From: Jan Svitok <jan.svitok@...>
Date: 2006-12-08T23:50:05+09:00
Subject: Re: Using Ruby to change printer preferences in Win32

On 12/8/06, Anders <anders.schneiderman@seiu.org> wrote:
> Our Windows XP sys admins recently changed things so that every day,
> our networked printer preferences are reset using a script.  Rather
> than changing the preferences by hand every day so they suit my work
> needs, I'd like to write a Ruby program I can run each morning.  Any
> pointers on where to get started?   For example, is this something I
> should
> do via Win32OLE?  If so, where do I find the right OLE calls to change
> printer printing prefs?

If OLE then WMI is the most probable way. Have a look at WMI (Windows
Management Interface or something like that), if there's something
interesting. Other possibilities are through the registry or direct
WINAPI calls (Win32API).

If I understood correctly, you want top reverse the changes made by
your admins. If that is right, I assume the best place to look for
information is the admins' script itself. Chances are that it is a
.wsh or .vbs script, that is more or less directly translatable to
ruby, using Win32OLE. It's possible that it is an .exe file, and that
is a harder case (regmon from sysinternals might be helpful then).