ActiveX scripting architecture enables powerful scripting using languages such as VB Script, Java Script, and Perl. Microsoft currently provides three hosts for running these scripting languages across the Windows platform:
Internet Explorer enables scripts to be executed on client machines from within HTML pages.
Internet Information Server now supports Active Server Pages, which
enables scripts to be run on Web servers; in other words, it enables
server-side scripting over the Internet or an intranet.
Windows Scripting Host enables scripts to be executed directly on the Windows desktop or command console, without the need to embed those scripts in an HTML document. Scripts can be run directly from the desktop simply by clicking on a script file, or from the command console. WSH provides a low-memory scripting host that is ideal for non-interactive scripting needs such as logon scripting, administrative scripting, and so on.