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How Can I Move a Computer From an Unknown OU into a Known OU?
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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I move a computer from an unknown OU into a known OU? -- DB Hey, DB. You know, a lot of people take a look at system administration scripting and think, “Well, it might be useful, but it sounds kind of boring.” After all...
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How Can I Determine Whether a File Exists on a Remote Computer?
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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I check to see if a file exists on a remote computer even if that file isn’t in a shared folder? -- SP Hey, SP. You know, the Scripting Guy who writes this column had minor periodontal surgery this morning. (Well, maybe...
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How Can I Use Windows PowerShell to Start a Service on a Remote Computer?
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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I use Windows PowerShell to start a service on a remote computer? -- NA Hey, NA. You know, a few years ago a professor named Francis Fukuyama wrote a book called The End of History and the Last of Man , a book which stated...
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How Can I Retrieve a List of All the Files That Have No File Extension?
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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I retrieve a list of all the files that have no file extension? -- JB Hey, JB. Funny you should ask about no-hitters. Yes, it’s true: the Scripting Son was robbed of a no-hitter this past Saturday. With one out in the top...
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How Can I Write a Script That Prevents the Screensaver from Starting?
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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I write a script that prevents the screensaver from coming on? Sometimes I get interrupted for a couple minutes (say I get a phone call or something) and the screensaver kicks in, which promptly locks the computer. Is there...
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How Can I Write a Script That Accesses All the Subfolders in My Outlook Inbox?
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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I write a script that accesses all the subfolders in my Outlook Inbox? -- MB Hey, MB. You know, after you’ve written a daily scripting column for nearly two years (have we mentioned the Hey, Scripting Guy 500th column celebration...
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How Can I Insert Text Into a Specific Column of a Text File?
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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I insert text into a specific column of a text file? I don’t want the text to be inserted at the beginning of a line or at the end of a line, but at a specific spot in the line. -- D Hey, D. You know, over the past two years...
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How Can I Get a List of Available Metadata for Microsoft Office Documents?
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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I get a list of available metadata for Microsoft Office documents? -- JR Hey, JR. If we understand your question correctly, you’d like to know if it’s true that July 21, 2006 will mark the 500 th Hey, Scripting...
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How Can I Populate a List Box With the CNs of All the OUs in My Domain?
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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I populate a list box with the CNs of all the OUs in my domain? -- AK Hey, AK. That’s an interesting question, AK, and we’ll do our best to answer it. Of course, we should point out that the United States soccer team has...
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How Can I Add a Right-to-Left Text Box to a Web Page?
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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I add a right-to-left text box to a Web page? -- B Hey, B. To begin with, we should note that we aren’t entirely sure that we know what we’re talking about here. (Good point: that’s a disclaimer that could be added to all...
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How Can I Add Multiple Tables to a Word Document?
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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I add multiple tables to a Word document? -- KH Hey, KH. You know, if the Scripting Guys have one failing (hey, we said if ) it’s this: we’re simple guys with simple tastes. Create a Microsoft Word document with multiple...
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How Can I List All the Tables in an Access Database?
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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I list all the tables in an Access database? -- KW Hey, KW. You know, the best part about writing a daily column on system administration scripting is that people only see the finished result; they never see all the detours...
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How Can I Add Leading Zeroes to All the Lines in a Text File?
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over 7 years ago
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Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a text file where each line is a set of characters like this: 56A63, 78A41, etc. I need to put leading zeroes in front of these strings in order to make them all nine characters long: 000056A63, 000078A41, etc. Oh: and my text...
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How Can I Return the URLs Associated with My Internet Explorer Favorites?
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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I return the URLs associated with my Internet Explorer Favorites? -- DW Hey, DW. It’s time for annual performance reviews here at Microsoft, which means we Scripting Guys are supposed to be looking back and detailing all...
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How Can I Dynamically Add Controls to an HTA?
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over 7 years ago
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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I dynamically add controls to an HTA? -- TR Hey, TR. Dum-de-dum-dum. Dum-de-dum-de - oh, wait : you were talking to us , weren’t you? Sorry; we saw the word “dynamically” and figured this question must have been addressed...
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How Can I Configure the System Failure Options on a Windows Server 2003 Computer?
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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I configure the system failure options on a Windows Server 2003 computer? I’d like to configure the machine to do a small memory dump, and disable both the sending of an administrative alert and the automatic reboot. -- JS...
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How Can I Find the Process ID Associated with a Batch File?
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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I find the process ID associated with a batch file? -- MB Hey, MB. You know, the Scripting Guys are firm believers in recycling. Why throw that printout away when it can be recycled into newsprint? Why throw that aluminum...
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How Can I Search a Word Document for All the Words in Double Brackets?
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over 7 years ago
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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I search a Word document for all the words in double brackets? For example, I need to find words like this: [[failed]]. I then need to save the words I find to a text file. -- PP Hey, PP. You know, one thing that seems to...
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How Can I Extract Just the File Name from the Full Path to the File?
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over 7 years ago
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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I extract just the file name from the full path to the file? -- SD Hey, SD. As you might know, Ted Williams was the last major league baseball player to bat .400 for an entire season. Coming into the final day of the year...
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How Can I Search for Folders That Have a Dot in Their Name?
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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I search for folders that have a dot in their name? For example, a folder like Administrator.name or Folder.old ? -- DU Hey, DU. You know, if your intention was to trick the Scripting Guys (not that tricking the Scripting...
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How Can I Change All the Lowercase Letters in an Excel Worksheet to Uppercase Letters?
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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I change all the lowercase letters in an Excel worksheet to uppercase letters? -- BC Hey, BC. Have you ever heard the old expression, “If you want something done you have to do it yourself”? Well, to tell you the truth,...
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How Can I Get a Script to Delete Itself?
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over 7 years ago
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Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a script for installing a printer that I give to my end users. When the script finishes, I’d like it to be able to delete itself. How can I get a script to delete itself? -- EA Hey, EA. You know, that’s an interesting idea...
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How Can I Rename a User Account in a Windows NT 4.0 Domain?
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over 7 years ago
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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I rename a user account in a Windows NT 4.0 domain? -- JK Hey, JK. You know, as this column is being written it’s a Monday here in Seattle, and it’s raining. And yes, we know what you’re thinking: when isn’t it raining in...
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How Can I Get a List of All the .dll Files in a Folder, Along with Their Version Numbers?
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over 7 years ago
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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I get a list of all the .dll files in a folder, along with their version numbers? -- DD Hey, DD. You know, when we sit down to write this column we usually try to start off with an amusing and at least semi-relevant anecdote...
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How Can I Hide the Command Window When Executing a Command Like net Localgroup Administrators?
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over 7 years ago
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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I hide the command window when executing a command like net localgroup Administrators ? -- AA Hey, AA. You know, before we begin we’d like to take a few minutes to recognize all those faithful readers who read the Hey, Scripting...
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