Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I run a script to unhide all the files in a folder? -- GA Hey, GA. You know, when one of the Scripting Guys was a bit younger he and the other kids in his neighborhood spent countless hours playing variations on hide-and...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I find out which attributes are replicated to the global catalog? -- AS Hey, AS. When people envision the future, they often foresee enormous skyscrapers, buildings so large that you might live your whole life without ever...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I remove all duplicate lines from a text file? -- SW Hey, SW. You know, to be a Scripting Guy means to embark on a never-ending quest to find the ultimate solution to a given problem. (Or at least that’s what we tell our...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I start up and shut down a Virtual Server session? -- DW Hey, DW. One of the Scripting Guys once had a neighbor who used to say, over and over again, “You know, I think I should have a garage sale. I really should have a...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I enumerate all the universal groups in Active Directory? -- MW Hey, MW. You know, we’re glad you asked this question. Any time people talk about Active Directory then tend to talk about groups as if Active Directory had...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I monitor the event logs for the occurrence of a specific event? -- JP Hey, JP. Why, you use an event log monitoring script, of course. (Yes, it’s hard to believe, but they really do pay us to come up with brilliant answers...

Hey, Scripting Guy! In my HTA, I would like to query a computer for a list of local user accounts, then dynamically create a list box containing those accounts. How can I do that? -- BN Hey, BN. You know, if you’d ever seen the Scripting Guys in …...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I change the icon for an existing shortcut? -- DF Hey, DF. You know, the Scripting Guys (some of them, at least) are old enough to remember a time when you would never even think about changing an icon; after all, back in...

Hey, Scripting Guy! Given a specific date, how can I determine the beginning and ending date of the previous month? In other words, given 8/11/2005, I need to get back 7/1/2005 and 7/31/2005. -- PH Hey, PH. You know, this was a tough question for us...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I tell if the screen saver is active and, if so, how long it has been running? -- MS Hey, MS. Interesting question; we don’t think we’ve ever been asked that before. And at first it had us stumped; after all, there aren...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I modify a disk quota entry under Windows 2000? -- CL Hey, CL. We have some good news and some bad news for you. The bad news is that we’re doing one of those good news-bad news things that nobody ever likes. The good news...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I get a list of all the songs (and their artists) in the Windows Media Library? -- KF Hey, KF. Three words: practice, practice, practice. You know, the old joke about how do you get to Carnegie Hall and this is kind...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I change the printer port for a printer? For example how can I change it from FILE: to LPT1:? -- HK Hey, HK. Despite the Scripting Guys reputation as sophisticated intellectuals - really? We don’t have a reputation as sophisticated...

Hey, Scripting Guy! In Microsoft Word, how can I change the file locations for User Templates and Workgroup Templates ? -- SB Hey, SB. At least one of the Scripting Guys has always had a lifelong fear that he would write, say, the greatest novel ever...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I insert a Wingding symbol into a Word document? -- RC Hey, RC. In case you’re wondering, there were two reasons why we decided to answer your question. First, we just liked the phrase insert a Wingding symbol . (No, we...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I determine the uptime for a server? -- LF Hey, LF. This is an easy one. After all, we’re assuming you’re talking about a Windows server, and Windows servers never go down, right? Therefore, the uptime must be forever. Problem...

Hey, Scripting Guy! You’ve shown us how to search a text file for a single word or phrase, but how can I search a text file for two phrases? I need to know if a file contains either Windows 2000 or Windows XP . -- JR Hey, JR. You know, it’s hard enough...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I tell if a date falls within a specified time period? -- JW Hey, JW. By amazing coincidence on our way to work this morning we heard two different commercials, from two different companies, touting “Christmas in July.”...

Hey, Scripting Guy! We have an application that installs a WMI class named UIDLightInfo. That class includes a property named UIDLightState. How can I tell whether or not I can change the value of this property? -- JC Hey, JC. You know, we once reviewed...

Hey, Scripting Guy! In your HTA examples, you show us how you can click a button and cause a single subroutine to run. How can I add two or more subroutines to the onClick parameter for a button? -- FM Hey, FM. You know, there’s an interesting branch...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a script that opens nine different command windows in order to monitor performance. How can I tile those windows horizontally after they’ve all been opened? -- AM Hey, AM. You know, one of the Scripting Guys might not be...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I retrieve a list of the System DSNs on a computer? -- RT Hey, RT. You know, there’s an old Hollywood superstition that suggests that famous movie stars always die in threes: if a famous star dies today, then according to...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I determine if the local administrator account has been renamed on a computer? -- KF Hey, KF. You know, our first thought was to tell you to use ADSI and try to bind to the local administrator account on the computer; if...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I determine the current screen resolution being used on a computer? You know, things like 1600x1200 resolution, 16-bit color, that kind of information. -- FE Hey, FE. Remember when you were a kid and your mom would have...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I determine the date and time that a process started? -- BM Hey, BM. We’ve got good news for you: not only do we have an answer to your question, but we’re not going to bore everyone with any more stories regarding our Colt...