[CharlesHutchsky]

.bat files are good for doing things that .bat files are designed for. i.e. Short and simple scripts that you don't want to repeat over and over. For the 1300+ asset network I was an admin for before I returned to school, we would frequently use .bat files to execute scripts for mass-installs and policy configuration among other things.

Anyways, I know *what* I have to do, but what I don't know is *how* to do it. I am now looking for the library of code, the syntax and the commands I would be using to complete this prokect. At this point in time, my expertise remains in working with all forms of media (and related software), network management, hardware assembly/management, and user assistance. Want to set up some DHCP, print, exchange, and offline storage servers (along with the rest of the usual suspects), all managed through a central administrative console along with appropriate network security protocols? I'm your man. Code a self-deleting CD? Hopeless. That's why I came here.

I am *not* fluent with coding in any language (other than HTML, ActionScript, and some cmd-line scripting), and am only beginning to learn python, so I don't really know where to start in terms of what you are saying I should do. What would help is an example of code (in whatever language) that would "write random bits of information over the video part" if you know how to do it.