tryed my hand at writing a batch file to solve a problem at work with the timeclock timing out as it tries to connect to the server. here's my code
@ECHO OFF
REM - Set Working Directory
chdir C:\Users\*\Desktop\
REM - CHECK AND CREATE LOGFILE (PLAIN TEXT) IF NOT FOUND
ECHO. >>LOGFILE.TXT
ECHO. >>LOGFILE.TXT
ECHO DNS LOGFILE ENTRY>>LOGFILE.TXT
REM - APPEND AND OUTPUT CURRENT DATE AND TIME TO LOGFILE
ECHO. >>LOGFILE.TXT
ECHO %DATE% >>LOGFILE.TXT
ECHO %TIME% >>LOGFILE.TXT
ECHO.>>LOGFILE.TXT
ECHO BEFORE >>LOGFILE.TXT
REM - GATHER CURRENT DNS RESOLVER CACHE AND APPEND IP'S TO LOGFILE
ECHO. >>LOGFILE.TXT
ipconfig /displaydns >>LOGFILE.TXT
ECHO. >>LOGFILE.TXT
REM - FLUSH THE DNS RESOLVER CACHE
ipconfig /flushdns
CLS
REM - APPEND AND OUTPUT AFTER
ECHO AFTER >>LOGFILE.TXT
ECHO. >>LOGFILE.TXT
ECHO Please Activate Time Clock and
ECHO.
Pause
REM - GATHER NEW DNS RESOLVER CACHE AND APPEND NEW IP'S TO LOGFILE
ECHO. >>LOGFILE.TXT
ipconfig /displaydns >>LOGFILE.TXT
ECHO. >>LOGFILE.TXT
REM - EXIT AND SAVE LOGFILE
EXIT
REM - Created by Wa Sing
