Restart the DNS Server service (VBScript)

This code can be found in Chapter 14 of DNS on Windows Server 2003

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' Restart the DNS Server service

' ---------------------------------------------------------------
' From the book "DNS on Windows Server 2003" 
' By Cricket Liu, Matt Larson & Robbie Allen
' Publisher: O'Reilly and Associates
' ISBN: 0-596-00562-8
' Book web site: http://rallenhome.com/books/dnsonw2k3/toc.html
' ---------------------------------------------------------------

strServer = "terminator.movie.edu"

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set objDNS = GetObject("winMgmts:\\" & strServer & "\root\MicrosoftDNS")
set objDNSServer = objDNS.Get("MicrosoftDNS_Server.Name="".""")

objDNSServer.StopService
if Err Then
  WScript.Echo "StopService failed: " & Err.Description
  Wscript.Quit
end if

objDNSServer.StartService
if Err Then
  WScript.Echo "StartService failed: " & Err.Description
  Wscript.Quit
end if

WScript.Echo "Restart successful"

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