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Win32 Perl Programming: The Standard Extensions
Second Edition is HERE!!!

It has been almost three years since the release of Win32 Perl Programming: The Standard Extensions. Many things have changed and the demand has been high for a second edition. Well, the wait is over. The ever popular TSE book has been updated with a second edition!
This second edition covers new material such as Win32 security, COM events, Windows Terminal Services, the Win32::Lanman module and the list goes on. Packed with hundreds of new pages and over 150 new code examples Win32 Perl Programming: The Standard Extensions, Second Edition helps decode the complexities of Win32 Perl programming.

This book is now available online as part of the online Safari library!

Check out Dave Roth's Perl Articles

Read our own Dave Roth's articles from The Windows IT Pro Scripting site. This is a great resource for anyone who needs to administrate Windows machines. The newsletter covers a range of scripting languages such as Perl, VB and Java.
Dave's articles covers such interesting topics as:

Enabling Perl to use talk using speech synthesis

How to use MS Graph to make great charts

How to manage IE's cookies and cache

Interacting with MSN Messenger

How to search the Registry

Securely storing data on a Win32 machine

How to use WMI from Perl

...and much more!

Are You New To Perl?

So you are new to Perl, or maybe you are just new to Perl on Win32 platforms. This is nothing to be concerned about. Just check out these sites to get started:

Our Perl start page
The Windows Perl Blog
The Windows Perl Forum
Our related Perl links page
Download and install Win32 Perl from ActiveState Tool Corp
Read like a maniac! Check out our recommended books page
Have a look at samples scripts at the Roth Consulting Script Repository

Windows Perl Blog
&
Windows Perl Forums

Our site has both forums and a blog discussing Perl (in particular Windows Perl). You can see what others are thinking as well as post your own thoughts.

The Windows Perl Blog

The Windows Perl Forum

Our second book is out in the bookstores!
Win32 Perl Scripting: Administrator's Handbook

In this excellent book author Dave Roth shows how to tame some of the more tedious problems of Win32 administration.

His weapon of choice: Perl, of course. Based on the author's experience, the book details philosophies and strategies relating to how administrators can increase productivity without having to manually perform tasks or purchase costly software. The result: remarkable savings in administration time and cost. Administrators will appreciate the ready-to-run scripts that automate mundane and repetitive tasks, achieving their goals exponentially faster than previously possible. Managers will marvel over the cost savings in both software and administrative manpower.

This book complements our first one, Win32 Perl Programming: The Standard Extensions. Where the Standard Extensions book details how to use different Win32 Perl extensions, the Administrator's Handbook addresses different administrative tasks providing a wide spectrum of scripts. The distinctive strength of the Administrator's Handbook lies in demonstrating how to use Perl creatively to resolve most any administrative task. The strategies discussed will help administrators advance the capabilities and customize the book's scripts according to their specific needs. This volume covers topics that will:

Manage user privileges

Disable and enable user accounts in bulk

Manage processes on remote machines

Walk through an IIS web site

Create Win32 services using Perl

Make effective use of user logon scripts

...just to name a few things.

The book is available in bookstores. You can also order it now through Amazon.com.
We have more information on Win32 Perl Scripting: Administrator's Handbook.

Our Win32 Perl Programming: The Standard Extensions book is also available through Amazon.com.
More information on this book is available as well.

You can also check out our recommended book page.

The ~Home ISAPI Filter

UNIX administrators can now rejoice!
Any UNIX administrator can tell you that users can access their home directories by using the tilde (~) character. This functionality does not exist on NT, until now.

The ~Home ISAPI Filter allows user directories to be accessed by prefixing a user account with a ~ (or any other) token. The filter is totally configurable and can map a user's home directory, profile directory, or some other directory. With caching and cross domain support this ISAPI filter is a perfect compliment to NT's IIS web server.

If you are transitioning from UNIX to NT you owe it to yourself to check this out:
More info is on the ~Home ISAPI Filter page.

The Roth Consulting
Perl Script Repository

Our Perl Script Repository is a place to go when you are in need of a Perl script. You may not find the perfect script that fits your needs however it may be the just place to peruse scripts that can get you started.

The repository is a place for Perl coders to submit scripts that have served them well so that others can benefit from them. It also provides a place for good programmers to be discovered. Each script is linked to its author's brief biography. This is useful when looking for a programmer to contract with.

Check it out:
http://www.roth.net/perl/scripts/

Win32 Perl Programming: The Standard Extensions
Second Edition is HERE!!!

Check out Dave Roth's Perl Articles

Are You New To Perl?

Windows Perl Blog
&
Windows Perl Forums

Our second book is out in the bookstores!
Win32 Perl Scripting: Administrator's Handbook

In this excellent book author Dave Roth shows how to tame some of the more tedious problems of Win32 administration.

The ~Home ISAPI Filter

The Roth Consulting
Perl Script Repository

Our Presentations

LISA-NT Conference

1999

Annual O'Reilly Perl Conferences

1997

1999

2000

If you can not find what you are looking for...

Win32 Perl Programming: The Standard ExtensionsSecond Edition is HERE!!!

Check out Dave Roth's Perl Articles

Are You New To Perl?

Windows Perl Blog&Windows Perl Forums

Our second book is out in the bookstores!  Win32 Perl Scripting: Administrator's Handbook

In this excellent book author Dave Roth shows how to tame some of the more tedious problems of Win32 administration.

The ~Home ISAPI Filter

The Roth ConsultingPerl Script Repository

Our Presentations

LISA-NT Conference

1999

Annual O'Reilly Perl Conferences

1997

1999

2000

If you can not find what you are looking for...

Win32 Perl Programming: The Standard Extensions
Second Edition is HERE!!!

Windows Perl Blog
&
Windows Perl Forums

Our second book is out in the bookstores!
Win32 Perl Scripting: Administrator's Handbook

The Roth Consulting
Perl Script Repository