These custom actions automate various installation functions that must happen when an MSI file is run. At this point, Microsoft has not allowed PowerShell to run inside of an MSI file, so admins are ...

How to Create a VBScript to Call an MSI. If your company uses Microsoft programming and the .NET platform to develop applications, you want to know your way around a few basic commands. For ...

My old supervisor (since departed) created a software install package (files and folders) and a VBS install script which has worked fine in XP for years. (Yes, my company is still using XP, but we ...

Last week, I gave an introduction to the Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript) language and why it is important. This week, we get into some basic coding, starting with file input and output ...

How to Encrypt VBScript. You cannot protect your business's VBScript code perfectly, but you can encode it to prevent the average person from understanding it. VBScript is an older scripting ...

Popular malware like QakBot and DarkGate rely on VBScript, which dates back to 1996 — but their days are numbered now that Microsoft is finally deprecating the Windows programming language.

Windows 7 and Windows 8 updates scheduled for next Patch Tuesday will disable VBScript in Internet Explorer 11.

Microsoft is continuing its long deprecation of VBScript in its Internet Explorer 11 Web browser for security reasons.

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 ...