mail to a specific email address (not using ...