WinXP Scripting?

I want to create some sort of lightweight script that will run several 3rd-party benchmark tools and record their results to a file. It also needs to be able to reboot between each test and continue afterwards.

I'm kind of at a loss of where to start here. What programming language or toolset should I look at?

Thanks in advance.
[353 byte] By [joeljkp] at [2007-11-18 16:12:49]
# 1 Re: WinXP Scripting?
I'd use VisualC++, create an ATL Sefvice application. Service is the keyword here. If its a service, it sort of becomes part of the OS and you can track how its going and take measures, and start on OS bootup so easy.
Deniz at 2007-11-9 12:15:09 >
# 2 Re: WinXP Scripting?
Well, I don't have VC++... I was hoping for some kind of quick-and-dirty solution.
joeljkp at 2007-11-9 12:16:10 >