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Friday, August 07, 2009 12:01 AM

Hey, Scripting Guy! Quick-Hits Friday: The Scripting Guys Respond to a Bunch of Questions (8/7/09)

Does Windows PowerShell Let Me Trap Errors? Hey Scripting Guy! Does Windows PowerShell have the ability to trap errors? -- JP Hello JP, Yes, it does. Here is an example of using the trap statement in a script. DemoTrapSystemException.ps1 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Friday, July 31, 2009 12:01 AM

Hey, Scripting Guy! Quick-Hits Friday: The Scripting Guys Respond to a Bunch of Questions (7/31/09)

How Can I Migrate AutoText When I Upgrade from One Version of Microsoft Office to Another? Hey, Scripting Guy! We are in the process of converting from Office 2003 to Office 2007. Many people use AutoText and I am trying to automate the process of converting
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Friday, July 24, 2009 12:01 AM

Hey, Scripting Guy! Quick-Hits Friday: The Scripting Guys Respond to a Bunch of Questions (7/24/09)

Troubleshooting a VBScript Script That Reports All Software Installed on a Computer Hey Scripting Guy! I am pretty new to use VBScript and seem to have hit a wall. I put together the script below to output a file containing all the software installed
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Friday, July 17, 2009 12:01 AM

Hey, Scripting Guy! Quick-Hits Friday: The Scripting Guys Respond to a Bunch of Questions (7/17/09)

How Can I Query a Registry Value Remotely? I have a simple question: What is the equivalent to querying the MicrosoftIE_Summary WMI class in Windows Vista? I just need to get the version of Internet Explorer. One small problem though: The Windows PowerShell
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Friday, July 10, 2009 12:01 AM

Hey, Scripting Guy! Quick-Hits Friday: The Scripting Guys Respond to a Bunch of Questions (7/10/09)

Troubleshooting a Windows Powershell Script Hey Scripting Guy! I tried to use the script from the May 2009 TechNet Magazine article, Hey, Scripting Guy! Working with Access Databases in Windows PowerShell . But when I run it I get an error. This happens
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Friday, July 03, 2009 12:01 AM

Hey, Scripting Guy! Quick-Hits Friday: The Scripting Guys Respond to a Bunch of Questions (7/3/09)

How Can I List Files and Folders with Special Characters in Their Names? Hey, Scripting Guy! First I would like to thank you for all the good humour you present me every time I need you. I’m trying to use one of your scripts to list the files and folders
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Friday, June 05, 2009 4:42 AM

Hey, Scripting Guy! Quick-Hits Friday: The Scripting Guys Respond to a Bunch of Questions (6/5/09)

How Can I Create Unique User Permissions on Windows Server 2003 with Group Policy? Hey, Scripting Guy! We are using Windows Server 2003 R2. I want to create a Group Policy policy setting for individual users according to their permission on folders. Currently,
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Friday, May 22, 2009 9:44 PM

Hey, Scripting Guy! Quick-Hits Friday: The Scripting Guys Respond to a Bunch of Questions (05/22/09)

How Can I Determine if a Particular Windows Feature Is Installed? Hey, Scripting Guy! I am new to Windows PowerShell scripting and have a little experience with WMI thanks to your Windows PowerShell Scriptomatic tool. I'm trying to determine whether a
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Friday, May 15, 2009 9:44 PM

Hey, Scripting Guy! Quick-Hits Friday: The Scripting Guys Respond to a Bunch of Questions (05/15/09)

Troubleshooting a Script Written in VBScript Hey, Scripting Guy! I am writing a Visual Basic script which runs a command-line installation of Exchange 2007. However as soon as the installation starts in a separate DOS window, the script goes to the next
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Friday, May 08, 2009 9:41 PM

Hey, Scripting Guy! Quick-Hits Friday: The Scripting Guys Respond to a Bunch of Questions (05/08/09)

How Can I List All Servers in a Domain That Have DHCP Installed? Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I quickly produce a list of all servers in the domain that have the DHCP Service installed? - SC Hi SC, On Windows Server 2008 and ater, use the WIN32_ServerFeature
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Friday, May 01, 2009 9:40 PM

Hey, Scripting Guy! Quick-Hits Friday: The Scripting Guys Respond to a Bunch of Questions (05/01/09)

How Can I Get Help with Scripts I’m Writing? Hey, Scripting Guy! I am a novice scripter but am being diligent about learning more specifically around VBScript. I am following the Microsoft Press book, Windows Scripting Self-Paced Learning Guide , and
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Friday, April 24, 2009 9:40 PM

Hey, Scripting Guy! Quick-Hits Friday: The Scripting Guys Respond to a Bunch of Questions (04/24/09)

In This Post How Can I Script the Download of Large Binary Files? How Do I Take Ownership of a File? How Do I Get the Time on a Computer? How Do I Increment a Number and Retain Its Format? How Can I Get a List of Mapped Drives from a Remote Machine? How
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Friday, April 17, 2009 9:39 PM

Hey, Scripting Guy! Quick-Hits Friday: The Scripting Guys Respond to a Bunch of Questions (04/17/09)

Troubleshooting a VBScript Hey, Scripting Guy! Maybe you can help me out. I have been using a script to schedule tasks to execute VBScripts on remote machines within my domain at work. I usually use this to send messages to specific users or to start
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Friday, April 10, 2009 9:38 PM

Hey, Scripting Guy! Quick-Hits Friday: The Scripting Guys Respond to a Bunch of Questions (04/10/09)

Troubleshooting a Script for Setting “Managed By” and “Managers Can Update Members List” Fields Hey, Scripting Guy! I have been working for a few weeks on creating a Windows PowerShell script for setting the "Managed By" field and the "Managers can update
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Friday, March 27, 2009 9:37 PM

Hey, Scripting Guy! Quick-Hits Friday: The Scripting Guys Respond to a Bunch of Questions (03/27/09)

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,
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