With VBScript, you're limited to the commands that VBScript's designers included in the language. With Powershell, you can make any object in the .Net library.

Microsoft announced today that it will start deprecating VBScript in the second half of 2024 by making it an on-demand feature until it's completely removed. Features on Demand (FODs) are optional ...

Likewise, VBScript removal has also been on Microsoft's radar for a while. The company first expressed the desire to remove it back in May 2023.

How to Use VBScript to Rename Files. Many commercial Web sites use the VBScript language to create flexible, dynamic pages. In some applications, such as a site that lets you download business ...

VBScript will be introduced as FODs in Windows 11, version 24H2, and will be enabled by default. Phase 2 will see the tools turned off by default, which Microsoft expects will happen in 2027.

On the next Microsoft Patch Tuesday, coming on August 13th, Microsoft will disable VBScript by default in Internet Explorer for Windows 7, 8, and 8.1. This is part of Microsoft's initiative ...

VBScript is officially joining an ever-growing list of historical Windows features that Microsoft decided to kill for unspecified (and sometimes questionable) reasons.

VBScript is an older scripting language, but if your business still uses it, you have the ability to encrypt that code. Microsoft provides a free Script Encoder utility that does this for you.

Microsoft already disabled VBScript by default for IE11 on Windows 10 in July, and on August 13 will enter the same state in IE11 on Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 in the August update.

This seems like it should be simple, but I can't find it. I would like to obtain a computer's DNS name in a VBScript logon script. These are all Windows XP or Windows 2003 systems joined to a domain.

Each one of the VBScript utilities has many more parameters than I will show. Be sure to read the information in the Learning more section. Must-read Windows coverage Prncnfg.vbs ...

(VBScript) language and why it is important. This week, we get into some basic coding, starting with file input and output (i.e. reading and ...