Enable GC (VBScript)

This code can be found in Chapter 3 of Active Directory Cookbook, 2nd edition

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' This VBScript code enables or disables the GC for the specified DC

' ---------------------------------------------------------------
' From the book "Active Directory Cookbook" by Robbie Allen
' Publisher: O'Reilly and Associates
' ISBN: 0-596-00466-4
' Book web site: http://rallenhome.com/books/adcookbook/code.html
' ---------------------------------------------------------------

' ------ SCRIPT CONFIGURATION ------
strDC = "<DomainControllerName>"   ' e.g. dc01.rallencorp.com
strGCEnable = 1                    ' 1 = enable, 0 = disable
' ------ END CONFIGURATION ---------

set objRootDSE = GetObject("LDAP://" & strDC & "/RootDSE")
objNTDS = GetObject("LDAP://" & strDC & "/" &  _
                    objRootDSE.Get("dSServiceName"))
objNTDS.Put "options", strGCEnable
objNTDS.SetInfo

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