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Summary : The Microsoft Scripting Guys talk about turning three scripts into a single module to configure basic desktop tasks. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. I have spent the last several days building a new computer. The following photo shows me working on my new computer. It actually...

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to detect the version of Internet Explorer that is running on your computer. In this post: Access Environment Variables using a VBS Script Version Control for PowerShell Scripts Detect Internet Explorer Versions ...

Summary : The Microsoft Scripting Guys show how to use Windows PowerShell to identify applications that cause Internet Explorer to crash.   Hey, Scripting Guy! I am the network administrator where I work. I do mean the network administrator. I do everything from server configuration and installation...

Hey, Scripting Guy! Awhile back, I visited a really cool Web site (not yours), but I did not save it as a favorite. The site does not show up in my History folder. Is there any way I can use a script to retrieve this information? By the way, I enjoy reading about you in your opening stories. If I do...

In this post : How Can I Change the Internet Explorer Title Bar? How Can I Create a Password Based on the User's First Name and Last Name? How Can I Bail Out a For...Next Loop When the Number 15 Is Reached? How Can I Modify an Executable File's Compatibility Check? How Can I Check for...

Hey Scripting Guy! Internet Explorer used to be limited to only downloading two items at a time. I found a script that would increase it to 10, but that script does not work on Windows 7. I got accustomed to being able to download 10 things at the same from within Internet Explorer. Do you have a script...

Determining if SQL Is Installed; How to Read Paired Information into a Dictionary Object Hey, Scripting Guy! Being an avid reader of your columns for the last several years has been a blast. I wrote you once before but with no success (in terms of a reply, which was expected, and in terms of not seeing...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I just found out that Internet Explorer 7 and even Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 allows you to have multiple home pages. This is like soooo cool. I would like to be able to write a script that uses Windows PowerShell to change the start page to the Script Center. It would be nice if...

How Can I Automatically Open and Monitor Web Sites? Hey, Scripting Guy! I enjoyed reading your Quick-Hits Friday article that talked about opening multiple Web sites in different browser tabs, and that got me thinking. Our company has a number of Web sites we need to monitor, and I was wondering...