VB Newbie: New ConnectionOptions() causes "Expected end of statement"

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From: Peter Valdemar Mørch (4nr8e4s02_at_sneakemail.com)
Date: 02/28/04

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    Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 09:45:34 +0100

    I have my tiny WMI script working when logged in on localhost as a
    user with Administrator credentials on the remote host.

    Now I'm trying to modify it to access a remote host as another user
    than the one currently logged in on localhost.

    I therefore put the follwing snippet in a "hello.vbs" file with
    notepad:

    Imports System
    Imports System.Management
    Dim options As New ConnectionOptions()
    options.Username = "User"
    options.Password = "password"
    Dim scope As New ManagementScope("\\host\root\cimv2",options)
    scope.Connect()
    <snipped: yada yada yada>

    When I dbl-click hello.vbs I get a "Expected end of statement"
    "Windows Script Host" error where the source is "Microsoft VBScript
    compliation error" for line 3, the New ConnectionOptions() line. (In
    fact, trying to create a ManagementScope() instance instead triggers
    the same error too)

    I think the script is basically sound, as I've seen variations on that
    same theme a zillion places on the net. But need I do anthing special?
    Do I need to install some special microsoft suite or do something to run
    it other than putting the code in a .vbs file and run it with wscript?
    Dbl-clicking it or running it under cmd yields the same behaviour. I
    also tried putting the script into my Excel visual basic editor and
    into the "Windows .NET server resource kit - Scriptomatic"
    http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/scriptcenter/tools/wmimatic.asp
    and got the same results.

    I'm running Windows XP Professional with .NET 1.1 installed (I'm a
    little unsure whether .NET is required but I already had it
    installed...)

    Any help wildly appreciated!! 

    -- 
Peter Valdemar Mørch
http://www.morch.com
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